A portion of the Rock Creek Trail in Chevy Chase will close during daylight hours Monday through Friday starting on or about October 18, 2021, for approximately three weeks. The closure is to facilitate work related to the Purple Line light rail project. A detour will be set up during the work hours of 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM; the segment will reopen to the public in the evening and on weekends. See the map above for the detour route.
Nice to see some ongoing work on the Purple Line and the new Capital Crescent Trail. It will be fun to take the Purple Line, or walk or ride a bike from downtown Bethesda to Chevy Chase Lake, the Rock Creek Park Trail and downtown Silver Spring, completely separated from all vehicular traffic, once this is complete. I really think it will transform the area by strongly linking Bethesda, Chevy Chase Lake, Silver Spring and tens of other Purple Line stops.
ReplyDeleteI can imagine lots of students at the University of Maryland will use the Purple Line to live off campus in existing and new apartments, but be only minutes from their classes, without the expense of owning a car and parking in those massive commuter lots. This will also free up those parking lots for more academic and recreational uses at the university. No university that I know of in America has three light rail stations linking their campus. Students and faculty will ride the Purple Line for free per the county.
@9:11, does the Purple Line publicity department pay you by the word, or is it a flat rate?
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ReplyDeleteSorry to disappoint, but I am just a local resident looking forward to this transit focused project. It’s one of the big reasons I choose to live in this area.
Purple Line Crime Wave
ReplyDeleteGeorgetown was so smart to deny a subway stop
Yes, lets mug someone, or steal something, then we go ride the Purple Line back to our evil lair. But wait, all those security cameras on the platform, and on the light rail car would record our images and when when and where we traveled.
ReplyDeleteI know that criminals might not be the sharpest tool in the tool chest, but dozens of studies have shown that well planned mass transit does not increase criminal activity. In fact it has the opposite effect of providing low cost transportation options for access to jobs and education for folks that can’t afford to own a car, and makes them less likely to commit crimes.
@7:07 Get back to me five years after this pig goes operational and let me know how that vision thing worked out for you. Me, I'm judging the next rail line through the area on the basis of how the last one, the Red Line, did, ferrying with it a giant boost in crime that had not been present in Bethesda before.
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