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09/18/2007
Commuters in the Baltimore area wasted 30 million hours of additional time on the roads, and 19 million gallons of additional gas as a result of traffic congestion in 2005.
09/18/2007
Marylanders commuting to the Washington D.C. area wasted more than 127 million hours of additional time on the roads, and over 90 million gallons of additional gas as a result of traffic congestion in 2005.
06/26/2008
Responding to record-high gas prices and the rising use of public transportation, the House of Representatives today passed HR 6052, the Saving Energy through Public Transportation Act, by a vote of 322 to 98, which authorizes 1.7 billion dollars to transit agencies across America to expand services and reduce fares
06/25/2008
Without sufficient alternatives to driving, American families spent their entire economic stimulus check on high-priced gas.
03/06/2008
The MARC expansion and Red Line received a boost today as city officials and civic leaders held an event at Baltimore’s Penn Station calling for approval of financing and citing a major new report on oil savings and other benefits from public transportation across the country. The Maryland PIRG report, A Better Way to Go: Meeting America’s 21st Century Transportation Challenges with Modern Public Transit, examines the challenges faced by America’s transportation system and the benefits of existing rail and bus projects in Maryland and other states.