No way any construction project at IAD will work from the get-go ... from broken escalators, walk-ways and leaking cielings - just no way!!

lauti - for you and others who are in such a rush to get rid of the people movers, I really don't think most have truly thought out the difference and just why they think one will make that much of a difference over the other once the entire system is in place. You need to be transported from point A to point B, you will still have to wait for that transport, still have to wait for the time it takes to travel between the points (not sure if it will be bi- or single- directional tracks, so you might have to traverse the airport to get from B to main terminal, for example) and the crowds, etc -- while they don't do a good job of management of the people mover transportation, it's improved dramatically and I don't have faith that they'll do the trains right as a replacement, its just a grass is greener wish at this point.

There is so much spin with IAD management that I buy very little they say. Like when the tunnel first opened and they removed the signs that indicated a people mover was still available to B, then trumpeted how no one was using the people mover. Duh! No one knew it was an option, and still fewer knew just how long a walk it was. I passed many people who had to take breathers and were having trouble in the underground walkway saying they'd never have gone that way if a) they knew how long it was and b) if there was an alternative available.