WMATA Realistic 40 Year Improvements by kzok
created at 2024-12-07T17:27:24.730Z
updated at 2025-10-14T12:39:43.675Z
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These are realistic initiatives WMATA could take to improve transit connectivity in the region.
Metro Express - frequent service of at least 20 min headways per line using existing commuter rail lines.
Benefits: fast through running service between VA and MD (directly connecting the two possible FBI relocations), increased connectivity to NE.
Requires: Expanding the Long Bridge, electrification of commuter rails, and political consolidation of some VRE and MARC service.
Notes: I would prefer a metro “pink” line that would essentially be the eastern segment of the proposed “Silver Line Express” in the WMATA B/O/S study to connect with the Bloop.
K St Transitway - revive the DDOT project with center-running bus/tramlanes to allow for useful H St streetcar service. (Would prefer more buses on K instead is split between H and I)
Georgetown M St Road Diet/Car Banning - limit M St to public transit and commercial loading only (three lanes kept), at least from Wisconsin to 29th. Vehicles from Key Bridge and Canal Rd will be redirected to Whitehurst and K St instead. K St will install stop lights to handle the increased load while increasing safety for pedestrians.
Weekend Georgetown Circulator - connects major universities (Georgetown, GW, Howard) to major nightlife districts (Dupont, Adams Morgan, U St, Shaw). This will probably be terrible late at night but connects the middle neighborhoods to places difficult to access without long transfers.
Map type: local | Total track length: 430 miles | Center coordinate: 38.9149, -77.0466 | * GR: (Metro/rapid transit, 22 stations) Greenbelt, College Park-U of MD, Hyattsville Crossing, West Hyattsville, Fort Totten, Georgia Ave-Petworth, Columbia Heights, U St, Shaw-Howard U, Mt Vernon Sq, Gallery Place, Archives, L'Enfant Plaza, Waterfront, Navy Yard-Ballpark, Anacostia, St. Elizabeth, Congress Heights, Southern Ave, Naylor Rd, Suitland, Branch Ave
* BL: (Metro/rapid transit, 18 stations) Franconia-Springfield, Van Dorn St, King St-Old Town, Braddock Rd, Potomac Yard, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Crystal City, Pentagon City, Pentagon, Arlington Cemetery, Rosslyn, Georgetown, West End, Dupont South, Thomas Circle, Mt Vernon Sq, New Jersey Ave, Union Station
* SV: (Metro/rapid transit, 35 stations) Ashburn, Loudoun Gateway, Washington Dulles International Airport, Innovation Center, Herndon, Reston Town Center, Wiehle-Reston East, Spring Hill, Greensboro, Tysons, McLean, East Falls Church, Ballston-MU, Virginia Sq-GMU, Clarendon, Court House, Rosslyn, Foggy Bottom-GWU, Farragut West, McPherson Square, Metro Center, Federal Triangle, Smithsonian, L'Enfant Plaza, Federal Center SW, Capitol South, Eastern Market, Potomac Ave, Stadium-Armory, Oklahoma Ave, Benning Rd, Capitol Heights, Addison Rd, Morgan Blvd, Downtown Largo
* RD: (Metro/rapid transit, 27 stations) Shady Grove, Rockville, Twinbrook, North Bethesda, Grosvenor-Strathmore, Medical Center, Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Tenleytown-AU, Van Ness-UDC, Cleveland Park, Woodley Park, Dupont Circle, Farragut North, Metro Center, Gallery Place, Judiciary Sq, Union Station, Noma-Gallaudet U, Rhode Island Ave, Brookland-CUA, Fort Totten, Takoma, Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton, Glenmont
* OR: (Metro/rapid transit, 27 stations) Vienna, Dunn Loring, West Falls Church, East Falls Church, Ballston-MU, Virginia Sq-GMU, Clarendon, Court House, Rosslyn, Foggy Bottom-GWU, Farragut West, McPherson Square, Metro Center, Federal Triangle, Smithsonian, L'Enfant Plaza, Federal Center SW, Capitol South, Eastern Market, Potomac Ave, Stadium-Armory, Oklahoma Ave, Minnesota Ave, Deanwood, Cheverly, Landover, New Carrollton
