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I care about Really Smart Growth, not the 'dumb growth' espoused by GGW and Sierra Club.  The Purple Line is a great example of this stupidity.  Light rail brings crime, serves as overnight homeless facilities, and destroyed the Georgetown Branch Trail/ Capital Crescent. Another boondoggle. We're putting in ancient technology instead of focusing on driverless cars and new tech. [/quote]

Did you post this from the 1970's? Pretty funny. It's like you're a Georgetown resident who is lobbying to make sure they don't get a metro stop. College Park also regrets not having their metro stop closer to campus because of similar attitudes back then

I don't think the purple line will be a boondoggle. And isn't the georgetown branch trail being improved through this project? It's a gravel trail that will be replaced with a paved one?[/quote]

PP here. It is true that they are paving the trail, however they destroyed 40 acres or more of urban forest to do so, while then adding impervious cover in place of dirt. It will be better connected to Silver Spring / that is a big plus as the GBT just petered out. But cycling on a hot asphalt trail with no trees nearby? No thanks. The GBT was heavily used previously by families - now it will just be for speed racer bicyclists. [/quote]

I hope they can get some trees to regrow. I admit I don't know all the details of the forest loss and I will make a point of looking it up. I personally benefit quite a bit by having an asphalt trail because I like biking from Silver Spring to Georgetown often. I imagine it will be used just like the Capital Crescent trail is -- by everyone... cyclists, joggers, walkers.

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