WMATA/purple line decision: “incredibly disappointing, but not entirely surprising” MD gov. Larry Hogan

Purple Line Project In Maryland Suburbs Delayed Again – Perhaps Indefinitely | WAMU

makes sense to me.

why follow up the Paul S. Sarbanes Silver Spring Transit Center "monumental debacle" with a project with highly questionable ridership projections and links to a metro rail system with serious safety, operational, management and funding problems?