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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]see Tysons for a model of what makes sense.[/quote]

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Wait, you're serious?[/quote]

Well let's do some comparison shall we?

1. Tyson's is comprised of numerous large-scale office buildings that are actually occupied.

2. Virginia built a metro line with stations in Tysons.  Large multi-story residential units are now being built around those stations.  Note that the infrastructure went in before the housing projects.

3. Tyson's borders the Dulles Toll Road which logically connects a major regional airport to Washington DC.  Unlike the ICC, this is a heavily used road.

4. Tyson's borders the Capital Beltway, which contains HOT lanes (Virginia side only).

Now, moving on to MoCo:

1. MoCo regularly waives transit studies aside that indicate construction significantly exceeds road capacity. Developers pay a small fee and charge ahead.

2. MoCo has completed approximately 2 "major" transit projects in 10 years - the ICC and the rebuilding of Montrose Road.

3. MoCo aspires to built a glorified street car project with a dozen stops, called the Purple Line.  Like the ICC this runs an E-W connect while ignoring the N-S congestion.

4.  Proposed BRT routes are a joke. The CCT looks like a spagetti bowl.  It was originally supposed to be light rail that extended to Clarksburg.  Now, its existence is in question. Yet dense ex-burb housing projects are surging forward.

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