Anonymous
Post 05/15/2020 00:03     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:The Purple Line is doomed.


Hope so. Rooting for everyone waiting to bring the new suits as soon as the courts open back up.

Fingers crossed. It only takes one to be a success.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 22:34     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.


There has always been a train going by. There was always going to be a train going by.


Huh? You mean those old abandoned train tracks off in the weeds? No trains went by on those tracks, at least not in our lifetimes.


They did in my lifetime, I am not that old. Coal cars being run to Georgetown.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 22:31     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

I don't live in a 2 million dollar home. I live in a low income rental apartment. We don't even have a yard. We used to use the trail every single day in good weather to go to the [PUBLIC] pool and just to get some exercise. My kids rode their bikes on it. It was always in use. It was a beautiful resource in a crowded area and now it's been ruined. How much overcrowding to you think this area can take before it becomes a crap place -- for everyone -- to live?


It will continue to always be in use, when the Purple Line is built.

Now I am wondering, though, which neighborhood includes "low income rental apartments" in biking distance of a public pool and has the money to pay environmental consultants to look for amphipods. Not to mention lawyers to file lawsuits. There's the Bethesda outdoor pool, but it's unaffected by Purple Line construction. You certainly could bike from, say, Lyttonsville to the Bethesda outdoor pool, but it's a longer bike trip for kids than people in this area would typically undertake.


The Rock Creek pool off Grubb RD north of EW matches the description.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 22:27     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Purple Line is doomed. It has a huge hex from all the people who hate it. It was shoved down people's throats. I'm glad it's not going to go forward and I hope the trail is opened up again.


Poll after poll after poll after poll shows widespread support for the Purple Line.


No one ever polled me or my neighbors. We’ve been against it and fighting to get it shut down since before it even started.


You and your neighbors are classic NIMBYs, literally and are costing the county and state a billion dollars. Maybe they should require you put up a bond for the frivolous BS lawsuits you have lost over time.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 19:50     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.


There has always been a train going by. There was always going to be a train going by.


Huh? You mean those old abandoned train tracks off in the weeds? No trains went by on those tracks, at least not in our lifetimes.


Allow me to introduce you to the history of the Georgetown Branch.

https://www.cctrail.org/history_georgetown_branch
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 19:48     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
The Purple Line is doomed.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 19:45     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.


There has always been a train going by. There was always going to be a train going by.


Huh? You mean those old abandoned train tracks off in the weeds? No trains went by on those tracks, at least not in our lifetimes.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 19:43     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.


There has always been a train going by. There was always going to be a train going by.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 18:46     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.


Yeah, but the rail line was purchased for the train. The way it was was never going to stay. The train was always supposed to be there. The fact that they have kept the trail in addition to putting in the train is a benefit. You should appreciate that they were willing to keep the trail in the final plans. The Capital Crescent Trail was leeching on publicly procured lands that were acquired for a train line.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 18:41     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I am not a clueless elite. I do not live in Chevy Chase -- I live in Bethesda, in a tax-assisted low income development. No, there is no consensus on this issue. The trail has been blocked off for over a year. It is a shambles. Trees have been yanked out. Chain link fences have been erected. What was once a beautiful, peaceful place to go simply is no longer.

I grew up in Bethesda. I've seen a lot. I wish the Purple Line and the 2 million dollar homes would all go away.


If you want your trail back, you should be supporting the completion of the PL. You will have a better trail, one that will not get washed out when it rains, will not be covered in mud and will be ensured to be kept up. In addition to widening the trail to make sure there is enough space for both walkers and bikers and there will be regular maintenance and cleaning to make sure that the seasonal problems that affect the current trail do not close off portions every Spring.

You should be blaming the anti-PL protesters for making the reconstruction of the trail take as long as it has taken. It was supposed to be done this year, but it won't be thanks to them.

This is what the trail is supposed to look like when done and will be kept up and cleaned for a change.



Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.


Trudging along in the mud was such a pleasure and of course less fit people essentially couldn't use the trail at all.

I also loved the zig zag at Connecticut and the long wait for the light to change - I'm sure all trail users preferred that over the future bridge.

You do know in Europe they add noisemakers to streetcars because they are so quiet?
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 18:34     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
I am not a clueless elite. I do not live in Chevy Chase -- I live in Bethesda, in a tax-assisted low income development. No, there is no consensus on this issue. The trail has been blocked off for over a year. It is a shambles. Trees have been yanked out. Chain link fences have been erected. What was once a beautiful, peaceful place to go simply is no longer.

I grew up in Bethesda. I've seen a lot. I wish the Purple Line and the 2 million dollar homes would all go away.


If you want your trail back, you should be supporting the completion of the PL. You will have a better trail, one that will not get washed out when it rains, will not be covered in mud and will be ensured to be kept up. In addition to widening the trail to make sure there is enough space for both walkers and bikers and there will be regular maintenance and cleaning to make sure that the seasonal problems that affect the current trail do not close off portions every Spring.

You should be blaming the anti-PL protesters for making the reconstruction of the trail take as long as it has taken. It was supposed to be done this year, but it won't be thanks to them.

This is what the trail is supposed to look like when done and will be kept up and cleaned for a change.



Yeah, that train going by says it all. It used to be so nice.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 18:29     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
I am not a clueless elite. I do not live in Chevy Chase -- I live in Bethesda, in a tax-assisted low income development. No, there is no consensus on this issue. The trail has been blocked off for over a year. It is a shambles. Trees have been yanked out. Chain link fences have been erected. What was once a beautiful, peaceful place to go simply is no longer.

I grew up in Bethesda. I've seen a lot. I wish the Purple Line and the 2 million dollar homes would all go away.


If you want your trail back, you should be supporting the completion of the PL. You will have a better trail, one that will not get washed out when it rains, will not be covered in mud and will be ensured to be kept up. In addition to widening the trail to make sure there is enough space for both walkers and bikers and there will be regular maintenance and cleaning to make sure that the seasonal problems that affect the current trail do not close off portions every Spring.

You should be blaming the anti-PL protesters for making the reconstruction of the trail take as long as it has taken. It was supposed to be done this year, but it won't be thanks to them.

This is what the trail is supposed to look like when done and will be kept up and cleaned for a change.

Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 18:23     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:^^^I'm NOT trying to catch you in a lie


Bullshit you're not. Do you really expect me to draw you a map of where we live, where our friends live, and the route we bike to the pool?


DP here, just tell us which pool you go to. That should be close enough.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 17:27     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
Anonymous wrote:^^^I'm NOT trying to catch you in a lie


Bullshit you're not. Do you really expect me to draw you a map of where we live, where our friends live, and the route we bike to the pool?
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2020 17:25     Subject: The Purple Line builders want out
^^^I'm NOT trying to catch you in a lie