Here's a look at the progress at the future Purple Line station at Chevy Chase Lake on Connecticut Avenue. You can see the distinctive design of the Capital Crescent Trail bridge over Connecticut, which was moved into place with heavy equipment after being largely constructed off-site. On the east side of Connecticut, you can now see the shelter canopy has been erected. A route signage pole is visible to the left of the canopy, and the tall post you see appears to be a support for the overhead catenary that will power the light rail trains.
Thanks for posting. Do you know what the clearance is for the overpass? It looks kind of low. Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteThis will be the only "nice" location on the line besides Bethesda, to the extent Bethesda remains nice. I fail to see the benefits of the Purple line as anyone in Bethesda or Chevy Chase Lake who needs to go to other locations on the Purple line for any reason likely has the means to drive or rideshare there.
ReplyDeleteReply to "anyone in Bethesda or Chevy Chase Lake who needs to go to other locations on the Purple line for any reason likely has the means to drive or rideshare there." I work in the 8401 Conn Ave building and it pains me that the purple line is not already done. Because of all the delays building it, I have no choice but to drive to work (which I hate to do) and spend much more on housing nearby to shorten my commute. If the line was done, I could live farther away in cheaper accommodations, not need to drive to work, and have a stop right at my job. The line is not just to serve the privileged few in Chevy Chase and Bethesda, but also the workers who can't afford to live here who make your community run, including service workers like me.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the old B&O rail line which the purple line is being built on pre-dates Chevy Chase.
Many people who work in Bethesda (waiters, shop attendants, hair stylists, cooks, busboys) -- i.e. the people that have to serve those that are complaining about the purple line -- are actually happy to have public transportation to Bethesda in their future so that they don't have to drive to work and pay to park all day.
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice if people just stopped complaining about this and moved on.
You're leaving out the part about how expensive our 'subway' system is. One might say mismanaged, and/or staffed by incompetent lazy freeloaders. How many times have I seem a four door Metro pickup idling on an OT Sunday with four people sleeping in it? Many weekends in FH.
ReplyDeleteAlready it's way overpriced, the tradeoff on the street is its often cheaper to drive, if you have a car, better a beater (unsafe and dangerous to all) car.
The only advantage to the consumer/patron is coming to dinner by Metro: you need not worry about your car getting broke into or your getting killed in the parking lot, and who will travel back to PG with their Bang and Olafson or Ferragamo goods in tow?
How's all this going to work out, long term? Crime alone will strangle Bethesda, this new line will accelerate that.
More Metro! Like the Space Program managed (mis) and maintained (NOT) by Post Office flunkies
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