Afederal court ruling that orders more scrutiny of ridership projections for the planned 16-mile light-rail Purple Line across Washington, D.C's Maryland suburbs further clouds the fate of a $5.6-billion project already on the brink of losing nearly $1 billion in federal funds. U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon on May 22 ruled that Maryland and U.S. transit officials "failed to take the requisite 'hard look'" at how recent infrastructure and safety issues on the region's separately operated Metrorail system could affect Purple Line use. Previous studies said about 27% of line riders would transfer to or from Metrorail at five planned, colocated stations. Officials acknowledge that Metro ridership fell 12% in the second half of 2016.
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机译：联邦法院的裁决下令对计划穿越华盛顿特区的马里兰州郊区的16英里轻轨紫色线的乘客量预测进行更严格的审查，这进一步掩盖了一个已经耗资56亿美元的项目的命运，该项目已经濒临失去近10亿美元的联邦政府资金。美国地方法院法官理查德·莱昂（Richard J. Leon）于5月22日裁定，马里兰州和美国过境官员“未能对区域独立运营的都会铁路系统近期的基础设施和安全问题如何影响紫线的使用采取必要的'严厉眼光'”。先前的研究表明，大约有27％的线路乘客将在计划中的5个位于同一地点的车站换乘Metrorail。官方承认，2016年下半年地铁乘车人数下降了12％。
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