Purple Line
Purple Line June Community Updates
Get the latest from the Purple Line team on construction timeline for the Purple Line for each community it links.
Action Alert, Event: Last updated by Garrett Hennigan on June 8, 2022.
Action Alert, Event
Multiple meetings in June
In-Person
Action Alert, Event
Multiple meetings in June, In-Person
Action Alert, Event: Last updated by Garrett Hennigan on June 8, 2022.
Meetup
These trails are going to transform our region
Something exciting is growing in the DMV: a world-class trails network that will provide car-free connections between job centers, schools, and neighborhoods across our region.
Blog Post: Last updated by Anna McCormally on December 10, 2020.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Anna McCormally
on December 10, 2020.
Georgetown Branch Trail detour options during Purple Line construction
While the light rail line and new trail are being built, biking between Bethesda and Silver Spring is a little more complicated, but still doable.
Blog Post: Last updated by Colin Browne on August 30, 2017.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Colin Browne
on August 30, 2017.
Further Delays for the Purple Line and Capital Crescent Trail
In May, Maryland’s Purple Line project received some bad news which further delays construction of the 16-mile light rail project and jeopardizes major improvements for bicycling in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties.
Blog Post: Last updated by Tamara Evans on July 25, 2017.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Tamara Evans
on July 25, 2017.
April Advocacy Roundup
Welcome to our monthly edition of “Hey, what’s going with _____?”
Blog Post: Last updated by Carm Saimbre on March 19, 2019.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Carm Saimbre
on March 19, 2019.
The Purple Line Is a Go—And We’re Pumped
A direct, paved trail connection between Bethesda and Silver Spring is going to become a reality.
Blog Post: Last updated by Greg Billing on August 23, 2016.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Greg Billing
on August 23, 2016.
No Tunnel for the Capital Crescent Trail at Wisconsin Ave
Plans have fallen through for a Capital Crescent Trail tunnel underneath Wisconsin Ave in downtown Bethesda.
Blog Post: Last updated by Greg Billing on October 2, 2014.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Greg Billing
on October 2, 2014.
Don’t Let MCDoT Eliminate Part of the Capital Crescent Trail
After years of public input and agreement on the design for the future Capital Crescent trail, the Montgomery County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) just moved unilaterally to eliminate the long-promised grade-separated crossing of busy Jones Mill Rd.
Blog Post: Last updated by Colin Browne on August 15, 2014.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Colin Browne
on August 15, 2014.
Speak Up By Oct. 21 to Support an Improved Capital Crescent Trail
We sent an action-alert email to our supporters in Maryland this morning encouraging them to submit for comment to the Maryland Transit Association their support for improvements to the Capital Crescent Trail as part of the Purple Line project. We’re reposting it here for our blog’s readers who may also support a better, paved, grade-separated […]
Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca on October 16, 2013.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Alex Baca
on October 16, 2013.
A New Option for Capital Crescent Trail Tunnel in Bethesda
As the Washington Post reported recently, Montgomery County planners are working on a plan to redevelop the Apex Building in downtown Bethesda to better accommodate the Purple line’s western terminus. As currently planned, the Bethesda station for the Purple line will be tightly squeezed into the space under the Apex Building. This will force the Capital […]
Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca on August 29, 2013.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Alex Baca
on August 29, 2013.
Attend an Update on the Purple Line in Chevy Chase Tonight
Those interested in learning about the current status of the Purple Line project in and around Chevy Chase should plan to attend a neighborhood work group meeting hosted by the Maryland Transit Administration this evening. Read the below press release for more information.
Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca on April 15, 2013.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Alex Baca
on April 15, 2013.
CCT Update
Last week, WABA and other community leaders and trail advocates met with Montgomery County T&E Chairman (and now Council President) Roger Berliner to discuss the future of the Capital Crescent Trail (CCT). The purpose of this posting is to share: (1) the pending decisions on the CCT’s future; (2) the alternatives under consideration, (3) the […]
Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing on December 8, 2011.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Shane Farthing
on December 8, 2011.
The Purple Line is GOOD for the Trail
Last week, a public meeting was held by MTA on the future of the Purple Line and the accompanying trail improvements to the Capital Crescent Trail that would make the portion of the trail between Bethesda and Silver Spring a more viable connection between these two employment and transit hubs. After more than a decade of […]
Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing on April 18, 2011.
Blog Post:
Last updated by Shane Farthing
on April 18, 2011.
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