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jimble
I have to take issue with this view.
For the past 60-odd years there has been little if any real investment in the downtown cores of our large cities- including DC- which has the 3rd largest downtown in the USA[ and this does NOT include the federal office areas] as such- being such a large and huge employment engine- more investment in transportation needs to be done as opposed to the MASSIVE amounts of highway monies spent already- even in the DC core. The amounts spent on rail transit are a TINY FRACTION of the monies spent on subsidizing highways and airports. If we are really serious- there would be triple and quadruple-tracked heavy rail lines all thru the core of DC- serving the city and not just the suburbs. The areas inside the Beltway should get priority in spending and should be the focus of all spending - as all core areas should be in the USA. We need to stop spending on suburban sprawl.
And I also believe that the height limits should be lifted outside of Florida Avenue and the Old City limits [ the LenFant plan area plus Georgetown] Outside of these areas is still hugely desireable- especially when you see corporations using "Washington DC" way out in Reston, etc.
There should be no devaluation at all for extending the core beyond the present downtown. The is a bit more to "location location location"- there is also the cachet of the NAME of Washington DC that sits in people's minds around the world.

by w on Feb 28, 2011 1:21 pm • link • report