Purple Line

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.
For more information on the Purple Line, please visit the Purple Line project website here or contact the project manger below.

Purple Line Project Manager

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

Prince George’s County is undertaking a planning project to address the Purple Line. The county, functional master plan 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 contact information for the county plan is below.  

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 manager 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