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Tom, I routinely stand on the metro when I could have a seat. I am too tall to comfortably ride in any seats except those reserved for those who need seats, i.e. those by the doors. I see many other people, tall or not, doing this each day.

Secondly, I think the point here is that we need to encourage people to live where they work and work where they live. If I live in Frederick, drive to Shady Grove and commute to downtown DC I'm missing the point of the metro. If I live in NW DC and take the red line outbound to work at this new development in White Flint or in Rockville or Bethesda, whatever, then, while the jurisdiction might be different I still live where I work. The attitude that the District is better just because it's the District is outdated. There are dense urban areas outside the District, (and areas of suburban hell), and the more we promote these areas and remove the sprawl the better off the region will be as a whole.

Increasing density along the red line in western Montgomery won't mean all those people will be inbound to downtown DC every morning. Some will work in Maryland. Others that live in DC will work in Maryland at the new jobs higher density will create. I have quite a few friends that do this already...live in the District and work in either Maryland or Virginia. The more dense we make the rest of the transit served area the better we distribute the trips on said transit.

by Chris on Oct 21, 2008 11:50 am • link • report