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La Junta de la Autoridad de Transporte de Maryland aprobó por unanimidad varias medidas que allanan el camino para una asociación público-privada que ampliará y agregará carriles de peaje en la I-495, desde el puente American Legion hasta Old Georgetown Road y en la I-270 hasta la I -370. No se aprobó ningún trabajo de […]

The Maryland Transportation Authority Board Tuesday unanimously approved several measures that pave the way for a public-private partnership that will widen and add toll lanes on I-495 from the American Legion Bridge to Old Georgetown Road and on I-270 from the spur to I-370. No construction work was approved at the early morning meeting. Instead, […]

University Boulevard from Amherst to Arcola Avenues in Silver Spring is expected to become a shared streets pilot project to enable bicyclists to have their own travel lanes this summer until late fall. Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration has designed plans with the goal of balancing different forms of transportation to and from […]

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) has “strong reservations” about the Maryland Department of Transportation’s plan to expand I-495 and I-270, saying it will “shortchange transit and inflict unnecessary damage to parkland while increasing emissions from vehicles.” At the end of last month, Maryland highway officials announced that their preferred alternative for the […]

What started as 19 options to reduce traffic congestion on I-270 and I-495 has boiled down to one. State highway officials chose their preferred alternative which would add high-occupancy toll lanes in both directions on both roads. The Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration recommended adding toll lanes across the American Legion Bridge north […]