* YL: (Metro/rapid transit, 20 stations) Fort Totten, Georgia Ave-Petworth, Columbia Heights, U St, Shaw-Howard U, Mt Vernon Sq, Gallery Place, Archives, L'Enfant Plaza, Pentagon, Pentagon City, Crystal City, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Potomac Yard, Braddock Rd, King St-Old Town, Eisenhower Ave, Huntington, National Harbor, Oxon Hill
* Maryland Purple Line: (Tram, 21 stations) New Carrollton, Glenridge, Beacon Heights-East Pines, Riverdale Park-Kenilworth, Riverdale Park North-UMD, College Park Metro-UMD, Baltimore Avenue-College Park-UMD, Campus Drive-UMD, Adelphi Road-UMGC-UMD, Riggs Road, Takoma-Langley, Piney Branch Road, Long Branch, Manchester Place, Dale Drive, Silver Spring Library, Silver Spring, 16th Street-Woodside, Lyttonsville, Connecticut Ave, Bethesda
* H/Benning Line: (Tram, 10 stations) Benning Road Northeast, Benning and Minnesota, Benning Rd & Oklahoma Ave NE, Benning Rd & 19th St NE, Benning Rd & 15th St NE, H St & 13th St NE, H St & 8th St NE, H St & 5th St NE, H St & 3rd St NE, H St & Union Station
* Columbia Pike BRT: (Bus rapid transit, 11 stations) Pentagon, Pentagon City, Southgate Road, Penrose, Arlington Heights, Barcroft, Arlington Mill, Bailey's Crossroads, Skyline, Seminary Road, Lincolnia
* Crosstown BRT: (Bus rapid transit, 17 stations) Gateway, 31st Place Northeast, Fort Lincoln, Station Name, 18th Street Northeast, Monroe Street Northeast, Brookland, Basilica, McMillan-Children's Hospital, Park View, 11th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights, 16th Street Northwest, Mt. Pleasant, Cleveland Park, McLean Gardens, Tenleytown
* Florida Ave Priority Bus: (Bus rapid transit, 22 stations) St. Elizabeth-DHS, Anacostia, Martin Luther King Junior Avenue Southeast, DC DHCD, Warrington Avenue Southeast, Eastern Market, Station Name, Gallaudet U, North Capitol Street Northwest, Bohrer Street Northwest, 11th Street Northwest, Station Name, 16 & U, Adams Morgan, Woodley Park, Cathedral Heights, Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, 39th Street Northwest, 43rd Street Northwest, Nebraska Avenue Northwest, American University, Tenleytown
* 14th St BRT: (Bus rapid transit, 11 stations) Takoma, Georgia Avenue Northwest, 14th Street Northwest, Kennedy Street Northwest, Columbia Heights, Station Name, Logan Circle, Franklin Square, The Wharf, The Wharf, L'Enfant Plaza
* 16th St Corridor: (Local bus, 11 stations) Silver Spring, Missouri Avenue Northwest, 16th Street Northwest, 16th Street Northwest, 16 & U, Scott Circle, Franklin Square, K Street Northwest, G Street Northwest, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Archives
* Georgetown-K St Streetcar: (Tram, 14 stations) H St & Union Station, New Jersey Ave, Mt Vernon Sq, K Street Northwest, Franklin Square, Washington Circle, Georgetown, Dumbarton Oaks, Glover Park, Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Cathedral Heights, Cathedral Heights, McLean Gardens, Tenleytown
* Weekend Circulator: (Local bus, 11 stations) McMillan-Children's Hospital, Park View, Howard U, Bohrer Street Northwest, 11th Street Northwest, Station Name, 16 & U, Dupont Circle, Washington Circle, Georgetown, Georgetown U
* Kalorama-West End: (Local bus, 17 stations) Constitution Gardens, State Department, Foggy Bottom-GWU, Washington Circle, West End, Sheridan Circle, Q Street Northwest, Kalorama, Adams Morgan, 16th Street Northwest, Columbia Heights, 11th Street Northwest, Park View, Georgia Ave-Petworth, Upshur-Kansas-Georgia, Kennedy Street Northwest, Takoma
