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S/O purple line?
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Anonymous
| when is it coming? is it even coming? why do people not like the idea? |
Anonymous
| One big reason people are opposed is that the proposed route cuts right through the campus of the University of Maryland. |
Anonymous
| is that a bad thing? |
Anonymous
There is a reason why they didn't put the metro stop on campus. |
Anonymous
Have you ever been to the campus? It is beautiful. To have a light rail line cutting through would be awful, not to mention, a safety concern on several levels. |
Anonymous
true but the campus is not beautiful. Georgetown's is beautiful. UMD's is like many flagship uni's. |
Anonymous
| There was an article in the WaPo last week discussing funding for the purple line. It said that MD was pursuing private funding instead of public b/c it would be much easier to obtain. The article indicated that construction was likely to begin in 2015. |
Anonymous
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The thing with purple line is that would it really help alleviate traffic? For some reason the route and length of the plan doesn't lead me to believe that.
I would rather spend that money upgrading the speed and tracks and capacity of the redline. |
Anonymous
...And through the golf course of Columbia Country Club. |
Anonymous
+1. It is a terrible idea, will destroy lots of beautiful nature for no positive impact. What I don't understand is why the cycling organizations support it - they were spun all kinds of bullshit about new crossings over the roads, but in fact it is going to make things worse - the tunnel under Wisconsin is going to be replaced with an at-grade street crossing. |
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Anonymous
PP here that you quoted. The thing is, I'm a massive massive public transport/rail advocate but the purple line just doesn't make that much sense to me (and no i don't live bethesda or CC so it isn't that i want to keep my rich enclave separate from those "poors" in PG). |
Anonymous
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The Country Club is issue is obsolete - the state has approved the route and it will go thru the country club. The problem is a fiscal one - where does the money come from? The state has to pony up some cash it doesn't have in order to qualify for federal cash. That's why they're raising the gas tax and talking about private money.
I live in the vicinity and I am sure it will come eventually but not starting construction in 2015. And to those who think it's unnecessary or destroys nature, get over yourself. I'm guessing that you don't live in the direct neighborhoods that the trains would serve. The train would run along an established train route that has been disused recently. Expanding the red line doesn't help people get from east to west and existing roads are way over capacity so more buses doesn't help. I don't think the PL will hugely improve traffic; actually most big infrastructure projects don't (I seem to remember Boston's Big Dig was slated to have about a 5 percent improvement in traffic conditions). But we need more public transport if the county is going to continue to let the govt and private developers stuff the close-in area with more people and buildings (see BRAC and what they're planning for Chevy Chase Lake if you think I'm exaggerating here.) You can't build and build and build and build without addressing transportation options too. |
Anonymous
OMG, you have your opinion, I have mine. Get over yourself. |
Anonymous
| Does O'Malley's official announcement yesterday change the calculus for whether the purple line will actually happen? |