Southern Maryland Rapid Transit

Southern Maryland Rapid Transit
Overview
Type Bus rapid transit or light rail
System Maryland Transit Administration
Status Proposed
Locale Prince George's County
Charles County
Termini White Plains (South)
Branch Avenue (North)
Stations 12
Services 1
Operation
Operator(s) Maryland Transit Administration
Technical
Line length 18.7 mi (30.1 km)[1]
Route map
Legend
Proposed Alternatives
 Branch Avenue To Greenbelt
 I-95 / I-495 (Capital Beltway)
 Andrews Air Force Base
 Camp Springs
 Coventry
 Woodyard
Surratts
/ Southern Maryland Medical Center
 Brandywine
 US 301 (Crain Highway)
 Timothy Branch
 Mattawoman
 Acton Lane
 Downtown Waldorf
 Smallwood
 White Plains

Southern Maryland Rapid Transit, abbreviated as SMRT, is a proposed mass transit line currently under study along the Maryland Route 5 and U.S. Route 301 highway corridors in between Washington, D.C. and Waldorf, Maryland. The project would link the heavily populated suburbs of northwestern Southern Maryland with Washington via a direct transit connection to the Washington Metro.[2]

Background

Plans have called for a mass transit line serving the MD 5-US 301 corridor since the 1990s. In 2004, the MD 5/US 301 Transit Service Staging Plan (TSSP) was created as a guide to mitigate transit expansion along the growing corridor. The Maryland State Senate issued Senate Bill 281 which required a light rail study be issued between Branch Avenue Metro Station and White Plains. This legislation was complemented by the 2010 Southern Maryland Corridor Transit Corridor Preservation Study, further detailing the planning process for such a transit connection.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SMRT Alternatives Report" (PDF). SMRT Maryland.com. December 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "About the Project". Southern Maryland Transit Study. Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Southern Maryland Transit Corridor Preservation Study" (PDF). MTA Maryland. August 2010.
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