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@ Phil, I don't get your points. (1.) Where does it say the streetcar should replicate bus lines? (2.) I don't know what 2-way tram running is, and why that's easier on 8th; (3.) The 15th Street streetcar line will stop on the curb at the Potomac Metro station, while 8th Street line will be at a minimum across the street and a block and a half from the EM Metro entrance (which is at 7th Street) (4.) 11th Street bridge dumps the streetcar from Anacostia closer to Potomac Metro than EM, and the route is easy-peasy (foot of 11th Street bridge along very wide Potomac Avenue to Potomac Avenue Metro at 15th and Pennsylvania Ave)= probably cheaper, faster, easier to plan the 8th to M to bridge; (5.) catchment now favors 8th Street but that's my point--streetcar traversing Potomac Avenue and 15th Street will bring growth where it's needed, rather than routing streetcar where there's little room for further growth.

We are, of course, arguing about what color shed we should build when the unicorns come to live with us. This ain't happening.

by Trulee Pist on Feb 10, 2012 4:29 pm • link • report