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<br>I think the Riverdale Park is a great place to live and will be even better if we can improve traffic conditions by adding transportation options like the Purple Line. <br><br><br>Nov 10, 2010 03:07:32 AM, m.avery@rocketmail.com wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(102, 153, 204);"><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">T"he Purple Line would follow the south side of River Road in dedicated lanes before turning right onto <span id="lw_1289357016_6" class="yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136);" id="lw_1289357852_0" class="yshortcuts">Kenilworth Avenue</span></span>.</font>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">On Kenilworth Avenue, the light rail will follow the west side of Kenilworth Avenue on an elevated aerial structure. The transitway will cross over the MD 201 / MD 410 intersection and turn left into the small triangle formed by <span id="lw_1289357016_7" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1289357852_1" class="yshortcuts">East West Highway</span></span>, Kenilworth Avenue and Riverdale Road. An aerial station would be located here and the site would be ideal for redevelopment as transit oriented development. "</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">the purple line will have to have a dedicated lane added to River Road. this is proposed to be built on the right hand side of the road, over park land. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">It then turns on to Kennelworth. The businesses along Kennelworth will have to be removed to make room for the train. Also, the triangle of land where the gas station and sT Bernard's is located will be the metro stop.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">So we will lose all those businesses along Kennelworhth and i nthe Triangle.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Metro also plans to build a <span id="lw_1289357852_2" class="yshortcuts">sound barrier wall</span> between the train on River Road and <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136);" id="lw_1289357852_3" class="yshortcuts">Riverdale Park</span>, standard practice.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">also, the radius the train needs to make a right hand turn is about 1/2 a mile. Whare do you think that trun will be?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I have seen plans for a bridge that will pass over part of the park land that buffers River Road. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2">they may not have finalized the design yet, but what ever happens, it will further dissect the town of Riverdale Park and make it even less attractive to future and present residents.</font></p><br></div><br></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "lisagrob@verizon.net" <lisagrob@verizon.net><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> m.avery@rocketmail.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> edab.3535@gmail.com; towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, November 9, 2010 9:02:58 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Re: [RP TownTalk] purple line<br></lisagrob@verizon.net></font><br>
<div>We have to plan for our future and present transportation needs. Maryland's population is expected to increase by 1 million in the next 20 years. Here is a description of the pathway through our area.</div>
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<div>http://www.purplelinemd.com/images/stories/purpleline_documents/lpa/Purple%20Line%20LPA%20Document%2020100122.pdf</div><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" size="1">
</font></font><p><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font color="#221e1f" size="1"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Purple Line LPA passes on surface directly through the center of the University of Maryland campus, crossing US 1 on Rossborough Lane to enter the new East Campus Development. </font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The transitway would continue on Paint Branch Parkway in a short section of shared lanes to pass under the CSX/Metrorail tracks, entering the College Park Metrorail Station. It integrates with the transit oriented development at the College Park Metrorail Station with convenient connections to the Metrorail Green Line and the MARC Camden Line. The Purple Line would follow the south side of River Road in dedicated lanes before turning right onto Kenilworth Avenue.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">On Kenilworth Avenue, the light rail will follow the west side of Kenilworth Avenue on an elevated aerial structure. The transitway will cross over the MD 201 / MD 410 intersection and turn left into the small triangle formed by East West Highway, Kenilworth Avenue and Riverdale Road. An aerial station would be located here and the site would be ideal for redevelopment as transit oriented development. </font></p><font color="#221e1f"><font color="#221e1f"><font color="#221e1f">
</font></font></font><p><font color="#221e1f"><font color="#221e1f"><font color="#221e1f"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Purple Line LPA is in dedicated lanes on MD 410 (Riverdale Road) and then along the south side of Veterans </font></font></font></font><font color="#221e1f"><font color="#221e1f"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Parkway before turning left onto Ellin Road to arrive at the New Carrollton Metrorail, the eastern terminus of the project. At New Carrollton, the Purple Line will provide convenient connections to the Metrorail Orange Line, the MARC Penn Line, and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor.</font></font></font></p>
<div><font color="#67338d" size="6"><font color="#000000" size="2"><b>Continued Refinement and Modification</b></font></font></div>
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</font></font></font><p><font face="Verdana,Verdana"><font face="Verdana,Verdana"><font face="Verdana,Verdana"><font color="#000000">Continued refinement and modifications will occur along the entire corridor, but areas expected to be the subject </font></font></font></font><font face="Verdana,Verdana"><font face="Verdana,Verdana"><font face="Verdana,Verdana"><font color="#000000">of additional detailed study include: </font></font></font></font></p></div>
<div><b>Riverdale Park segment: MTA is coordinating with the Town of Riverdale Park and Prince George’s County to </b><font color="#221e1f"><font color="#221e1f"><b>further study an aerial structure at Kenilworth Avenue and East-West Highway to ensure it is compatible with existing and future land uses</b>.</font></font></div>
<div><br><br><br>Nov 9, 2010 01:18:19 PM, m.avery@rocketmail.com wrote:<br></div>
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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 id="lw_1289357016_12" 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>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> edab.3535 <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: rgb(31, 73, 125); 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><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Bruce</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Here is a link to a “you tube” video of light rail (with sound) here: http://rethinkcollegepark.net/blog/2007/515/ . </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); 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: rgb(31, 73, 125); 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"><b><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> ABragg7393@aol.com [mailto:ABragg7393@aol.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 08, 2010 10:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> edab.3535@gmail.com; towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RP TownTalk] Dog Park</span><span style="color: black;"></span></p></div></div>
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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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