Anonymous wrote:There is a tiny little chance that we will get an expanded American Legion bridge and necessary lanes on the beltway in my lifetime. That is why this is this suboptimal option is being discussed.

There is zero zero zero chance of another Potomac crossing being constructed in the next 50 years.

This is simply the reality of 21st century America: It is really hard to get anything major built. Some projects can overcome issues like encroaching on natural areas (the Potomac River) or multiple governments (US and Maryland and Virginia). Almost nothing can overcome inconveniencing the rich and powerful. If you disagree, I'll ride the Purple Line to your house to explain.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone flying out of BWI to an international destination is likely going to the Caribbean, Mexico or Canada.

Summer of 2019 (e.g. pre-pandemic), we took a flight to Beijing out of BWI. Americans Airlines has several flights out of BWI that are heading internationally to Japan, China and other parts of the Pacifica/Asia.

American only flies to its central and eastern US hubs out of BWI.

BWI is the LCC and ULCC hub for the DMV. It’s a frustrating airport for business travelers. DCA and IAD offer better amenities and better flight options.

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Anonymous wrote:The last thing MD wants to do is make VA and its employment centers more convenient.

And yet Maryland is going to expand the ALB. Hmmm.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone flying out of BWI to an international destination is likely going to the Caribbean, Mexico or Canada.

Summer of 2019 (e.g. pre-pandemic), we took a flight to Beijing out of BWI. Americans Airlines has several flights out of BWI that are heading internationally to Japan, China and other parts of the Pacifica/Asia.

Anonymous wrote:The last thing MD wants to do is make VA and its employment centers more convenient.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone flying out of BWI to an international destination is likely going to the Caribbean, Mexico or Canada.

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax is kicking MoCo's ass jobwise and nobody seems to care

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Anonymous wrote:Another Potomac crossing might make sense if the connector were a true limited access highway (think Pa Turnpike west) with no exits between I-270/Washingtonian Blvd and the river crossing. Absent that restriction, the new highway extension and crossing will quickly become a sprawl generator, yielding yet more fast casual chains, big box shopping centers, warehouses, office parks and subdivisions, all of which will leverage comvenient access to the highway. That would be true induced demand.

That’s called economic development. It’s like arguing that the Dulles Toll Road should not have had exits between 495 and the airport because Reston Town Center should still be farmland instead of HQ to several multinational corporations.

It’s called shitty development. MoCo set aside an agricultural open space reserve. An outer beltway type Potomac crossing would destroy it and bring even more traffic. Then development shills would start calling for a third circumferential crossing.

Turning your nose up at six figure jobs in cutting edge sectors just because you don’t like the aesthetics certainly is something. It’s not a successful something but it is something.

The US may be in an inflationary period but it’s doubtful that more Chipotle’s and Best Buy’s will being 6-figure jobs. Nature and watersheds have value also. It’s one thing if a new road will truly address gridlock; it’s another if it’s planned to induce more sprawl.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Potomac crossing might make sense if the connector were a true limited access highway (think Pa Turnpike west) with no exits between I-270/Washingtonian Blvd and the river crossing. Absent that restriction, the new highway extension and crossing will quickly become a sprawl generator, yielding yet more fast casual chains, big box shopping centers, warehouses, office parks and subdivisions, all of which will leverage comvenient access to the highway. That would be true induced demand.

That’s called economic development. It’s like arguing that the Dulles Toll Road should not have had exits between 495 and the airport because Reston Town Center should still be farmland instead of HQ to several multinational corporations.

It’s called shitty development. MoCo set aside an agricultural open space reserve. An outer beltway type Potomac crossing would destroy it and bring even more traffic. Then development shills would start calling for a third circumferential crossing.

Turning your nose up at six figure jobs in cutting edge sectors just because you don’t like the aesthetics certainly is something. It’s not a successful something but it is something.

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Anonymous wrote:Another Potomac crossing might make sense if the connector were a true limited access highway (think Pa Turnpike west) with no exits between I-270/Washingtonian Blvd and the river crossing. Absent that restriction, the new highway extension and crossing will quickly become a sprawl generator, yielding yet more fast casual chains, big box shopping centers, warehouses, office parks and subdivisions, all of which will leverage comvenient access to the highway. That would be true induced demand.

That’s called economic development. It’s like arguing that the Dulles Toll Road should not have had exits between 495 and the airport because Reston Town Center should still be farmland instead of HQ to several multinational corporations.

It’s called shitty development. MoCo set aside an agricultural open space reserve. An outer beltway type Potomac crossing would destroy it and bring even more traffic. Then development shills would start calling for a third circumferential crossing.