Comments on just up the pike: what's up the pike: wine and whine

Dave Murphy said...
How do you get that train ...

2008-07-16T01:57:00.000-04:00

Dave Murphy said...
How do you get that train from Silver Spring to Langley Park without running it through a residential neighborhood? I'm all ears.

July 15, 2008 2:49 AM

RE: How the hell did Metro build the Red Line Under Georgia Avenue and 16th Street in Silver Spring and Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike between DC and Rockville????????

Dave Murphy said...

Wayne Avenue is 4 lanes wide all the way up until where it would tunnel to Long Branch. It's not some tiny street tucked away in the backroads of suburbia, it's a major through route between Colesville Road and Silgo Creek Parkway. There are no major traffic backups justifying these extra lanes, and they could very well facilitate a mode of transportation that will prove queter and safer than the busses currently running up and down Wayne Avenue.

July 15, 2008 2:49 AM

RE: Bingo!!!!!! Thats why You People Support building a Cheap Unreliable Trolly along Wayne Avenue just to piss off Drivers that use Wayne Avenue as their thurafare to DTSS by incouraging traffic backups especially when the trolley breaks down on the road way or even worse if a person is ran over by one of the trolley's. All you care about is turning preventing Silver Spring from growing into a Modernize Upscale Urban City like DC, Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Tysons, and Reston because you people want Silver Spring and Most of Montgomery County to be transformed into a retroceed of a Depressing enviroment with Small Depressing Rural Blue Collar Towns with no scenery of Modern Upscale Office Towers, Upscale Retail Centers, and Narrow Roads(I wouldn't be suprise if you people supported turning existing surface roads to Dirt Roads) with no Traffic Lights and only stop signs.......

I am sorry but the Depression days of Silver Spring of the 1930's IS OVER, Accept it or Move out of the area because as long as Washnington, DC is the Nations Capital and Northern Virginia continues to attract Upscale Growth then Expect Silver Spring and other Parts of Montgomery County to continue to Grow and become more Upscale and Modernize with High Paying Employment Growth, Upgraded Multi-Lane Roads, and Upscale Retail and Chain Restaurants.....

Why haven't all these neighborhoods already been b...

2008-07-15T17:03:00.000-04:00

Why haven't all these neighborhoods already been bulldozed and rezoned as a result of the Red Line?

I am mystified as to why homeowners will have to fight to hold on to their homes? Nobody makes them sell, even if the property gets rezoned. Look at the Sacks Neighborhood near Bethesda Metro. They got offered $3 million per house, but a minority of the residents refused to sell so the deal didn't go through.

scary as I may be, I'm not necessarily a Purple Line pusher

"dense areas inside the Beltway should be served b...

2008-07-15T08:14:00.000-04:00

"dense areas inside the Beltway should be served by developments that embrace the surrounding communities" ...however, those surrounding communities would be rezoned and bulldozed. If the country club is behind this group, it's a dumb move. But there is plenty of genuine grassroots opposition to the Purple Line -- not only for the surface destruction, but its aftermath. If this thing gets approved, homeowners and renters alike will have to fight like mad to hold on to their homes. PS-I am staying anonymous because some of these PL pushers scare me.

How do you get that train from Silver Spring to La...

2008-07-15T02:49:00.000-04:00

How do you get that train from Silver Spring to Langley Park without running it through a residential neighborhood? I'm all ears.

Wayne Avenue is 4 lanes wide all the way up until where it would tunnel to Long Branch. It's not some tiny street tucked away in the backroads of suburbia, it's a major through route between Colesville Road and Silgo Creek Parkway. There are no major traffic backups justifying these extra lanes, and they could very well facilitate a mode of transportation that will prove queter and safer than the busses currently running up and down Wayne Avenue.

I'm highly amused that www.a4stmd.org no longer exists. Columbia Country Club is an affront to the infrastructural integrity of the region even before you factor in the right-of-way that they are currently stealing from the county. dense areas inside the Beltway should be served by developments that embrace the surrounding communities, not exclusive golf courses that shut out the surrounding areas. Great post Dan. It's writing like this that eliminates shenanigans like that from the political process.

You must have not been along Wayne Avenue Lately b...

2008-07-15T02:09:00.000-04:00

You must have not been along Wayne Avenue Lately because there are signs brewing up in front lawns opposing the Purple Line Trolley from being built along Wayne Avenue.

Quite Frankley I don't Blame them for Opposing it because it doesn't make any common sense to build a trolley rail through a housing neighborhood along surface streets because it Always runs a risk of accidents.

It will be better supported if they can bury the rail line underground as it goes through neighborhoods and its known that trains travel faster when it is underground.........