Purple line

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

There will be no bike trail from Bethesda to Silver Spring unless there is the Purple Line. If a bike trail is what you want, you should support the Purple Line. WABA does.

[Anonymous]

Love seeing the hypocrisy of the folks in CC who presumably otherwise support public transit and would be more likely to vomplain about new roads getting built / widened that continue to oppose this.

The right of way in that area was always planned to become transit. The fact that it was left a trail for a long time does not change that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

The Georgetown Branch line ran for 100 years - if PL is useful for 100 years, that will be just fine.

And transit ridership is up in 2016 in several of our local jurisdictions despite metro problems, per the Census. And WMATA is far from the only transit system with maintenance issues.

But thank you for making clear that you are just opposed to investment in rail transit, and not advocating for cyclists.

[Anonymous]

and why did the original train go away?

BECAUSE THE STATE BOUGHT IT FROM CSX FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PUTTING IN MASS TRANSIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

Because people will want to get from Silver Spring to College Park and New Carrollton without having to drive. I know I am very excited to go to game at UMD without driving.

[Anonymous]

The only reason I'm opposed to the Purple Line is because it's being implemented by a rethuglican governor. If a Dem were doing it, I'd be all for it.

Yes, I know that is trivial. So politics is trivial, tell me something I don't know.

But I'm pissed that hogan is going to take credit for it.

We held off casinos back when erlich wanted them, just to F him, and we did. Then s soon as he was gone, BOOM, casinos.

That's how it should've been with the purple line. Dumbass people in this state have forgotten how to play politics. It's a contact sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

Spoken like someone who does not commute on a regular basis in this area. Get a job and then complain about how additional public transportation is unnecessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

Spoken like someone who does not commute on a regular basis in this area. Get a job and then complain about how additional public transportation is unnecessary.

No, spoken like an entitled rich person who moans about how poor they are at $300K.

With a stop at UMD, the Purple line will increase opportunities for students living in Montgomery County to commute to UMD. It will allow many people who live in Montgomery County for the schools, but commute to the IRS, FDA, National Archives, CDC, NASA, UMD, Census Bureau, NOAA Suitland, plus companies like Lockheed Martin, and a ton of beltway bandits serving the above list of federal agencies. It will also allow people who live in PG county for less expensive housing to commute to places like NIH, Walter Reed, NRC, NOAA Silver Spring, and NIST. Additionally it will allow lower hourly wage employees who can't afford to live in Montgomery County so live in PG County and commute to MoCo, to do so. There are plenty of people who are barristas, wait staff, retail clerks, cashiers, janitors or cleaning crews, receptionists and many more who make that commute. If you really think that public transit that will save people money in this region, one of the most expensive areas to live in the country, you are grossly out-of-touch with reality. The median HHI in MD is around $85K. There are 6.5 million households in the Washington DC metro area. In the MD suburbs, there are around 2-3M households. Of those, 1-1.5M households make $85K or less. That's a lot of households that will appreciate options that mean they don't have to maintain an extra car or that they can expand their options for employment to MoCo because they have a reliable way to commute there (the bus lines are horrible between the counties and are not reliable).

And that does not even account for those who will use the line to commute for games at FedEx Field and UMD campus.

You are clueless.

[Anonymous]

I like it for no other reason than it gives the poors access to jobs in MoCo. This is important to me because I can foresee a price drop in housekeepers coming.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

Spoken like someone who does not commute on a regular basis in this area. Get a job and then complain about how additional public transportation is unnecessary.

No, spoken like an entitled rich person who moans about how poor they are at $300K.

With a stop at UMD, the Purple line will increase opportunities for students living in Montgomery County to commute to UMD. It will allow many people who live in Montgomery County for the schools, but commute to the IRS, FDA, National Archives, CDC, NASA, UMD, Census Bureau, NOAA Suitland, plus companies like Lockheed Martin, and a ton of beltway bandits serving the above list of federal agencies. It will also allow people who live in PG county for less expensive housing to commute to places like NIH, Walter Reed, NRC, NOAA Silver Spring, and NIST. Additionally it will allow lower hourly wage employees who can't afford to live in Montgomery County so live in PG County and commute to MoCo, to do so. There are plenty of people who are barristas, wait staff, retail clerks, cashiers, janitors or cleaning crews, receptionists and many more who make that commute. If you really don't think that public transit that will save people money in this region, one of the most expensive areas to live in the country, you are grossly out-of-touch with reality. The median HHI in MD is around $85K. There are 6.5 million households in the Washington DC metro area. In the MD suburbs, there are around 2-3M households. Of those, 1-1.5M households make $85K or less. That's a lot of households that will appreciate options that mean they don't have to maintain an extra car or that they can expand their options for employment to MoCo because they have a reliable way to commute there (the bus lines are horrible between the counties and are not reliable).

And that does not even account for those who will use the line to commute for games at FedEx Field and UMD campus.

You are clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I've never seen clouds of black pollution puffing out of cyclists. Maybe they should've just skipped the railroad phase altogether and made it a bike trail from the start.

The rail line was built in 1889. There was not really demand for a bike trail in that area in those days. And the rail line was needed to bring coal to Georgetown.

But good luck with your time machine!

and why did the original train go away? The same reason why the purple line will go down as the largest failed transit operations. Things evolve, transit ridership is down across the country because of the changing work schedule.

How many of you had parents that worked from home or knew a parent that worked from home? How many of you work from home or know someone who does? The ridership will not recover, it has been declining for the past 3 years and has nothing to do with the woes metro has because the other jurisdictions don't have the problems metro has.

Dear Governor Hogan,

Your plan for widening highways is a waste of money, because bigger highways are obsolete, because people telework and have changing work schedules.

Sincerely,

You.

[Anonymous]

Criminals love this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only reason I'm opposed to the Purple Line is because it's being implemented by a rethuglican governor. If a Dem were doing it, I'd be all for it.

The Purple Line was supported by the last 2-3 Democratic governors also. It just got stuck in delays and lawsuits, so it's finally now that MD gets to sign off on it.

Hogan also announced a plan to add 2 more (tolled) lanes on 495-270, as well as take over 295 (B-W parkway) from Nat Park Service. Hogan is pro public transport and pro highways.