Comment by Sand Box John
In other metro news: Here is my latest Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project construction progress essay and pictures.
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Especially when one project has been completed and the scope of another is unknown, what good comes from comparing the cost of a project to the budget of a completely different project in a different...
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Especially when one project has been completed and the scope of another is unknown, what good comes from comparing the cost of a project to the budget of a completely different project in a different...
View ArticleComment by rdhd
Thanks for the link to the video SBJ. I like the ideas. Frankly, I'm a huge proponent of much more lighting, building new stations (and rebuilding existing) with new colors, etc. There's no need to...
View ArticleComment by Nick
@Sand Box John Great pictures of the silver line. Thanks for that update. I haven't been out to NOVA in a while to check it out. Can't wait to fly through Tyson's corner - going through there on the...
View ArticleComment by xtr657
I don't mind them doing this to the newer stations on the red line in DC and Maryland that were built with concessions. But to do something similar on the older stations in DC and Arlington would be...
View ArticleComment by AlanF
My reaction to the station of the future video on the WMATA website: I agree many underground stations need better lighting and they all need better wayfinding signs. But why go with a stainless steel...
View ArticleComment by drumz
I remember one acquaintance (who is a civil engineer no less) being outraged at the cost of changing signs along Fairfax County Parkway to its new number. Despite the fact that it makes sense for the...
View ArticleComment by Sand Box John
@rdhd, I am all for brighter lighting, however I will reserve comment until I get chance the see what was done at Judiciary Square.As to the Gray and stainless steel replacing Brown, I don't...
View ArticleComment by Alex B.
Why in gods name did we not build a tunnel under tysons?Cost.Look, the station access problems for Tysons Metro will be due to the fact that the stations are located in the midst of quasi-freeways....
View ArticleComment by Brian S
The extra stairs in Bethesda will be great. They've already blocked off that area, I just didn't realize that's what they are doing there. I don't really see the need to give it a huge aesthetic...
View ArticleComment by Kyle-W
@Charlie Because we do things cheaply in this country now. Much the same reason we didn't build an appropriate station at Dulles. Such a huge mistake. Even saying it would cost an extra 3 billion to do...
View ArticleComment by Gavin
Better ped/bike paths around the Tidal Basin is an excellent idea, as I just painfully re-learned during the cherry blossoming.
View ArticleComment by Alex B.
Imagine if there was an elevated metro going through U St and Columbia Heights.If there were a similar street to U St in Tysons, then I doubt they would've put the Silver line above-ground. The Route 7...
View ArticleComment by charlie
@AlexB, actually, I've always admired view from Tysons of the cathedral. I realize that in GGW-world aesthetics don't matter, but I had converstations with two CEOS of midsized Tysons firms that...
View ArticleComment by rdhd
@SBJ, you and I are definitely on opposite ends of the spectrum on this issue. I just find all that concrete dirty, dark, and depressing. I think it was poorly thought out and relied too much on what...
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