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todareistobmore t1_j5uejpw wrote

Reply to comment by Shiny_Deleter in Gov. Moore announces his transportation secretary by GovernorOfReddit

Yeah, on the bright side, the bar was on the floor with Rahn (tbf I wasn't aware we'd had two new transportation secretaries since 2020), and it remains to been who gets named to run MTA along with any actual push to make a regional authority.

And it seems like Wiedefeld's previous time at MTA overlaps with when O'Malley was choosing the Red Line route which probably beats a total outsider if there's any intent to try to get it underway quickly?

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TerranceBaggz t1_j5x26dy wrote

From what I’ve been told, there is intent to get going right away on the red line. There are some issues to deal with as far as original ROWs are concerned (we’ve built on them) so there will need to be slight route changes. I’m also concerned that the greenway trail and the red line are both counting on using the same defunct but still owned by Norfolk Southern ROW along Haven st in the SE. I’m still trying to get clarification on this though.

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A_P_Dahset t1_j5yre9h wrote

Is it safe to assume that intent is to maintain light rail technology for the Red Line (vs. BRT or heavy rail)?

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TerranceBaggz t1_j65f3ll wrote

The proposed rail is a different track than the light rail IIRC. It’s the standard DC uses iirc.

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