Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail v. Federal Transit Administration

ROGERS, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns multiple challenges under the National Environmental Policy Act to Maryland’s proposed “Purple Line” light rail project.'Two orders of the district court are principally at issue. In the first order, the district court directed the Federal. Transit Administration (“FTA”) to prepare a supplemental Environmental Impact. Statement (“SEIS”) to analyze the effects of Metrorail’s recent safety and ridership problems on the Purple Line’s environmental impact and purpose; it also vacated FTA’s Record of Decision pending completion of the SEIS.. In the second…