We're still waiting after all of these years.

The Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) is planned to provide a safe, direct, off road trail between downtown Silver Spring and Bethesda, and to connect seamlessly to the Metropolitan Branch Trail to form a regional "bicycle beltway". It has been more than 10 years since the CCT opened in Bethesda and Chevy Chase neighborhoods. But Silver Spring still is still waiting for the CCT, and progress on completing the regional trail network is stalled.

This map is a portion of the Montgomery County Silver Spring Bikeways Map. The dashed green line shows the preferred Master Plan alignment for the future CCT and MetBranch Trail.

This blog will explore what the CCT will be like in Silver Spring and what is keeping us from completing the CCT. This will provide a forum to discuss some of the issues outlined in my www.silverspringtrails.org website. Comments are welcome, but please keep comments directed toward issues related to finishing the Trail into Silver Spring. No abusive comments will be accepted. The Purple Line transit/trail project presents many issues to many neighborhoods and people have strong opinions. This blog will be useful only if we stay on topic, and show each other respect.

Wayne Phyillaier