“Many of the most ambitious ideas to invigorate Montgomery County’s economy — and, therefore, Maryland’s — depend on building a transit infrastructure beyond Metrorail’s reach. Officials envision tens of thousands of new high-paying jobs — and a mecca for life sciences and tech companies — between Shady Grove, just outside Rockville at the Red Line’s western terminus, and the old Comsat facility in Clarksburg, near the county’s northwest border.”So begins the editorial in the February 12, edition of The Washington Post that outlines the road ahead for the County as it searches for a way to raise money to support bus rapid transit.
Read The Post editorial.
