Purple Line construction will require a temporary closure of the Rock Creek Trail between the Ray's Meadow Park and Susanna Lane access points in Chevy Chase. The closure is scheduled to begin December 9, 2019 and last about three weeks. Electronic message boards will be posted to alert trail users to the status of the affected section going forward. A detour is shown on the map above in purple.
One of the cool things about the Purple Line at this location is that the adjacent CCT will include full ADA accessibility via ramps all the way down from the CCT to the Rock Creek Trail. This will be great for hikers and bikers to access park and extensive trail network. This will be a tremendous improvement for access to a huge green space. An easy bike ride or walk from both downtown Bethesda and Silver Spring.
ReplyDeleteIf you didn’t know, Rock Creek Park, with its 1,700 acres, is more than twice the size of New York’s Central Park (at 843 acres). Central Park has great amenities including a zoo, amphitheater, horseback riding facilities, and a boathouse. Rock Creek Park also has a world class zoo, amphitheater, horseback riding facilities, and a boathouse. Many consider the park to be the “lungs” of the DMV.
@ 6:15 Been to many zoos in USA, let alone the world. National Zoo is kind of an embarrassment. South of the Border on I95 has a better snake collection. The mammal and cats are a mere fraction of what they had in the 1970's
ReplyDelete"One of the cool things about the Purple Line at this location is that the adjacent CCT will include full ADA accessibility via ramps all the way down from the CCT to the Rock Creek Trail."
ReplyDeleteSounds great! #ThanksMoCoCartel
Will the connecting path be an upgraded version of the existing path that starts at Susanna Lane and heads northeast to the trail bridge, or will it be an entirely new and more direct path?
The National Zoo was designed by Fredrick Law Olmsted, and considered to be one of the most beautiful zoo’s in the world. Unlike most zoo’s in America, it is completely free. It includes a world class elephant habitat and a brand new care facility. World class orangutan exhibit with a unique overhead section where animals pass over visitors. The aviary is being remodeled this year. A lovely stroll though the park on multiple level paths.
ReplyDeleteThe new ramps are located on the east side of the creek, with a switchback ramp as a direct path from the CCT to the Rock Creek Trail. The two separated bridges over the creek for both the light rail and the CCT are completely new construction.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to the plan. You will need to zoom in.
https://www.purplelinemd.com/component/jdownloads/send/17-aerial-maps/358-jones-mill-road-to-csx-corridor
The closest station to the new ramp to the park will be the Lyttonsville station, for those wishing to take the train to access the park. This Purple Line station will be a great asset for the whole DMV area, offering enhanced park access and easy transfer from four Metro stations.
ReplyDelete8:23AM Flashback: Planning Board calls in the state troopers
ReplyDeleteFlashbacks - Robert Dyer loses elections in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
ReplyDelete4:45: Flashbacks - Hans Riemer used taxpayer funds to pay for his gas when meeting with his campaign donors for private lunches, and the Washington Post refused to write about it in 2018 even when all the documentation was hand-delivered to them. The County Council voted to reappoint a Planning chair who called in 8 armed police officers on representatives of a black church in 2017. Montgomery County experienced massive voter fraud and manipulation of machine voting results in 2006 (Washington Post's Bob Asher editorialized that Marilyn Goldwater was "campaigning at a stepped-up pace" 24 hours after she had to be physically carried into a Glen Echo debate, her only public appearance that year after missing all of the 2006 legislative session in Annapolis as an absentee), 2010, 2014, and 2018.
ReplyDelete7:34: I agree - I am a big fan of the National Zoo, which was arguably the best zoo design in the nation, even if not the largest. Alas, the low-class new-money carpetbaggers are trying to water that distinctive DC aesthetic the signage and other design elements had, much as they've done with Metro station architecture and lighting. Stay classy, carpetbaggers!
"Alas, the low-class new-money carpetbaggers are trying to water [down?] that distinctive DC aesthetic the signage and other design elements had."
ReplyDeleteThen they came for the signage, and there was no one left to speak up.
Crediting Olmsted with today's National Zoo had me falling off my chair laughing. Did you ever visit the Olmsted version? Dyer is correct, they've destroyed the aesthetics of that zoo. I can only recently recall the the elevation of the Reptile house having something left original. The actual zoological collection is moribund (to borrow a Dyer term, but quite appropriate here) compared to 40+ years ago. As a kid my friend reached his hand to the bars containing a Jaguar (none there now, nor even a bobcat). Damn thing launched at him, paw between the bars and nailed him! That's a Zoo!
ReplyDelete"I miss the stink of the old Monkey House", said no one ever.
ReplyDelete12:52 PM - Changes in the individual buildings at the National Zoo in no way diminishes Olmstead's legacy. Your comment makes it obvious that you don't actually understand who Olmstead was, nor his legacy.
ReplyDelete@2:20 PM Architects , Landscape Architects are a dime a dozen. So where on the family tree is Olmstead to you?
ReplyDeleteThe map is confusing. The portion of the Rock Creek Trail between East-West Highway and Ray's Meadow will remain open to bicycles and pedestrians heading to Ray's Meadow. This part of the trail is NOT part of the detour, and it needs to be shown in a different color than the portion of the Trail that is closed, and the detour along the roadways; and the words "open to local traffic" added. Also the map should extend slightly farther south to show the portion of the Trail south of East-West Highway which connects to the trail detour.
ReplyDeleteFollowing the "detour" shown on this map could cause cyclists and pedestrians to become stuck in an infinite loop, causing outrage, and eventually fatigue, starvation and ultimately death.
Also, the source of this map needs to be cited.
Also, the map (and article text) need to indicate that the entire Georgetown Branch Trail is closed until construction of the Purple Line is complete, and indicate the path of the Purple Line itself immediately south of the Georgetown Branch Trail.
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.purplelinemd.com/images//notification_graphics/Notice_Rock_Creek_Park_112719_v11.pdf
8:20: Lifelong residents can't be carpetbaggers, old sport.
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