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"and still nothing on the inconvience for orange line people to get to the airport now." @Charlie

"There are plenty of people who get on between Vienna & Courthouse, and they work at Pentagon/Pentagon City/Crystal City." @Rush Minus

Correct me if I'm wrong, but those passengers will also get more Orange line trains, right? Doesn't this mean that Orange line passengers transfering at Rosslyn might get to Rosslyn a little earlier because of better service on the Orange line, and catch an earlier Blue line train than they would now? This might wipe out any longer waits @ Rosslyn for a Blue line train.

"All this for the theoritical convience of getting to Dulles" @Charlie

Or the actual convenience of getting to Tysons.

"this article suffers from the DC-centrism of GGW" @Jasper

That may be true, but this aspect of the new service pattern doesn't change much for people living in DC. This change is happening because of the DC-centrism of those Virginians who live on the Orange line and work in DC.

"6 minutes that might make you miss your VRE or bus connection, setting you back way more than those 6 minutes." @Jasper

That's an argument for improving bus and VRE service. Improving either of those services may be a poor substitute for a new Potomac crossing or a new Orange-Blue junction below Rosslyn, but are far cheaper and attainable now (and should happen regardless of any new Blue infrastructure).

by Steven H on Jun 13, 2012 11:19 am • link • report