Collection: Georgetown’s Metro stop, and other myths
Image by Yosuke Muroya licensed under Creative Commons.
There's no Metro station in Georgetown because residents opposed one, right? And Metro should have been built with four tracks, right? Actually, these are some of the common misconceptions about Metro.
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Georgetown never blocked a Metro stop
Conventional wisdom says that the Washington DC Metro was supposed to go to Georgetown (after all, it barely misses it between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom), but NIMBY residents in the 1970s blocked the station. But it’s not true. Keep reading…
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Why a flat fare is a bad idea for Metro
At last week’s WMATA board meeting, new Virginia member Jim Dyke suggested that the transit agency study a flat fare. While a flat fare would certainly be simpler to understand, it’s not a good policy. It would not be more equitable. Nor would it be cheap. Keep reading…
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Metro doesn’t have four tracks. That’s not why maintenance is a problem.
A common canard about Metro is that having two tracks instead of the four of many New York subway lines is a major flaw. This is largely false. Keep reading…