{"id":160491204,"date":"2010-02-01T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T12:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=160491204"},"modified":"2010-02-01T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T12:53:24","slug":"its-not-secrete-we-just-cant-tell-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=160491204","title":{"rendered":"It’s not secrete, we just can’t tell you"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Dr. Gridlock:<\/p>\n

To call this “secret” and a “vehicular tunnel” implies that the county was trying to pull a fast one over the community, and that just isn’t true.
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\nBecause the conceptual renderings are the company’s proprietary intellectual property and cannot be made public at this time\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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If I am reading this right there are two plan sources being discussed.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n[1}<\/b>Metro produced a report in July 2009 that analyzed five designs to address pedestrian access between the Naval Medical Center and the Metro station. All plans excluded consideration for bicyclists<\/b> and integration of the needs of the surrounding communities. After the Metro report was published, [2]<\/b>a local builder [Clark Construction Group] submitted an unsolicited proposal that was far superior to any of the Metro designs<\/b>. The builder’s concept would serve every rider arriving at the station — rail, bus, car\/vanpool and cyclists. The concept took into account concerns from the community.\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But<\/b><\/p>\n

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That proposal [the one that included cyclists???]<\/b> wasn’t included in the TIGER grant application. In fact, under the new process, the proprietary concept cannot be considered as part of the alternatives to be developed and evaluated. <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I’m not sure if I am reading that right or not but it sounds to me that the plan that did not include cyclists (which is against MD State Law) is seeking a TIGER grant and the “far superior” plan has been put on the back burner.<\/b><\/p>\n


\nhttps:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/01\/31\/AR2010013101465.html<\/a>oldId.20100201125324707<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Dr. Gridlock: To call this “secret” and a “vehicular tunnel” implies that the county was trying to pull a fast one over the community, and that just isn’t true. … Because the conceptual renderings are the company’s proprietary intellectual property and cannot be made public at this time If I am reading this right … <\/p>\n

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