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This week's top posts ask, "What would happen if...?" We ponder a monorail in Maryland, a possible park inside a highway cloverleaf in Tysons, the effectiveness of the new MARC plan, and some fantasy Metro maps for good measure. Enjoy.
By Dan Malouff (Board of Directors, Editorial Board) • December 3, 2019
Maryland will officially study a proposal to build a monorail along I-270, from Shady Grove to Frederick. Let’s examine whether that’s a crazy idea, or if monorail is a legitimate and practical possibility.
By George Kevin Jordan (Editor and Correspondent) • December 4, 2019
The highway-riddled edge city of Tysons is on a 50-year mission to transform into an urban center. That means it needs to reduce the cars on the road and add amenities that people in cities are accustomed to, like walkable grid streets, trees, green and public space, and more multimodal transportation options. One way it may transform the area is to convert the Route 7 and Route 123 highway interchange into a large public green space that welcomes people on foot and bike.
By David Alpert (Executive Director) • December 6, 2019
When Greater Greater Washington was getting started almost 12 years ago, we had a lot of fun making up maps of what the Metrorail network might look like if we just added a few lines, or a lot. We stopped doing this, because while it’s fun, new Metrorail lines are expensive and just drawing lines on a map doesn’t factor in what professional planners need to think about.
By Alex Holt (Maryland Correspondent) • December 3, 2019
The MARC Cornerstone Plan lays out how the country’s ninth-largest commuter rail system aims to increase ridership and improve reliability and service. However, the latest iteration the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) released in November has no timeline for some important goals, and lacks information that existed in previous versions of the plan.v
By Julie Strupp (Managing Editor) • December 3, 2019
Benches near the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in downtown DC were removed in August following complains about “crime.” There were at least seven benches taken from the north side of H Street NW and several more pulled from the south side, plus at least nine removed from the small National Park Service area next to the church.
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