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Originally Posted by Qubert
It's not really as simple as simply rasing the height limit. For one thing, Metro is having serious issues keeping up with the maintainence of the existing system and securing funding sources. Secondly, even with that said, Metrorail is nearing max capacity on the Blue/Orange corridor and pretty soon the Red as well. The Orange should be spliced off at Rosslyn and run down Constitution until meeting back up again at Stadium-Armory. But of course, that means money...
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Run the Orange line down Constitution Avenue? I don't see that idea getting much support. The proposal to split the Blue Line off at Rosslyn to go under the Potomac to Georgetown and then head east under M street to Union Station and meet back up at Stadium-Armory has been studied and gotten some support. That would provide Metro service to Georgetown and provide a 2nd line to Union Station, the busiest Metro station in the system. Of the various alternate routes presented in the viewgraphs on the DC Metro PlanItMetro website, the Blue line re-route along M street is the one that makes the most sense to me in expanding capacity in the city core. Just need to find probably 6 to 8 billion to do it.