Purple Line backers just launched a petition to Maryland state officials to approve the Purple Line as a “generally at-grade light rail line that is primarily on its own right of way” from New Carrollton to Bethesda, and to complete the Capital Crescent Trail alongside the Purple Line. Sign on!

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.