Well the idea is that the major highways are a good indicator of where people are going. If you build a major high way, and then widen it, chances are good its

Well the idea is that the major highways are a good indicator of where people are going. If you build a major high way, and then widen it, chances are good its where people want to travel along. With respect to getting to downtown Falls Church VA, that is more a last mile problem. One I dont want to dismiss, but not something a commuter rail can solve. The commuter rail does pretty well at getting people to several major job districts (DC, Tyson's Corner) Building commuter rail along highway medians solves a different problem -- the NYC problem where a city fiddles around for 40yrs figuring out where to dig a tunnel and eminent domain problems.