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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you kidding? Bethesda to UMD? We want it. Thousands of college students, university profs and employees are eagerly waiting for it.

Don't be stupid.
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oh yes, all those UMD students commuting from downtown Bethesda..

Driving, even with traffic, will be faster[/quote]

No it won't be - the Purple Line which will have it's own right of way for most of the route will take 9 minutes to go from Bethesda to Silver Spring.

There is no way even at 2AM to cover that distance today in 9 minutes.

Also left out of this discussion is that the project will extend the Capital Crescent Trail (the most used multi-use trail in the country) from Bethesda to Silver Spring.[/quote]

You won't be taking metro at 2AM either. And while it might take 9 minutes, the trains don't run every minute.[/quote]

Expected headways are 7.5 minutes during rush hour and 10 minutes the rest of the time.

Can you currently get from Bethesda to Silver Spring in 20 minutes using any other form or transportation at any time of day?[/quote]

Yes.  East-West Highway.[/quote]

Not when there are lots of other people trying to do the same thing in their cars at the same time as you in your car. Plus unfortunately the people who are in buses get stuck amongst the people who are in cars. One bus full of people, surrounded by lots of cars, each with 1 person. I am thrilled about the Purple Line (9 minutes between Bethesda and Silver Spring) and also about the Capital Crescent Trail.[/quote]

I'm on that road almost every day.  None of those issues occur.  I also support the purple line.[/quote]

You are saying that East-West Highway between Silver Spring and Bethesda is never gridlocked?[/quote]

There's a problem getting onto E-W in Bethesda because of the ridiculous decision to get rid of an entrance lane and in Takoma Park where it's a single lane but otherwise it is suprisingly and consistently free flowing.  I've also never seen buses stuck.

I find the desire to exaggerate and exacerbate traffic issues wrongheaded and short sighted.

The purple line is a good idea and should have been done decades ago.  The lack of east west mass transit routes in MD (and VA) is the major problem with our subway system.  Buses are not the same.[/quote]

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