DC Metrorail's Design Could Hinder Growth

Crowds, station size and track design may push riders back into SOV's when ridership increases this coming decade.

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March 27, 2001, 7:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In the next 20 years, say the leaders of Washington's Metro, the transit agency must spend more than it cost to build the 103-mile subway system just to maintain the rail and bus lines it now operates. Metro doesn't know where it will find all of those billions. But as the subway celebrates its silver anniversary this week, a new problem is brewing. Daily ridership that today totals about 600,000 - and on some days overwhelms trains - is going to double by 2025."

Thanks to Joshuah Mello

FULL STORY: Crowds Could Derail Decades of Progress

Monday, March 26, 2001 in The Washington Post

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