ACT Targets District 18

The Action Committee for Transit (ACT) promotes mass transit in Montgomery County. It strongly favors building the much-debated Purple Line which would connect Bethesda and Silver Spring Metro stations via light rail. It would eventually continue on to Takoma Park and the University of Maryland before terminating at the New Carrollton Metro station. ACT also opposes widening the Beltway and favors sidewalk construction.

ACT has decided to target the race for the House of Delegates in District 18. While the leading candidates in virtually all of Montgomery's other state legislative districts favor building the Purple Line, the candidates in District 18, through which much of the Purple Line would travel, are divided on the question. Incumbent Del. Ana Sol Gutiérrez and newcomer James Browning both favor the Purple Line. Dr. Dana Beyer is also guardedly in favor of building some version of the Purple Line. In contrast, incumbent Del. Jane Lawton along with candidates Al Carr, Dan Farrington, Noah Grosfeld-Katz, and Jeff Waldstreicher oppose Purple Line construction.