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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One major issue with arlington is that your commute ends up being much longer because you cannot get on a train because of overcrowding and have to let many pass.

This is a major issue and your commute becomes much longer than those further down the orange line despite you being physically closer to your destination.[/quote]

Your frequent posts on this topic indicate that you REALLY, REALLY want this to be a big problem for most people, but it's not.  I am a 5 minute walk to the EFC metro.  Daily rush hour trips to and from Farragut West, 30 minutes door to door.  Every. Day.

Not a major issue.  Sorry.[/quote]

The post was about arlington, there are numerous articles on WAPO about this very issue. Developers ignore overcrowding of the metro stations and continue to build taller more dense condos that tout car free living.

Another major problem is the silver line will put even more strain on the packing metro cars by the time they reach arlington.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2013/09/18/no-silver-lining-metro-growth-will-make-life-worse-before-it-makes-life-better/[/quote]

Ah, no. B/c the silver line is probably going to be under capacity for a generation, so when interleaved with orange the silver will basically be an express for arlington residents. And by the time silver line is at capacity, the Arlington DC loop will be complete. [/quote]

The plan is for ashburn and reston to stop bus services and use the silver line. It may actually be over crowded until phase two is competed. When phase two is fine expect west Virginia to start clogging up the trains.[/quote]

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