Campaign to End the Purple Line Madness
November 6th, 2007 | by David Daddio | Published in Purple Line, Transportation
We usually shy away from outright advocacy, but the University’s actions surrounding the Purple Line are far too egregious to ignore. The Campus Drive alignment is a forgone conclusion and the current MTA study (brought on by the University’s request) will only show that a Campus Drive Purple Line is more technically feasible, more cost-effective, and will have higher ridership than the ill-conceived Stadium Drive alignment. University Administrators would be wise to abandon it now, rather than look foolish in a month when MTA has proven Stadium Drive inferior (and spent thousands of taxpayer dollars doing it).
We already outsmarted UMD once during their Purple Line tunnel boondoggle. How many times do they have to be shown up by their own students before they get the message?
Please join our facebook group on the matter and stay tuned to the website as our campaign to let the MTA do its job continues to unfold.
The general progression of Dr. Mote’s thoughts (past, present, and forcasted):
1)
Insist on a tunnel that is neither prudent nor economically feasible.2)
Accept at-grade as inevitable, but advocate for an alignment that is inconsistent with the University Master Plan, is likely not technically feasible to build, and that poorly serves the vast majority of the campus community.3) Let the MTA do their job and participate within rather than outside their process. Accept their preferred alignment and become an outright champion of the project.
