The $5.6 billion transit project is set to obliterate the Spring Center shopping center at the corner of 16th and Spring streets in Silver Spring, where Crest Opticians is one of 20 businesses that will have to make way for the line.
Capital News Service
Purple Line Divided: Major impact on townhomes in Silver Spring
At least 16 townhomes on Arliss Street in Silver Spring have front yards that will be used to make way for the Purple Line. Construction for the 16.2-mile double-track light rail, which will run from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County, will take place just feet away from residents’ front doors.
Purple Line Divided: Homeowner forced to relocate
According to the Maryland Transit Administration’s August 2013 Purple Line impact statement, a total of 25 single-family homes in Maryland are being fully acquired by the State Highway Administration to make way for the light rail line.
Purple Line Divided: $5.6 billion light rail moving forward
Connecting Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, the $5.6 billion light rail system will accommodate transfers to the red, green and orange Metro lines, and will link to Amtrak and MARC trains. Construction is set to begin as early as later this year, with the transit line being fully operational by spring of 2022.
Freddie Gray’s death sparks legislative agenda one year later
Freddie Gray’s death sparked huge civil unrest in the city that became national news. One year later, dozens of legislative proposals resulted from or garnered additional attention because of the death of a disadvantaged, young, black man from West Baltimore and the long-standing frustrations this incident brought to the surface.
Safety concerns remain for Uber, Lyft ride sharing
After nearly unimpeded growth in an industry that didn’t exist a decade ago, around 30 U.S. jurisdictions have passed new ride-hailing regulatory legislation, all in the hopes of making services like Uber and Lyft safer for passenger use.
Tracking Your Phone: Laws starting to regulate simulator use
The law governing use of cell site location information in Maryland changed in Oct. 2014. It raised the burden of proof and required a court order before law enforcement could conduct real-time tracking, except in cases where a device’s owner had approved it or in cases of life or death.
Tracking Your Phone: A look into the technology
Cell site simulators were initially used overseas by intelligence agencies and federal law enforcement. Homeland Security agencies including the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement also now use the devices, as does the Internal Revenue Service.
Tracking Your Phone: Legal questions result in plea deals
Sometimes prosecutors have decided to offer plea deals in otherwise strong cases rather than disclose the use of cell site simulators.
Tracking Your Phone: Secrecy surrounds technology
Although some Maryland agencies have been using cell phone tracking technology for at least a decade, it wasn’t until October 2014 that police in the state were required even to show probable cause to use real-time cell site location information, according to a four-month investigation by Capital News Service.
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