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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The purple line is the worst and dumbest tax taxpayer funded project in MD history.[/b]  Such a colossal waste of our money.

And yes, Bethesda Row will have much, much more crime and overcrowding.  [/quote]

The freight rail line was planned for decades for light rail conversion by the county. Discussions began in the 1970s well before many of us were even alive. Then a republican governor went all in to enthusiastically support the Purple Line project posing for the photo ops and what have you. Even years of lawsuits by a seemingly endless array of anti-transit advocates—bike advocates, nature lovers, rail trail boosters, the town of Chevy Chase, friends of the chevy chase library, and the wealthy country club members—couldn’t stop it.

Overall the Purple Line will be an economic boon for the region. And despite the naysayers, will be wildly popular for years to come. Imagine taking the Purple Line from Bethesda to College Park for a public lecture by an academic followed by a relaxing dinner in Silver Spring, at Red Lobster for example. [/quote]

Discussions began in the 1980s, when the freight railroad decided to abandon the right-of-way.

Zero Republican governors have enthusiastically supported the Purple Line. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/

The anti-Purple Line lawsuits were brought by residents of the Town of Chevy Chase, some of whom were squatting in the right-of-way. Anti-Purple Line lobbying was funded by the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club.

If you want to go to the Red Lobster in Silver Spring, you'd better hurry, because Wall Street wizards are driving it into bankruptcy.[/quote]

Another idea is a fun public library open-house activity for families, perhaps to coincide with the grand opening of the Purple Line. Imagine enjoying the collection at the Bethesda library, then hopping on the Purple Line to the Chevy Chase library for a public reading, followed by a final stop at the Silver Spring Library for a fun activity, where the station is creatively located in the covered portico of the library building itself. They could hand out commemorative buttons to the families that visit all three libraries via the Purple Line in a day. Then families could walk over to the Chick-fil-a or Nando's for a healthy, scrumptious meal, before hoping on the Purple Line back to Bethesda.

The future possibilities of this transit line are indeed mind-boggling. [/quote]

I honestly can't tell if you think you're being funny.

Regardless, the main use of the Purple Line will be people going places just like people are now going places, except right now they're having to take multiple buses (or drive and park) and it takes much longer.[/quote]

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