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@Payton

Great point about the radial line and historical precedent.

@Froggie

WMATA's last round of extension modeling didn't isolate the Yellow to Belvoir, but it did bundle it with several other extensions:

http://planitmetro.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/TAG_07_Meeting.pdf

See pages 49 and 50 - both extension scenarios cause more problems for core capacity at the river crossings and interlined portions of track in Downtown DC.

@Tom Coumaris

It's not a short stretch - it's about 16 miles as the crow flies from Greenbelt to BWI. Phase II of the Silver line is also in already controlled ROW and will cost 3.5-4.1 billion at the latest estimates for about 12 miles of track.

I'm not sure why you think Metro to BWI would be cheap, particularly when you can achieve much of the same benefit with the S-Bahnization of the region's commuter rail network.

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