tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post1866510369793466154..comments2024-02-28T11:29:36.860-05:00Comments on just up the pike: what's up the pike: teenage wastelandDan Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-43282592739835821742009-10-07T15:01:42.898-04:002009-10-07T15:01:42.898-04:00Wayne and Dale isn't like Georgetown, and in f...Wayne and Dale isn't like Georgetown, and in fact, I think people would be pretty upset by that comparison. I do think Forest Glen is a fitting analogy, though. <br /><br />Wayne and Dale is not and has not been the kind of major node where redevelopment would be justified. The Purple Line works because it connects all these residential neighborhoods not currently on Metro lines to job centers. <br /><br />There will be many Purple Line stops where major TOD will not happen or, if it does, will happen at a very small scale - Lyttonsville, 16th Street, Manchester Road and Gilbert Street all come to mind. Transit stations can exist in residential settings like these without major redevelopment.Dan Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594208011755406956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-38338360704078842842009-10-07T11:50:28.576-04:002009-10-07T11:50:28.576-04:00The Forest Glen Metro Station has a lesson for us ...The Forest Glen Metro Station has a lesson for us too. The density did NOT increase around that station, even though it is a heavy rail station. That is because the zoning at Forest Glen did not change.<br /><br />Density will not increase around a Dale Drive light rail station if the zoning is not changed.silverspringtrailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142254843465970449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-14438128712551438482009-10-07T09:41:11.394-04:002009-10-07T09:41:11.394-04:00Has the lesson of no metro station in Georgetown b...Has the lesson of no metro station in Georgetown been lost on these folks?<br /><br />On a related transit issue, Dan I hope you will be at the Q2 hearing next Tuesday. Also hoping my elected officials come out too. I'm going to be LIVID if they propose a broken line forcing us downcounty-residents to make yet another transfer to get upcounty. There had BETTER be an express alternative proposed.WashingtonGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950523974356540767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30306615.post-6554497208529493592009-10-07T07:28:56.770-04:002009-10-07T07:28:56.770-04:00The Purple Line Dale Drive white paper makes a rea...The Purple Line Dale Drive white paper makes a reasonable case for having a station at Dale Drive based only on transit considerations, but it does not consider the effects on the neighborhood other than transit use. If the line negatively impacts the residential character of the neighborhood and leads to higher density the residents don't want, it might not be good to have the station even if it benefits transit use. More transit use needs to be balanced with other considerations.<br /><br />The most interesting thing in the study is that most of the use of a Dale Drive station would come from residents the area south of Wayne Avenue. Maybe the "No Train on Wayne" folks were right and the line ought to use one of the alternative routes farther south where the users are concentrated.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00180733496678026590noreply@blogger.com