Here's a 1993 Letter to the Editor by early MBT activist Patrick H. Hare calling for the District to build the Metropolitan Branch Trail.
The proposed Metropolitan Branch Trail would use the former sidings to connect Silver Spring and northern Prince George's County to the Mall. It has been endorsed by many institutions and communities, including the D.C. government, the National Park Service and the Council of Governments. But the word "trail" is too limiting. The former sidings are an opportunity for a trail-and-transit avenue, a new kind of urban greenway that could symbolize reduced reliance on cars and the physical influence of the environmental movement on the nation's capital.
Here's a 2006 article by Hare about his a bike ride in DC during a trip back after he moved to CT.
Comments