Dulles Rail Gets Federal Approval

The Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | Amy Gardner and Lena H. Sun

[iowamark]

Would your state agree to return its’ highway, water, and air transportation subsidies?

[iowamark]

The official Metro map does say Reagan National:

http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm

[MinorityRepublican]

That's Rockville where I grew up. I remember back in the '80s, it wasn't that densely populated and getting around was not bad at all. But now? Forget it, especially driving on Rockville Pike where bumper to bumper traffic exists.

By the way, Rockville is the third largest city in Maryland after Baltimore and Germantown. Sure there are many places bigger than Rockville like Bethesda and Silver Spring but they are not zoned cities.

[MinorityRepublican]

You’re right. Personally, I prefer to call it the National Airport. If we have to name it after a person, I would much rather call it George Washington Airport, which the city is named after, of course.

[MinorityRepublican]

Bttt

[MinorityRepublican]

Bttt

[SengirV]

So what’s the excuse for the 80s and 90s?

[MinorityRepublican]

Northern Virginia was not politically powerful until just now. Finally demographics are in their favor.

[SengirV]

Fairfax county wasn’t politically powerful??????

Loudoun, that I could see. But Fairfax? Come on.

[MinorityRepublican]

If I’m not mistaken, Maryland invested some of their funds into metro in the dc suburbs while Virginia refused to do the same.

[SengirV]

Yep. Virginia chose to build more highways instead. Now they have all turned into parking lots.