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William wrote:
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18340-2001Oct18.html
> 
> Metro planners trying to unclog the choked subway are proposing a
> bypass through the heart of the transit system: a new $6.3 billion
> subway line to run from Arlington County, under the Potomac River and
> through the center of the District to Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
> Stadium.
> 
> The suggested 22-mile leg, which is being called the new Blue Line,
> could include room for 11 new stations. Among them would be a stop in
> Georgetown -- at M Street NW and Wisconsin Avenue -- where the idea of
> a Metro station was shunned a generation ago but is now welcomed as a
> tonic for parking and traffic problems.

The proposed route was chosen from a range of options and is very similar 
to the one that I selected to depict on my web-page.

The route of the proposed new inner city line in DC is on the page at:

http://earthops.org/purple-line/

The $6 Billion project referenced here is called the "Crosstown Line"
on my website (the popup that appears is a proposal for a Purple line
in MD that may get built sooner). View the link for a more detailed map 
of the proposed route, based on earlier studies.

Note that on my map the proposed "New Blue Line" is described as
the "Silver" line. Same difference, operationally, as the 
key segment from Rosslyn to Stadium Armory would be serviced
by Tysons trains as well as Franconia trains.

Also note that much of the $6 Billion is probably pork. If they
restrict themselves to tunnels and trainsets, in the present
economy they shouldn't have to spend more than $3 billion dollars.

I would recommend dropping the I-66 express track from East Falls
Church to Rosslyn and adding an express-local from Georgetown and
Rosslyn to Tenleytown, as depicted on my map. This would be more
cost effective as it would alleviate congestion on the Orange Line
while serving Maryland commuters to DC and VA as well. The I-66
express track can always be built; and the Purple Line east of
Bethesda to Tysons is too far off -- it would take longer to 
build a new Potomac Crossing than it would be to extend the
proposed Blue Cross-town connector north of Georgetown into 
Maryland.

-Brian Robinson
 Friends of Old Takoma
 Takoma, DC