The Diamondback - Purple Line alignment still up in the air

Although the university is advocating for an alternative Purple Line route that would run partially undergound, MTA officials maintain Campus Drive is the best solution for an on-campus route.

The university and the Maryland Transit Administration, which have been at odds over the Purple Line's placement since its inception, are not any closer to reaching an agreement on where the rail system would run through the campus. After the MTA deemed Preinkert Drive alignment — which has been billed as the university's choice alternative by administrators — unsafe for pedestrians, the university asked the MTA to evaluate the possibility of running a partly underground line along a similar route, MTA officials said.