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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So Georgetown has dealt with 50 years of falsely being accused of racist policies and zoning having kept metro out of it. It was actually the water level, but oh well, the stories have persisted and have finally started to recede.

And now Bethesda is really going to stand up and say that the only real reason we don't want this Purple line dumping into Bethesda is because we don't want outsiders in town?

I find that hard to believe. I am starting to think that Trolls are salting this thread with the Bethesda racist comments.

Oh, by the way, [b]how much faster would a purple line trip to Bethesda from New Carlton be than a Red Line trip[/b].

I am just having a hard time visualizing the negative of the purple line if it is in fact being built without destroying houses. This thread has claimed that the bike path is being worked around, over and under so I will say that is moot.

Environmental impact is on the county and state. Not the builder. The builder would not have started building without approval. Anything after start is on the county and state unless the issue created is directly attributable to the builder.[/quote]

On Metro, you would have to take the Red Line to Metro Center, transfer to the Orange Line and take the Orange Line to New Carrollton.  According to WMATA's trip planner, under normal circumstances it would take 50-60 minutes.  However, in rush hour, it would take significantly longer, how much longer depends on whether you can get on a particular train, or if the train was full, how many trains you would need to wait for.  In general, you would probably want to allot 75-90 minutes for that trip in rush hour.  The purple line is projected to be about 45-50 minutes any time of day including rush hour.  But, it is projected to be cheaper for the trip.[/quote]

There's also the issue that most people are not going to go all the way end-to-end. They will get on and off at one of the 19 other stations along the way, including downtown Silver Spring and College Park. The Purple Line will also connect with the Metro Red, Orange, and Green Lines; the MARC Brunswick, Camden, and Penn Lines; Amtrak; and the Silver Spring and Takoma-Langley Park bus hubs.[/quote]

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