CCT Spur

No one has ever proposed this route, an addition to the CCT. I wrote a letter to Del. Saquib Ali last year detailing my proposal. Here's what its about:

The CCT Spur is designed to enhance ridership on Phase 1 of the CCT, enchance mass transit use, and encourage dense development in the Lakeforest area (which was proposed as Downtown Gaithersburg before the City annexed it and killed any intense development proposals). The Spur would split off the main line at Quince Orchard Road and Christopher Avenue or at the Metropolitan Grove station and cross I-270 and the CSX tracks on its way to a station at Lakeforest Mall. There are discussions underway with regards to the future of the mall and if it should be expanded or remade into a Washingtonian-esque retail center. The Spur would head up Montgomery Village Avenue to terminate at the Village Center, which could also use some major redevelopment. There is right-of-way available for this line and the 1 mile route should cost about $100-150 million. Such a route would offer transit access to the 35,000 people that live in Montgomery Village, where there is minimal office space. It would also significantly increase ridership on Phase 1 of the CCT. The bus routes in this area are so congested that the Lakeforest transit center is now the busiest non-Metro transit center in Montgomery County and the County is building a new transit center on Club House Road at the Village Center.