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  Montgomery County
Transportation Budget winners and losers
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May 24, 2000

Winners:

*A $1.3 million reduction in Ride On bus fares. Two-week and 20-ride bus passes will drop to $10 from $18 starting Sept. 3, saving riders up to $208 per year. The council will pursue similar reductions in Metrobus pass fares.

*$1.3 million to repair the trestle bridge over Rock Creek Park along the Georgetown Branch Trail, even though it is likely to be torn down in a few years to make way for the Bethesda-Silver Spring light rail.

*$325,000 added to Duncan's budget to subsidize mass transit in Bethesda, North Bethesda and Friendship Heights.

*$150,000 added for new express bus service from Frederick to North Bethesda and from the Garrett Park MARC station to Rock Spring Park in North Bethesda.

*$9 million to widen Travilah Road between Darnestown Road and Dufief Road in North Potomac.

*$8.2 million to build Woodfield Road Extended in Damascus.

*$49.2 million for new parking garages at Shady Grove and Grosvenor Metro stations.

*$40 million for the Silver Spring Transit Center.

*Three pedestrian bridges over Beltway interchange ramps in Forest Glen and hiker-biker trail along Georgia Avenue to Forest Glen Metro.

*$2.6 million for improvements to Old Georgetown Road.

*$1.1 million to improve Jones Bridge Road-Rockville Pike intersection.

*$1.1 million for new Takoma-Langley Crossroads Transit Terminal.

Loser: