Section 3: Elements—Transportation and Mobility
SECTOR-WIDE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY GOALS, POLICIES, AND STRATEGIES POLICY TM 1 Construct the Purple Line (CIP #FH 661004). STRATEGIES TM 1.1: Construct the Purple Line along the preferred alignment within the sector plan area. TM 1.2: Construct stations at Beacon HeightsEast Pines and Riverdale Park-Kenilworth. TM 1.3: Construct the Purple Line Maintenance and Operations Facility at Glenridge Park, 4800 Veterans Parkway.
POLICY TM 2 The Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Purple Line Station should be as visually unobtrusive as possible, allowing maximum views through the facility from MD 410 (East West Highway) south at ground level. TM 2.1: The Riverdale Park-Kenilworth Station should be constructed on a pier-andgirder overhead structure. Solid walls and
Goals • The Purple Line connects communities along its route from New Carrollton to Bethesda. Visitors, workers, and shoppers use the Purple Line to access destinations within the sector plan area, while residents use the line to access job, educational, and recreational opportunities in neighboring communities. • An attractive intermodal transit station at Riverdale Park-Kenilworth that is safely accessible for pedestrians and bicyclists and facilitates bus/light rail transfers, and serves as a focal point of civic and community activity. See Community Heritage and Culture Element for discussion of the civic/community space aspects of the station. embankments should only be used as abutments for this structure. TM 2.2: Ground-level ancillary structures at the station should be placed in proximity to piers to maximize sightlines between MD 410 (East West Highway) and areas south of the station.
• An attractive, easy-to-use Purple Line Station at Beacon Heights-East Pines that is safely accessible from all directions. • New street patterns, with new and retrofitted street sections, at Purple Line stations accommodate pedestrianoriented, transit-supportive development, and multimodal circulation. • Frequency of service on the Purple Line and selected bus routes increases, decreasing wait times and increasing connectivity throughout the region. • Public off-street, on-street, and other shared parking opportunities reduce demand for, and cost of, on-site parking, while reducing spillover parking in neighborhoods. TM 2.3: Wayfinding signage at the stations should include directions to residential and retail development, institutions, station platforms, parks and trails, and other points of interest.
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