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Showing posts with label Transportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transportation. Show all posts

Monday, December 12, 2016

Residents voice concerns over increased traffic on Westminster road

And again we get a call to Rte 27 and Kate Wagner Road: 8:11 AM Monday 12Dec2016: [Sta 3 Fire] 08:11 CT: VEHICLE COLLISION KATE WAGNER RD / RT 27 BOX: 0302 DUE: X39

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carrollcountytimes.com

In Carroll County, we are dealing with the consequences of years of paying high Maryland state taxes and contributing to the Maryland transportation fund and getting nothing in return.

We are long overdue to have the state address many of the neglected but much needed road and intersection upgrades.

Not only are the roads not designed in Carroll County to handle the current traffic loads but also it seems many folks could stand to be more patient and polite. Just saying


Nov. 26, 2016 by Heather Mongilio

Residents voice concerns over increased traffic on Westminster road




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Friday, November 28, 2014

The five worst places to drive in the US | TheHill

The five worst places to drive in the US | TheHill

By Keith Laing - 11/27/14 06:00 AM EST

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/225464-the-five-worst-places-to-drive-in-the-united-states

Millions of people traveling for Thanksgiving will face daunting traffic problems that critics say have been magnified by Washington’s inability to move a long-term bill to pay for new highway projects.

With a nor’easter bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard this Thanksgiving, it’s expected to be an especially brutal few days on the road.

Congress hasn’t approved a long-term highway bill since 2005, and it’s become much more difficult to move legislation since then because of a variety of reasons, including the end of earmarks that directed money toward specific lawmaker-backed projects and a financial crisis and recession that made it tougher to move big-budget bills.

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"5. Interstate 95 north and south of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. has become closely associated with congressional inaction in recent years, but there has always also been gridlock on its highways.

Interstate 95 runs along the entire length of the East Coast, from Maine to Florida. But the portion of the heavily-traveled highway that circles around Washington on the perimeter highway that is known as the “Beltway” are always backed up around holidays with drivers who are either leaving town or passing through on their way to destinations that are further north or south.

Despite the fact that the Beltway has been entered in the nation’s political lexicon, the highway that allows I-95 to bypass Washington never crosses the cities borders with Maryland or Virginia."


http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/225464-the-five-worst-places-to-drive-in-the-united-states

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Friday, March 16, 2012

How Not to Attract Tourists - New York Times OP-ED


How Not to Attract Tourists
By MARK VANHOENACKER March 15, 2012 New York Times OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR

Finally, when travelers actually disembark, they are too often subjected to inaccurate lessons in American manners and common sense. Americans may be surprised by the conclusions of a 2006 survey by the U.S. Travel Association, which found that foreign travelers were more afraid of United States immigration officials than of terrorism or crime. They rated America’s borders by far the least welcoming in the world. Two-thirds feared being detained for “minor mistakes or misstatements.”… http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/opinion/the-unwelcome-mat.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212_20120316

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AS Americans, we like to imagine our country as we think of ourselves: open-hearted and welcoming; efficient and practical; easygoing, above all. These values are the foundation of our culture, of an open economy fueled by ideas and immigration, and of our soft power — America’s ability to change the world simply because it is admired.

Whatever foreigners think of the American experiment, though, it’s unlikely the experience of crossing our border has made them think better of it.

Imagine that you’re the citizen of a prosperous, democratic ally like Britain, Spain or Japan, and you’d like to visit America. Before traveling, you must pay $14 to complete an online United States government form called ESTA, short for Electronic System for Travel Authorization.

ESTA asks for basic personal data, like your name and birth date. It also asks whether you are guilty of “moral turpitude,” whether you’re planning crimes or “immoral activities” and whether you suffer from “lymphogranuloma venereum” (don’t ask). If you’re involved in terrorism or genocide — and for some reason you’ve decided to take this opportunity to inform the United States government — there’s a box for that. And if you’re a spy — a particularly artless one — please let us know.

Naturally, no one with anything to hide will answer honestly. Such purposeless questions recall Thoreau — “I saw that the State was half-witted” — and should astonish Americans, who know better than their government how to welcome guests.


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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, Transportation, Transportation Public

Explore Carroll: DAYHOFF: When it comes to travel history, you can't get there from here

By Kevin Dayhoff ... When I have the opportunity to compare roads and public transportation of other metropolitan areas around the country in my travels, I have always been left with the profound conclusion that there is something dearly amiss in Maryland's transportation system.... http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion/5197/when-it-comes-travel-history-you-cant-get-there-here/

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Thursday, December 02, 2010

The miserable condition of the road leading from Oakland Mills to the Liberty pike

Call the attention of the County Commissioners to the miserable condition of the road leading from Oakland Mills to the Liberty pike

Democratic Advocate, December 3, 1898

Haight Items—By request of persons who travel the road leading from Oakland Mills to the Liberty pike, we call the attention of the County Commissioners to the miserable condition of said road, especially through the property of Mr. B. F. Bennett, and near the residence of Mr. T. S. Clark.

Those two places are well-nigh impassible, and not only a disgrace to the community but also to the county.

It is rather late to mend roads we admit, at least with dirt, but surely stones enough can be gotten nearby to fill these monster mud holes, and at very little cost now, but if it is not done, and accidents occur at those places, which will be unavoidable, this county will have to pay damages.

We doubt if there has been for years a place on any road in the county in such a miserable condition. We hope the attention of the Commissioners will be called to this matter and the road mended at once.

Democratic Advocate, December 3, 1898.

