tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post5689255393446469441..comments2024-03-25T18:50:15.135-04:00Comments on DCmud - The Urban Real Estate Digest of Washington DC: Columbia Pike: A Streetcar Named DesireKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-16658212626739601562009-10-28T12:27:42.575-04:002009-10-28T12:27:42.575-04:00Did they sell Columbia Pike short
with the height ...Did they sell Columbia Pike short<br />with the height limit? There is a<br />small view of Washington DC above.<br />Maybe it should run to Ballston?<br />There is no bus that runs on the <br />trolly route now? The 16G should<br />run to Ballston it's faster to<br />get to the metro on the west end.<br />Maybe a 16 bus that goes to Union<br />Station?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-19511843079133343812008-07-10T15:59:00.000-04:002008-07-10T15:59:00.000-04:00I am truly horrified that 160 million dollars is b...I am truly horrified that 160 million dollars is being spent on trams. To do what? Take us to an already over-burgeoning metro system? Where DAILY the metro cars are delayed, waiting for another metro at Rosslyn, GW, etc. to clear the tracks? <BR/> <BR/>What possibly is the point of this? <BR/> <BR/>What would be WONDERFUL would be more Express Buses! I ride the 16Y and it is the absolutely best commute ! Door to door ! Why on earth would I want to bus to a jam-packed metro and be obliged to pay an additional $1.65? <BR/> <BR/>We would love more Express Buses - to cover more of the area - not just Columbia Pike - and to go to more locations in DC. This - THIS is what we'd like the 160 million dollars spent on.Memehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16655107414858604521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-84510169099310975392008-06-07T01:02:00.000-04:002008-06-07T01:02:00.000-04:00I'm glad to see development along Columbia Pike. ...I'm glad to see development along Columbia Pike. But FWIW, a number of people in the community have made a pretty good case that an expanded system of express buses running straight downtown (along the lines of the 16Y) would be both less costly than a streetcar only running as far as the Pentagon metro stop, and a more effective way to get people heading downtown out of their cars and into public transit. The streetcar may do more to attract development and raise home values for property owners in the neighborhood, but buses would do more to deal with traffic congestion and the environmental impacts of personal cars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-85531000991031306832008-06-05T19:19:00.000-04:002008-06-05T19:19:00.000-04:00The Route 7 / Columbia Pike route was discussed a ...The Route 7 / Columbia Pike route was discussed a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>Metro commissioned a study to evaluate how to handle the increased traffic on the Orange Line if and when a new route from Tyson's is built.<BR/><BR/>Even without "the Silver line", Metro predicts that capacity on the Orange line will max out in about 15 years, and before that, on the combined Orange / Blue through the Rosslyn Tunnel.<BR/><BR/>The consultants proposed extending the Tysons-Dulles line down the median of I-66 and through a new tunnel under the Potomac.<BR/><BR/>After presentations and discussions, the Arlington County Board, and I think Fairfax, endorsed a Route 7 / Columbia Pike route to connect at the Pentagon.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646843427167901518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-76969369449556891072008-06-05T14:29:00.000-04:002008-06-05T14:29:00.000-04:00I have to wonder if Mr. Cucinelli is as terrified ...I have to wonder if Mr. Cucinelli is as terrified of the streetcar as he is of dildos.J.D. Hammondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140366778731511022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-31074724236879095052008-06-05T14:09:00.000-04:002008-06-05T14:09:00.000-04:00Taking the streetcar to E Falls Church is a good i...Taking the streetcar to E Falls Church is a good idea, BUT, how on Earth would you get that through Seven Corners? Which presumably you would need to do. <BR/>I live in Seven Corners, it's bad enough right now. I am all in favor of the streetcar, but running through the streets in Seven Corners would only make a disaster worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-6870280992778969812008-06-05T12:29:00.000-04:002008-06-05T12:29:00.000-04:00Thanks for the "not cutesy" clear-up. I was extrem...Thanks for the "not cutesy" clear-up. I was extremely annoyed when Ken Cucinelli went on the Kojo show not that long ago and made some jack-ass reference to the Columbia Pike streetcar project. I believe his words were "well, isn't that cute?"<BR/><BR/>Until we get people like him out of office, NoVA is going to struggle to do anything meaninful transit-wise--with the notable exception of automobile-related idiocy, of course. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-84571221187694260352008-06-05T12:25:00.000-04:002008-06-05T12:25:00.000-04:00I really like the idea of using a streetcar/light ...I really like the idea of using a streetcar/light rail system to connect the spokes of the metro. While not as efficient of a people mover as a full blown metro system, it is considerably cheaper, and quicker to build.<BR/><BR/>Connecting Bailey's Cross Roads to Pentagon City is a good start, but as one poster noted above, continuing the line up Route 7 to East Falls Church would make a lot of sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-29837711268616301792008-06-03T22:44:00.000-04:002008-06-03T22:44:00.000-04:00Its a shame they can't get a new underground metro...Its a shame they can't get a new underground metro system built since they are doing all the infrastucture work, but still, great to see that the corridor is improving and that the county is thinking about mass transit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-48741469753705406302008-06-03T22:35:00.000-04:002008-06-03T22:35:00.000-04:00I know it would be multi-jurisdictional, but why n...I know it would be multi-jurisdictional, but why not run the street car from the East Falls Church metro, down Rt 7 to Columbia Pike, and then to the Pentagon Center station?<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, this is fantastic and great to see moving forward!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com