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This is all fair, as someone who just started the DC housing search. In a perfect world the metro would have 3+ new lines to augment what we already have and in
by matchbok 7y ago
This is all fair, as someone who just started the DC housing search. In a perfect world the metro would have 3+ new lines to augment what we already have and infill the city. Perhaps the Purple Line is a good start.
- rayiner 7y agoThe Purple Line isn’t a “start” because it’s not going anywhere sustainable. The Purple Line will cost the same amount of money as it took Copenhagen to build a fully automated ring subway beneath beneath downtown (of a similar length). If that’s the price to build above ground light rail that isn’t even grade separated, then there is no hope going forward of new lines to middle class neighborhoods that don’t result in rapid gentrification.
- matchbok 7y agoSustainable how?
- rayiner 7y ago$6 billion to build 16 miles of light rail, is not the first step in a sustainable program of building transit in the suburbs. It’s a once in a generation boondoggle.
- matchbok 7y agoI mean, that's just the cost of construction in the US, sadly. I'm not sure what the alternative is - not build it and allow more sprawl?