Originally Posted by
kokonutz
Yes, it was a massive inter-agency cluster eff between the airport authority and the metro authority. Plus the federal government, the state government and the county governments PLUS the business interests in Tysons Corner and Reston.
What would have made sense would have been a direct light rail IAD-Union station ala Heathrow Express. What we got is an abomination that is costing like $330 million per mile.
Oh, come on. Had the government planned a direct rail link that bypassed Tysons and the Dulles corridor, it would have been DOA. The Silver Line is desperately needed to reduce the number of vehicles clogging the roads into DC from Northern Virginia.