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First Train To Clarksburg?

The perennial disappointment of transit projects

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Addison Del Mastro
Apr 27, 2026
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Years ago, I saw this thread on Twitter from Dan Reed, who’s now the Maryland policy director at Greater Washington. It was this tweet, particularly, that stood out to me:

Reed was talking about the Corridor Cities Transitway. This was an old rail-line proposal, which would have connected the outer edge of the D.C. Metro, near Rockville, Maryland to the …

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