The Purple Line is a proposed high-capacity public transportation link between Bethesda and New Carrollton. This 14-mile corridor extends from the western limits of the Metrorail Red Line in Bethesda to the Orange New Carrollton Metrorail Station along a route inside the Capital Beltway. The project would provide a direct connection between the Metrorail Red, Green and Orange Lines that radiate into suburban Maryland from Washington, D.C. and provide an east-west public transportation link between Montgomery County and Prince George’s County. Currently the Maryland Transit Administration is refining alignment alternatives and addressing computer modeling challenges that will forecast ridership. Environmental studies associated with each alignment are currently underway, with selection of a final alignment anticipated in June of 2008.
Michael Madden
Maryland Transit Administration
Office of Planning
6 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-767-3694
mmadden@mtamaryland.com
En Español:
Carlos Abinader
Maryland Transit Administration
4351 Garden City Dr., Ste 305
New Carrollton, MD 20785
Phone: 301-565-9665
cabinader@mtamaryland.com
County Transportation Plans to Address the Purple Line
Both Montgomery and Prince George’s County are undertaking planning projects to address the Purple Line. These two county, functional master plans will provide policy guidance for the Purple Line location, mode (i.e., bus or light rail), function, and general operating characteristics for communities between Bethesda and New Carrollton, including the Takoma/Langley Crossroads. Information and contacts for each county plan are below.
1.) Purple Line Functional Master Plan—Montgomery County
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) of Montgomery County has recently started the development of a Purple Line Functional Master Plan.
Why a functional Master Plan? The purpose of the Purple Line Functional Master Plan is to identify the specific alignment and station locations within Montgomery County so that existing and future Master, Sector, Station Area, and other plans will have adopted policy guidance as to the location, mode (i.e., bus or light rail), function, and general operational characteristics of the Purple Line. What area is covered? Current adopted master plans include an alignment for a trolley over the Georgetown Branch alignment between Bethesda and Silver Spring. The Functional Master Plan, once adopted will provide for planning policy guidance over an alignment extending from Bethesda to the County boundary with Prince George’s County in the Takoma/Langley Crossroads area.
Alexandra Teaff
Public Information Specialist
M-NCPPC
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-563-6459 alexandra.teaff@mncppc-mc.org
2.) Countywide Master Plan of Transportation—Prince George's County
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) of Prince George’s County has recently started the Countywide Master Plan of Transportation. The Purple Line will be added to the Countywide Master Plan of Transportation, which would officially place the Purple Line in a master plan for Prince George’s County. This plan will begin in September 2007 with anticipated completion date of September 2008. The Master Plan, once adopted will provide for planning policy guidance over an alignment extending from the County boundary with Montgomery County in the Takoma/Langley Crossroads area to New Carrollton.
For more information, please visit the Prince George's County project website or contact the project manger below.
Project Manager (English and En Español)
Harold E. Foster; AAG, AICP
Transportation Planning Coordinator
M-NCPPC
14741 Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
Phone: 301-952-4947 Harold.Foster@ppd.mncppc.org
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