Transportation
Council gives transit center financial boost(3)
Jul 22, 2008
The county council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $16.7 million appropriation — and then some — to cover the construction of Silver Spring’s transit center.
Elrich, Floreen: Pimp my transit center
The county needs 16.7 million extra bucks to break ground on downtown Silver Spring’s transit center. But two county council members say the project should go for more — about $1.3 million more.
Silver Spring transit center in a fiscal hole
The cost of constructing Silver Spring’s transit center is running on the high side — $16.7 million over the original price tag, according to the director of Silver Spring’s regional center.
Red Line a mess after morning track fire
Red Line riders can expect delays of at least one hour — that’s right, people, ONE HOUR — this morning, thanks to a track fire that cut power at some stations.
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- Transit center construction to start this summer
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- Fare hike pinches pocket, kicks groin
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- Metro board seeks steeper fare increase
- Downtown wrestles for more Zip, Flex cars
- Purple Line faces growing opposition, Ervin says
- Downtown meeting puts Purple Line in focus
- Flex, Zip cars need space in South Silver Spring, advisory board member says
- Metro GM proposes gentler, more immediate fare increase
- Security measures on Forest Glen footbridge still in the works
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- Purple Line passes on Ripley Street route
- DPWT says, “Walk this way”
- Council to drivers: Keep the change
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- Ervin: Pull back parking meter hours
- Mapped out: Walking the walk
- Road code could narrow streets
- Transit center gets no love from planners
- Metro agrees to open station’s south entrance
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- Wynn addresses local concerns at town-hall meeting
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- Stump the Penguin
- Give a little, get a ride
- Police extends warning period for speeders
- Purple Line tunnel could clear school
- Traffic, development collide in Fenton Village
- Ervin: Gas tax could rise
- Stump the Penguin
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- Parking problem? What parking problem?
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- Gas tax, Metro fares may increase
