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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Purple Lime will be studied for decades as a case study for how not to do transit. It won’t even be faster than existing bus service between several stops. 
https://twitter.com/sodiumPen/status/1773353262353146257#m[/quote]

So I clicked on your link, and here's what the Purple Line won't be faster than: Silver Spring to New Carrollton, 56 minutes via the Metro Red Line to Metro Center then transfer to the Metro Orange Line, 62.6 minutes via the Purple Line. And Silver Spring to College Park, 26 minutes via the Metro Red Line to Fort Totten, then transfer to the Metro Green Line, 37.6 minutes via the Purple Line.

The Metro Red Line/Orange Line/Green Line are not a bus. And most people will not be traveling all the way to New Carrollton on the Purple Line. And even if they are, the extra six minutes might be worth it for a one-seat ride. And unlike the College Park Metro station, where you would still have to take another bus to tget to UMD, the Purple Line will have three stations that are actually at UMD.

Would it have been better for the Purple Line to be built directly (not via the public-private partnership due to debt from the ICC), without the delays caused by decades of opposition and lawsuits from the Town of Chevy Chase and the Columbia Country Club, and without the enormous cost overruns caused by Larry Hogan? You betcha. I don't think anybody disagrees about that.

See here for how Larry Hogan botched the Purple Line: https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/06/20/larry-hogan-purple-line-fiasco/[/quote]

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