[18981203 miserable condition of road from Oakland Mills to Liberty pike]

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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Full body airport images not pretty By Damon Sims

Full-body airport images not pretty, but not p*rn

By Damon Sims

August 04, 2009, 10:50PM

When I heard that Cleveland's airport was one of only three in the country to try out the latest full-body image scanners at security checks, my reaction was swift: Ew. After seeing images of real humans on the scanner screens, I've modified my response: Ew. Ew. Look, I don't know how else to put this: It ain't pretty. Even the...
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http://www.cleveland.com/schultz/index.ssf/2009/08/fullbody_airport_scanners_tell.html

20090804 sdsom Full body airport images not pretty By Damon Sims
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

20080725 Pro National Infrastructure Platforms urged: Rendell, Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger Urge Parties to Adopt Pro-Infrastructure Platforms

20080725 Pro National Infrastructure Platforms urged: Rendell, Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger Urge Parties to Adopt Pro-Infrastructure Platforms

Rendell, Bloomberg, Schwarzenegger Urge Parties to Adopt Pro-Infrastructure Platforms

PRNewswire

Fri Jul 25, 4:48 PM ET

To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS

Contact: Chuck Ardo of the Pennsylvania Office of the Governor, +1-717-783-1116

Mayors of Minneapolis, Saint Paul Join Coalition on Second of Two-Day Infrastructure Tour

SAINT PAUL, Minn., July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, co-chairs of the Building Americas Future coalition, today urged the Republican and Democratic national committees to adopt pro-infrastructure planks in their party platforms when the national party conventions convene in Denver and Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

Americas highways, bridges, tunnels, and mass transit have fallen behind. The same is true for our levees, schools, ports, courthouses and water delivery systems. Our economy and environment are suffering because we cannot move goods and people efficiently - we need a strong federal commitment to tackle this problem, said Governor Schwarzenegger. We have always come together as a nation to solve our biggest problems and I am confident that if both parties make infrastructure a top priority we will rebuild America with the pride and ambition that reflects the unlimited potential of our people.

The principles we are advocating will help our nation be more competitive in the global economy, ensure our environmental sustainability, enhance our citizens quality of life and improve public safety, said Mayor Bloomberg. They are good public policy and make sound business sense. We need to invest more in our infrastructure and those investment decisions need to be based on merit, not politics.

The Association of Civil Engineers estimated the nations total infrastructure shortfall at a staggering $1.6 trillion, Governor Rendell said. If we dont act quickly, that deficit will continue to grow and we will see our infrastructure fall further into disrepair, threatening the lives of our citizens and our ability to move goods to market. With the federal government contributing only 25 percent of infrastructure funding and the rest coming from financially strapped state and local governments, Washington needs to step up its commitment of resources. The time to act is now.

The co-chairs recommended that both parties adopt the coalitions five guiding principles (
http://www.investininfrastructure.org/newsroom/BAF%20Statement%20of%20Principles%20-%20Final.pdf) in their platforms. Yesterday in New Orleans, the co-chairs proposed, given the importance of the issue and the growing level of support for federal leadership, a town hall meeting on infrastructure and invited both major parties presidential nominees to participate.

Joining the co-chairs at the press conference today were Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. The mayors are some of the first state and local elected officials to join Building Americas Future.

As mayors, we know how important basic public infrastructure is to our communities, Mayor Rybak said. Whether it is our streets and highways, mass transit, wastewater, or airport, our ability to make our region competitive for business and a great place to live for our residents depends on the quality of our basic infrastructure our common ground.

We also recognize that only the federal government has the resources to partner with state and local governments to fully fund our regional and national infrastructure priorities, Mayor Coleman said.

Todays event in Minneapolis-Saint Paul caps a two-day infrastructure tour that took Rendell and Bloomberg to New Orleans on Thursday. In an address to the National Conference of State Legislatures, or NCSL, Rendell and Bloomberg unveiled Building Americas Futures statement of principles (
http://www.investininfrastructure.org/newsroom/BAF%20Statement%20of%20Principles%20-%20Final.pdf), which will guide policy makers as they chart a new course for national infrastructure policy. The co-chairs also held a press conference announcing that 20 more state legislators from across the country joined the coalition.

In recent weeks, the coalitions leaders addressed the National Governors Association summer meeting in Philadelphia, the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Miami, and the National Association of Counties summer meeting in Kansas City as it continues recruiting state and local elected officials to join its ranks.

State and local elected officials who wish to join Building Americas Future can register at
http://www.InvestInInfrastructure.org.

The Rendell administration is committed to creating a first-rate public education system, protecting our most vulnerable citizens and continuing economic investment to support our communities and businesses. To find out more about Governor Rendell's initiatives and to sign up for his weekly newsletter, visit:
http://www.governor.state.pa.us.

EDITORS NOTE: The Building Americas Future statement of principles is available at
http://www.InvestInInfrastructure.org.

CONTACT:
Chuck Ardo
717-783-1116
SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor

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Monday, September 17, 2007

20070916 Don’t Start Caring Now by P. Kenneth Burns

Don’t Start Caring Now by P. Kenneth Burns, the Editor and Writer of Maryland Politics Today

September 16th, 2007

Since I am no longer an elected official and no longer on the Maryland Municipal League Board of Directors, I have lost track of many of the issues in Prince George’s County. I certainly enjoyed working with many of the elected officials… I have always appreciated Wayne Curry and have followed his career for many years – he is a 1971 graduate of Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College. So my ears perked-up when Mr. Burns mentioned him in a post…

As you all know, Maryland Politics Today is based in South Laurel, Prince George’s County. I grew up in the county and I was a big fan of the Wayne Curry years. Wayne Curry was County Executive from 1994-2002, a man with more integrity than our current County Executive Jack Johnson…

Curry did his best in attracting business to the county, in addition, he also boosted county pride in us, the residents. He was first to tell the media to don’t dare call it P.G. County. He took to little steps to show that the county can handle upscale retail.

Read the rest here: Don’t Start Caring Now