In 2001, WMATA proposed a set of expansions for the overburdened system.

The Blue Line extension to Largo Town Center was built. The extension from Falls Church west to Dulles recently cleared several hurdles and appears solidly on track to be built. But the Blue Line segment within DC was abandoned in 2003.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.