Tag archive for ‘Purple Line’
Metro manager: If I had a Purple Line …
If you’re gonna build a Purple Line light-rail route, make it a good one, a manager for Metro’s rail works recommended.
“There are two types of light rail: the traditional and the trams,” Dave Kubicek, Metro’s assistant general manager for rail operations, explained to the Action Committee for Transit advocacy group in May.
If the proposed mass-transit […]
Purple Line won’t break busy intersection, state reps say
A proposed Purple Line route won’t do too much damage to traffic flow at one busy downtown intersection, reps for the state transit administration claim.
The mass-transit project could chug through Wayne Avenue at Fenton Street in downtown Silver Spring. That’s if a Wayne Avenue route is chosen to link Long Branch with the future Silver […]
State takes second guess at Purple Line ridership
More riders are expected to hop the Purple Line mass-transit project than previously thought, a rep for the state’s transit administration announced.
The fresh numbers, revealed to Silver Spring’s citizens advisory board Monday night, add up to 20,000 trips to guesstimates released in December.
“Our ridership numbers compare very well with other projects,” said Mike Madden, project […]
