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I understand that, but it does not preclude the fact that my commute will (most likely) become longer and more crowded.

You really should blame the Silver Line for this.

Is the Silver Line running yet? No, it's not.

In order to get enough Silver and Orange trains through Rosslyn, some Blue Line trains will certainly be rerouted via the Yellow Line bridge."

Metro will have more trains by then, and hopefully at some point, they'll be able to run 8-car trains on the Blue Line to alleviate the crush.

Finally, I see no push from anyone to solve the tunnel-problem between Foggy-Bottom and Rosslyn. In a matter of year, this tunnel will carry the maximum of trains and cars it can, while the number of passengers will keep increasing.

They need to address that. There are basically two options, one expensive, one very expensive.

* Expensive: Make a inter-VA switch in Rosslyn, so Orange and Silver Lines can go to the Pentagon and beyond.
* Very expensive: An extra tunnel and separation of the Blue from the Orange and Silver Lines, with a new Blue Line along M St.

Seeing how long it takes to get anything done around here, they should have been working on this for at least decade now.

by Jasper on Jun 11, 2012 1:33 pm • link • report