Who We Are

What We Want

Why Light Rail?

Rails & Trails

News & Events

Project Background

How You Can Help

Purple Line NOW!
is on Facebook

Purple Line NOW! is asking all candidates for elective office at the County Council level and above in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties to sign a Pledge to support the Purple Line. All candidates who sign this Pledge will have their name shown on our website, in advertisements we plan, and in other notifications to the voters. We have just begun sending the pledge request to all candidates, and we have already received dozens of signed pledges. If you are a candidate and have not received our pledge request yet, you can find a copy of the request at PLN Pledge.pdf. You may acknowledge your agreement to the pledge by sending an email with "yes, I support the Purple Line" in the subject line to cscott@purplelinenow.com. Thank you for considering this crucially important project; please respond by July 23.

A proposal to "temporarily" stop transit service on Campus Drive could set the stage for the University to obstruct the proposed Purple Line alignment. The University needs more transit, not less. We need high quality public transportation connecting our communities, including our universities. Purple Line NOW! has joined a diverse coalition of student leaders, local elected officials and advocacy groups to fight the trial closure of Campus Drive.

A rendering of the Purple Line at the University of Maryland,
from an MTA presentation given at a UMD Forum on May 24.

Opposition to the trial closure has been strong and widespread. We helped sponsor a UMD Purple Line Forum on May 24 at the Stamp Student Union - see the Forum Announcement. The UMD administration has since announced that it is scaling back the trial closure, but the administration continues to oppose the Purple Line in the central campus. Follow these developments in more depth on this website, HERE.

The Montgomery County Planning Board approved the Purple Line Functional Master Plan on April 8, 2010. The plan supports the Purple Line as selected by the governor for the Locally Preferred Alternative, as double track light rail in the Georgetown Branch Corridor. The County Council held a public hearing on June 29, and on July 15 the Council T&E Committee endorsed the Functional Master Plan draft with only minor changes. The full Council has scheduled a worksession for July 20. You can learn more HERE.

Thanks for all of your support over the years! We hope you'll stay involved as this critical project moves forward.