Maryland: Capital Area Commuters Increasingly Relying on Transit

[marmar]

MD: Capital Area Commuters Increasingly Relying on Transit

Kelsi Loos
Source: The Frederick News-Post
Created: May 20, 2013


More capital-area workers are ditching their cars and taking transit to commute, according to a study of regional commuter patterns released Wednesday.

The city of Frederick has worked to stay on top of the trend by listing TransIT needs in the city's annual priorities letter and supporting events promoting commuter options, city planner Tim Davis said.

"TransIT is very good for our community to get people to jobs and other activities," he wrote in an email. "Suffice to say, we support transit growth as it is good for the environment, reduces congestions, and saves people money."

The portion of commuters driving to work alone in the region decreased from 67 to 66 percent between 2000 and 2011, the National Capital Regional Transportation Planning Board reported. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10945629/md-capital-area-commuters-increasingly-relying-on-transit

[gopiscrap]

1. Good we need to have much more mass transit