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Transit planning off the rails

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 10/22/07

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stood before Congress and vowed an American would make the 240,000 mile trip to the moon by the end of the decade. Eight years and an estimated $9 billion later, Neil Armstrong made good on the boast.

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In the decades since the moon landing, a stream of Anne Arundel officials have pledged to connect the region to Baltimore and Washington, a daunting 40-mile trip. And commuters are still waiting.

 

Though ferries, maglev trains traveling along magnetic rails and light rail have been touted in recent years as alternatives to building more highways, pouring asphalt remains the default...

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