tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923189313755341259.post3583597926239658000..comments2024-03-27T21:49:11.431-04:00Comments on Imagine, DC: Core Capacity & Freemark's Pink LineDavemurphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07331653772702609738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923189313755341259.post-38346261019491541502009-11-22T16:19:30.288-05:002009-11-22T16:19:30.288-05:00I think this proposal has a lot of merit. I like ...I think this proposal has a lot of merit. I like how it weaves together underutilized portions of the existing (and planned Tysons) lines, as well as bringing metro down Leesburg Pike. This increases the number of trains available at any time on the stretch from WFC to points west, including Tyson's and the airport. The only new track required is along Leesburg Pike (could probably cut and fill) and Columbia Pike (would have to be tunneled), connection to the Silver line at WFC, connection to the Yellow line at the Pentagon, and a connection to the Green Line south of L'Enfant Plaza. Well done!<br /><br />My gut tells me, though, that the planned streetcars for Columbia Pike will quash any metro extension there. Perhaps this Pink Line could be run up Walter Reed Drive instead? That would lengthen it a couple miles, but would cover more of Leesburg Pike and would expose the densely-populated Walter Reed Drive corridor to TOD.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915617849739097717noreply@blogger.com