[RP TownTalk] purple line

Tue Nov 9 12:42:16 UTC 2010

they will have to build extra lanes to accommodate the train. Also, according to 
the state, they will have to build a sound barrier wall.

the amount of space tat will take up means houses and businesses lost in 
Riverdale.
Also, it will affect park land. 
Until recently, the Purple line site showed plans for a bridge or under ground 
tunnel going through our park. 

As of today, they only show the station stops. That includes the stop that will 
wipe out st Bernard's, the shell station and the vet on 

Riverdale Road. 

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From: edab.3535 <edab.3535 at gmail.com>
To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 1:57:35 PM
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line

 From Wiki: 
Light rail or light rail transit (LRT) is a form of urban rail public 
transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy 
rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional 
street-running tram systems. The term is typically used to refer to rail systems 
with rapid transit-style features that usually use electric rail cars[1] 
operating mostly in private rights-of-way separated from other traffic but 
sometimes, if necessary, mixed with other traffic in city streets. Modern light 
rail technology is flexible and adaptable, and whether any given system is 
considered a true rapid transit system or not depends on its characteristics

Our Metro system is: A rapid transit, metro(politan), subway, underground, or 
elevated railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with 
high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separated from other 
traffic.[2][3] Rapid transit systems are typically either in underground tunnels 
or elevated above street level. Outside urban centres, rapid transit lines 
sometimes run grade separated at ground level.

From:edab.3535 [mailto:edab.3535 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:37 PM
To: 'towntalk at riverdale-park.org'
Subject: RE: [RP TownTalk] purple line

No, Metro isn’t light rail. Light rail can run with pedestrians and traffic like 
a trolley. It isn’t fast or noisy. 

From:bruce.wernek at mindspring.com [mailto:bruce.wernek at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:04 PM
To: edab.3535; towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line

Apparently many of you have not listened to the Red Line as it passes Lake 
Artemesia.  It's quite loud (sqealing wheels, staccato from the wheels going 
over the welds in the tracks, horn when the train approaches a tunnel or 
station) and you often get fireworks when the electrical power contacts 
frequently make and break connnection with the third rail.  So not only do you 
get the noise, you get the high intensity flashes of light 24/7.

Don't believe me?  Take a walk around Lake Artemesia rather than relying on a 
web link to provide you with information.

P.S.  Metro is light rail.

Bruce

-----Original Message----- 
>From: "edab.3535" 
>Sent: Nov 8, 2010 11:39 AM 
>To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org 
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line 
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>
>Here is a link to a “you tube” video of light rail (with sound) here: 
>http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/515/ . 
>
>I was against the purple line at first. I am in West Lanham Hills and the purple 
>line goes next to our neighborhood. Our civic association looked into the purple 
>line extensively with lots of help from Danielle Glaros and County Councilman 
>Eric Olson. 
>
>B.T.W. My name is Ed Dabolt, I’m not in Riverdale but I am a close neighbor 
>from  West Lanham Hills. I am 2 blocks from the New Carrolton Metro so this was 
>a big issue for us. 
>
> 
>From:ABragg7393 at aol.com [mailto:ABragg7393 at aol.com] 
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:15 AM
>To: edab.3535 at gmail.com; towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Dog Park
> 
>Hello to you to, although I don't know who you are.  I thought the purple line 
>would be just like the red line, blue line, orange line...with the same sound.  
>Am I wrong?.  I would not be able to hear it in person if I went to a web site, 
>so if you will tell me where in Baltimore I can view this type of train, I will 
>take a trip and go there and see.  It just seems to me that when they put above 
>ground rails in, it is usually near industrial sites or similar sites, this one 
>is going right through our neighborhood, just like years ago with the East West 
>Highway.  I think we need to give it a lot more thought before we make another 
>mistake.  Are you saying this is not a "Metro or other train" and not fast and 
>loud?
>Audrey
> 
>In a message dated 11/8/2010 9:01:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
>edab.3535 at gmail.com writes:
>Hello,
>> The purple line isn’t loud at all.  Metro or other trains are fast and loud. 
>>The light rail that the purple line would be is very quiet. It would be the same 
>>as the light rail in Baltimore. Here is a link to find out more you can go to: 
>>http://www.purplelinemd.com/about-the-project/purple-line-facts
>> 
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