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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The is a complete waste of money and it will bankrupt MD. Virginia is not not stupid enough to subsidize this mistake. We will not contribute extra to cover the fiscal shortfall from Marylands irresponsible financial decisions. There is no political will to bail out MD here, so good luck everyone else. [/quote]

Ummm Virginia just spent even more more money extending Metrorail out to Dulles and Alexandria just spent another $450 million on an infill Metro station.[/quote]

Virginia spent money on extending Metrorail to connect quickly growing job centers to transit. They’ll easily get a return on the investment. What quickly growing job centers is the Purple Line connecting?[/quote]

There are many lower income residents of PG County that work in Montgomery COunty where they cannot afford to live.  You will have store clerks, home and office cleaners, barristas, fast food employees, gas station attendants and many other hourly employees who cannot afford to live in Montgomery County, now able to live in less expensive areas and commute to work.

You will also have employees and students at UMD, National Archives, FDA, NASA, New Carrolton Federal Building (mostly Treasury employees), Dept of Agriculture commuting Eastbound.

Right now, to travel from one county to the other on public transit, the have to take very time consuming busses (and many bus routes have been cut in the last 3 years) or take Metro downtown.  You need green/yellow line in PG county and Red line in Montgomery County.  Either way public transit currently takes 2-3 times longer than it will take via Purple line when the route is complete.  Also, the Purple line will reduce congestion on the Beltway during typical rush hours as there will be some that take the Purple line instead of having to drive.[/quote]

The economics of the purple line only seem to make sense to wealthy white people in Bethesda. You seem to think it’s some of transportation bargain for $12.50 each way from one end to the other. Clearly y’all have never been poor. I’ve been poor, and I understand how poor people think. Lower income residents of PG aren’t going to spend $125/wk getting from New Carrollton to Bethesda for jobs. For the same $500 a month they’ll buy a beater car and a tank of gas once a week. [/quote]

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