New bus rapid transit plan won’t require more property along Md. 355
“West Chevy Chase residents no longer have to worry about a “Green Mile” marred by bus lanes down its middle, which would have meant widening the road, and possibly acquiring land through eminent domain.
That idea has been removed from the latest draft of the Countywide Transit Corridors Functional Master Plan, which the Montgomery County Planning Board approved on Thursday.
In April, when the planning board OK’d dedicated bus lanes on Md. 355, stretching from Friendship Heights up to the Rockville Metro, some residents of West Chevy Chase protested loudly.
The planning board listened and the new plan represents that, said Larry Cole, the Montgomery County Planning Department’s lead planner.”
Blum, Agnes. Gazette Net 15 JUly 2013.