Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Metropolitan DC Local Politics
Reply to "Killing the Purple Line is the prudent economic decision - despite billions spent"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Connecting Bethesda to SS is a no brainer. Still think they should have started with that and build from there, but understand why that wouldn't have been cool for residents left off the first stage. [/quote] [b]It would have cost a whole lot less to use the same land, but make it a BRT[/b], like a specialized long bus driving along asphalt put in where the tracks are going in. However, this is ineligible for federal funding, since they only fund "permanent" public transit projects, and I guess the specialized bus could be repurposed elsewhere. That's why it's using the more expensive rail option (albeit light rail trains).[/quote] Operating costs would have been higher, and maintenance costs would have been higher, and the rider experience would have been worse, but yes, initial construction costs would have been lower...[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
