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<DIV>they will have to build extra lanes to accommodate the train. Also, according to the state, they will have to build a <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand" id=lw_1289306505_0 class=yshortcuts>sound barrier wall</SPAN>.</DIV>
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<DIV>the amount of space tat will take up means houses and businesses lost in Riverdale.</DIV>
<DIV>Also, it will affect park land. </DIV>
<DIV>Until recently, the Purple line site showed plans for a bridge or under ground tunnel going through our park. </DIV>
<DIV>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 </DIV>
<DIV>Riverdale Road. <BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> edab.3535 <edab.3535@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, November 8, 2010 1:57:35 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line<BR></FONT><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN>From Wiki: </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>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.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> edab.3535 [mailto:edab.3535@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 08, 2010 1:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'towntalk@riverdale-park.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [RP TownTalk] purple line</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">No, Metro isn’t light rail. Light rail can run with pedestrians and traffic like a trolley. It isn’t fast or noisy. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> bruce.wernek@mindspring.com [mailto:bruce.wernek@mindspring.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 08, 2010 1:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B> edab.3535; towntalk@riverdale-park.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Don't believe me? Take a walk around Lake Artemesia rather than relying on a web link to provide you with information.</SPAN></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">P.S. Metro is light rail.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: "edab.3535" <BR>Sent: Nov 8, 2010 11:39 AM <BR>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org <BR>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line <BR><BR><BR></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">B.T.W. My name is Ed Dabolt, I’m not in Riverdale but I am a close neighbor from<SPAN> </SPAN>West Lanham Hills. I am 2 blocks from the New Carrolton Metro so this was a big issue for us. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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?</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In a message dated 11/8/2010 9:01:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, edab.3535@gmail.com writes:</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN> </SPAN>The purple line isn’t loud at all.<SPAN> </SPAN>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</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></P>
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