Light Rail/Communter Rail to the Base and DC?

[J.South]

I thought the philosophy on why not to have the District so accessibly was to keep the bad elements out of southern md

[dustin]

Originally Posted by J.South

I thought the philosophy on why not to have the District so accessibly was to keep the bad elements out of southern md

Don't know where you heard that....but that ideology is long gone...

[Bogart]

I live in Southern Maryland and I work in Southern Maryland. Not commuting is money

[sleuth]

Originally Posted by Bogart

Why would you start the line at PAX? That would just cram all the commuters down here with the people smart enough to move to where there job is. Put it on 235 north of Hollywood where there would be some parking.

Prince Frederick or St. Leonard would be a good place to start the line, too.

[Bogart]

Originally Posted by sleuth

Prince Frederick or St. Leonard would be a good place to start the line, too.

Prince Fred is already a major bottleneck. You want to put it in the sticks where you can get cheap land for parking.

[UrbanPancake]

Originally Posted by sleuth

Prince Frederick or St. Leonard would be a good place to start the line, too.

I agree. I think it just needs to start.
I don't know what that guy in that earlier post was talking about keeping the bad district out of southern maryland was all about. The Dirstict is a very nice place to live. You have everything you need within walking distance, and you have the most expensive real estate located within the area. Besides as the District gets nicer and pricier that forces the residents from south east to live farther and farther out of DC, which means they're moving to southern maryland whether you like it or not.

[Bogart]

Originally Posted by UrbanPancake

I agree. I think it just needs to start.
I don't know what that guy in that earlier post was talking about keeping the bad district out of southern maryland was all about. The Dirstict is a very nice place to live. You have everything you need within walking distance, and you have the most expensive real estate located within the area. Besides as the District gets nicer and pricier that forces the residents from south east to live farther and farther out of DC, which means they're moving to southern maryland whether you like it or not.

you sound racist - i thought you were one of those compassionate liberals

[UrbanPancake]

Originally Posted by Bogart

you sound racist - i thought you were one of those compassionate liberals

I am a compassionate liberal. Someone else posted that the reason why we shouldn't have commuter rail to southern maryland is to keep the district out. I was just responding to it. In retrospect I should have placed a quote too.

[Aimhigh2000]

I think we shouldn't just look at it as a commuter service from here to there. I think we should look at an overall transportation plan. We don't neccessarily need our own version of Metro, but I do think that we should at least map out a foundation. We all know that the region is growing, and, I know in St. Mary's, it seems if you want to build a subdivision, they will let you build it anywhere (IMO). Prince Frederick is miserable, 235 to the base is miserable and Rt 5/301 is just crazy. I would settle for rail service from Waldorf to Branch Ave for now. If I could find a job in St. Mary's that pays what I make now, then I wouldn't have to commute. Looking on the county website, I couldn't take a job that only paid $24k a year. I say we work on getting MARC or something similar to start with, and get a tri-county transportation team to make an informed, and comprehensive regional transit system.

[sleuth]

Originally Posted by Bogart

Prince Fred is already a major bottleneck. You want to put it in the sticks where you can get cheap land for parking.

Well Prince Frederick is a little too far north for those down in so. Calvert. You'd have to drive 20 minutes from Solomons before you even got on the train. So it's best to put it somewhere a little further south.

Put it in Lusby or St. Leonard, with another in Hollywood. A Pax stop wouldn't be such a bad thing for those who want to commute from Pax to DC - probably wouldn't be the busiest section of the line anyway.