| The local business interests of Bethesda and | | | | metro and train hub of New Carrollton from |
| Chevy Chase and other parties like the local | | | | where you can even take the Amtrak to Philly |
| politician Steve Silverman have been pushing for | | | | and New York City.I can imagine a college student |
| this new metro line for years, arguing it will bring | | | | renting an affordable efficiency in Silver Spring and |
| new business and vitality to the area and relieve | | | | then hopping on the Purple Line and catching that |
| the already congested Capital Beltway (495).The | | | | first class early in the morning at University of |
| detractors of the idea including some local | | | | MD.The Purple will also connect to the Green Line |
| well-to-do residents and local politicians like Ike | | | | at College Park, with the Red Line in Bethesda, |
| Leggett resist the plan arguing it will increase the | | | | and Orange Line at Silver Spring. Thus through |
| commercial traffic trough some choice | | | | these connections you can travel as far down |
| neighborhoods and create new urban problems | | | | south as the Reagan Airport.I think the Purple Line |
| rather than solve them.It is the classic tug of war | | | | would be an exciting and much needed addition to |
| between the pro-development and pro-status-quo | | | | the Capital region's already exhausted |
| groups.The Purple Line looks good on paper | | | | transportation network.With thousands of new |
| indeed, connecting the high-income Bethesda and | | | | residents flocking to this economically exploding |
| Chevy Chase with the rapidly gentrifying Silver | | | | metropolitan area, what we need is more and not |
| Spring, arching over to the University of Maryland | | | | less public transportation alternatives. |
| College Park campus and terminating in the busy | | | | |