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Thanks for updating the evolution map. Neat way to see how the Metro expanded. I hope we will get another update when Phase 1 of the Silver Line opens.

For fun, we should have a extension to Future map through 2040 with the best guesses at what will be added and when.
-Silver Line Phase 2 in 2017?,
-Potomac Yard in-fill station in 2017?,
-Purple Line in 2022? (I think the Purple Line should be part of the WMATA map and should be tied into the WMATA system when all is said and done).
-don't know how or if the DC and Northern VA planned streetcars might be referenced on the map.

More speculative wish list stuff like Blue Line re-route to Georgetown to M street to Union Station, extensions of the Orange, Blue, Yellow lines, a physical Farragut Square tunnel, any other ideas on other expansions or projects that could realistically be done by 2040 for kicks.

Once the outcome of the Silver Line Phase 2 is known and the dust settles a bit from the political fights over it, it may a good time to re-start public discussions of what the next major service expansions should be for the DC Metro system. That is something that GGW can contribute to.

by AlanF on Jun 18, 2012 6:07 pm • link • report