Meetings

Please Join Us at our Open Houses!

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) will hold a series of Open Houses on the Purple Line Study. These meetings will include updated information from the Open Houses held this past winter and will be the last round of large public meetings before the Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) is released this fall.

Give us your feedback on:

  • Updated Travel Times, Costs, and Ridership
  • Ridership by Station
  • Results of the Environmental Impact Statement
  • Purple Line Options Serving Your Community

All meetings except May 21 are from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 8, 2008
College Park City Hall
4500 Knox Road
College Park, MD 20740

Thursday, May 15, 2008
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Cafeteria
4301 East-West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814

Monday, May 12, 2008
West Lanham Hills
Recreation Center
7700 Decatur Road
Landover Hills, MD 20784

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
East Silver Spring
Elementary School
631 Silver Spring Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Wednesday, May 21, 2008*– 4:00 p.m.– 6:30 p.m.
Langley Park Community Center
1500 Merrimac Drive
Hyattsville, MD 20783

*This Open House is being held in conjunction with the Takoma/Langley Crossroads Sector Plan Community Meeting

 

December 2007 Open House Materials

In December 2007, the Purple Line team held another round of public Open Houses at which a broad range of information was presented.

Open House Map 12-07

Study Corridor Map

Alternatives Matrix

December 2007 Display Boards

Each display board presented is shown below. Please click on any icon to view the board in more detail.

Welcome What is the Purple Line? What will the Purple Line do?
Why do we need the Purple Line? Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Stations Alternatives Typical Sections 1
Typical Sections 2 Alternatives Considered Ridership & Costs 1
Ridership & Costs 2 How Projects Get Funded Traffic
Travel Times Environmental Refinements
National Historic Preservation Act Noise Capital Crescent Trail
Silver Spring Library University of Maryland 1 University of Maryland 2
Community Involvement Next Steps