Either building the Purple Line in order to complete the Capital Crescent Trail into Silver Spring or not building the Purple Line in order to save some of the park character of the Capital Crescent Trail in Chevy Chase would be having the tail wag the dog. The Purple Line ridership estimates show four times as many people would board the Purple Line in a single day than now use the Interim CCT in the Georgetown Branch Corridor in an entire week. The Purple Line decision should be made based upon all of the many important issues, not just on the impact on the CCT.
The focus of the www.silverspringtrails.org website and of this companion blog is limited to issues that effect the trails. I believe the Purple Line light-rail should and does stand on all of the issues, including the many issues not discussed on this blog. I encourage you to explore all of the issues before making your decision about the Purple Line.
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