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Just two weeks after the most catastrophic accident in its history, the Washington Metro set a record for Fourth of July ridership -- 631,206 trips, an increase of 32,308 from the previous year.
On June 22, nine people were killed in the collission of two trains on the Red Line near Fort Totten station. The National Transportation Safety Baord is continuing its investigation of that crash.
Michael Dresser has been an editor, reporter and columnist with The Sun longer than Baltimore's had a subway. He's covered retailing, telecommunications, state politics and wine. Since 2004, he's been The Sun's transportation writer. He lives in Ellicott City with his wife and travel companion, Cindy.
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How can you say "EZ-pass free ride ends:It's about time" for the 72,000 account holders who haven't used their transponders in a year? If I'm not mistaken the account holders are billed $20 every other month for their transponders even if they're not used. Minus the $1.9 million it "costs" to maintain these dormant accounts that's $6,740,000 of revenue (profit) for the toll facilities. And now they want to add another $1.50 a month? Give me a break!
Posted by: Don Recker | July 6, 2009 10:22 PM
Don,
I think that you're referring to the EZ Pass commuter plan. Under this plan, an EZ Pass user is charged $20 for up to 50 trips through the Fort McHenry Tunnel, Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, Key Bridge, and the I-95 Susquehanna River Bridge. Under the old system, the EZ Pass commuter was required to use all 50 one-way trips within a 60 day period- this was recently reduced to 45 days. Any unused trips are forfeited after the 45 day period. Still, if you expect to make more than five roundtrips through any of these crossings, it's still a better value than paying $2 each way (or in the case of the Susquehanna- $5).
Posted by: MCG | July 7, 2009 8:22 AM