Red and Purple Line Backers Say Full Funding Needed

Press release issued October 19, 2011

The Action Committee for Transit of Montgomery County and the Red Line Now PAC of Baltimore today called on the legislature to guarantee that new transportation funding will fully fund the non-federal share of the Purple Line and Red Line.

The highway lobby, in recent days, has begun trying to endanger vitally needed mass transit expansion by demanding private funding for public transit.

“We cannot leave these critical projects in the hands of a capricious market,” said Robbyn Lewis, chair of Red Line Now PAC.

“If the highway lobby thinks developers should pay for transportation, they should start by sending Kingdon Gould the bill for the Intercounty Connector,” added Ben Ross, vice-president of ACT. Kingdon Gould is the developer of Konterra, located near the east end of the ICC.

ACT and Red Line Now PAC are locally based citizen groups that advocate better transit.