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To:  Transportation Planning Board

Metropolitan Washington Council of Govts.

777 North Capitol Street, NE

Suite 300

Washington, DC 20002

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To:  Governor Martin O’Malley

100 State Circle

Annapolis, MD 21401

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To:  MTA Planning Director Ratcliff

6 Paul Street, 9th Floor

Baltimore, MD 21202

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To:  County Executive Ike Leggett

Executive Office Building
101 Monroe Street, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850

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To:  Chairman Hanson and Board Members
Montgomery County Planning Board
8787 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
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To:  Council President Andrews and Councilmembers

Stella B. Werner Council Office Building
100 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850

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To:  County Councilmember Roger Berliner

Stella B. Werner Council Office Building
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Rockville, MD 20850

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To:  County Councilmember Marc Elrich

Stella B. Werner Council Office Building
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Rockville, MD 20850

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To:  County Councilmember Nancy Floreen

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Rockville, MD 20850

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Rockville, MD 20850

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(If you have the time, please write your own personal letter.  It can be brief.  Personal letters are weighed most heavily.   However, if you do not have time,   please feel free to use this sample letter, either deleting or inserting some information in the first paragraph, and signing your name and address at the end.  Thank youYour voice will make a difference!)

 

RE:  No Rail on the Trail --Please Preserve Our Safe Community Greenspace

Dear Governor O’Malley,

         MTA Planning Director Ratcliff  

         County Executive Leggett,

         Chairman Hanson,

         Council President Andrews,

       

 [Decribe how you use the Capital Crescent Trail – with family or friends, for recreation and exercise, or for training, commuting, etc. Explain why the tranquility of the Trail and the surrounding trees are important to you and to the environment, etc.]

Every week, more than 10,000 walkers, runners, and bikers -- from all over the region -- use the Capital Crescent Trail between Bethesda and Silver Spring. The Trail is enjoyed by the elderly, parents pushing strollers, bird watchers, families with small children, casual cyclists,  athletes in training, and daily commuters.

Hundreds of children and teens use the Trail every week to get to Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, Westland Middle School, the Jane Lawton Community Center, and to visit friends, for exercise, recreation, and to hang out.

It's easy to see that the Purple Line doesn't belong 10’ from the Capital Crescent Trail and a few feet from homes along the Trail!  Trains will be passing in both directions every three minutes.

The Trail is no place for a transitway.  Two teens were killed recently by the Baltimore Light Rail.   An average of 9 pedestrians are killed every year by trains in Maryland!

Please act wisely -- put transit elsewhere to preserve the Capital Crescent Trail as this region’s “Central Park” -- so that we, and generations to come, will be able to enjoy this beautiful, safe, irreplaceable greenspace, regardless of the growth and development that takes place around us.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Your Name and Address

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