* Circle Corridor: (Local bus, 17 stations) Gateway, 31st Place Northeast, New York Avenue Northeast, Douglas Street Northeast, Rhode Island Ave, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Bloomingdale-Eckington, New Jersey Avenue Northwest, Shaw, Rhode Island Avenue Northwest, Logan Circle, Dupont Circle, Sheridan Circle, Dumbarton Oaks, Foxhall Village, The Palisades, Sibley
* Leesburg Pike BRT: (Bus rapid transit, 9 stations) Chain Bridge Road, Galleria Drive, Mustang Alley, East Falls Church, Bailey’s Crossroads, Skyline, Seminary Road, Old Town, Alexandria City Hall
* Marymount Corridor: (Local bus, 13 stations) Crystal City, Virginia Highlands, Arlandia, Shirlington, 17th Street South, Arlington Heights, Ballston-MU, Glebe and Langston, Marymount University, McLean, Mclean-Old Dominion Dr, Lewinsville Road, Dolley Madison Boulevard
* Georgia Ave Corridor: (Local bus, 16 stations) Buzzard Point-Audi Field, Hen Quarter, 4th Street Southwest, The Wharf, L'Enfant Plaza, Archives, Shaw, Bohrer Street Northwest, Howard U, Park View, Georgia Ave-Petworth, Upshur-Kansas-Georgia, Kennedy Street Northwest, Brightwood, Georgia Avenue Northwest, Silver Spring
* New Hampshire Ave Corridor: (Local bus, 4 stations) Fort Totten Station, Takoma-Langley, FDA, White Oak
* Conn Ave Corridor: (Local bus, 6 stations) Van Ness-UDC, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Chevy Chase Circle, Chevy Chase MD, Kensington, Wheaton
* Langston Blvd Corridor: (Local bus, 5 stations) North Lynn Street, 21st Street North, Glebe and Langston, Station Name, East Falls Church
* Bloop (Under Construction): (Metro/rapid transit, 8 stations) Union Station, Capitol South, Navy Yard-Ballpark, Buzzard Point-Audi Field, St. Elizabeth-DHS, Bolling AFB, Forest Hills, Oxon Hill
* Metro Express: (Commuter/suburban rail, 15 stations) Laurel, Muirkirk, Greenbelt, College Park-U of MD, Hyattsville, Fort Lincoln, Ivy City, Ivy City, Union Station, L'Enfant, Crystal City, Alexandria, Franconia-Springfield, Lorton, Woodbridge
* Metro Express 2: (Commuter/suburban rail, 12 stations) Metropolitan Grove, MoCo Fairgrounds, Gaithersburg, Washington Grove, Shady Grove, Rockville, Kensington, Silver Spring, Union Station, L'Enfant, Crystal City, Alexandria
* Outer DC Crosstown Bus: (Local bus, 13 stations) Sibley, Nebraska Avenue Northwest, American University, Tenleytown, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Missouri Avenue Northwest, 14th Street Northwest, Kennedy Street Northwest, Kennedy Street Northwest, Kennedy Street Northwest, Station Name, Fort Totten Station
* Gallows Corridor: (Local bus, 7 stations) Pine Street, Station Name, Inova, Ransell Road, Dunn Loring, Galleria Drive, Freddie Mac
* North Capitol Corridor: (Local bus, 11 stations) Fort Totten Station, South Dakota Avenue Northeast, 12th Street Northeast, Monroe Street Northeast, Brookland, Basilica, Bloomingdale-Eckington, North Capitol Street Northwest, Union Station, Judiciary Square, G Street Northwest
* Penn Ave Corridor: (Local bus, 14 stations) Naylor Rd, Hillcrest, Westover Drive Southeast, Fairlawn-Dupont Park, Potomac Avenue Southeast, Eastern Market, The Capitol, Archives, Federal Triangle, Constitution Gardens, State Department, Foggy Bottom-GWU, Washington Circle, West End
* Mass Ave Branch: (Local bus, 8 stations) Potomac Avenue Southeast, Massachusetts Avenue Southeast, Station Name, Union Station, First Street Northwest, New Jersey Ave, New Jersey Avenue Northwest, Bohrer Street Northwest
* Southwest Crosstown: (Local bus, 9 stations) Union Station, Station Name, Eastern Market, Warrington Avenue Southeast, Navy Yard, Van Street Southeast, 4th Street Southwest, The Wharf, L'Enfant Plaza
* Minnesota Ave Corridor: (Local bus, 10 stations) Capitol Heights, Minnesota Ave, Benning and Minnesota, Fairlawn-Dupont Park, Fairlawn, Martin Luther King Junior Avenue Southeast, Anacostia, South Capitol Street, Van Street Southeast, Navy Yard
* NE Crosstown: (Local bus, 12 stations) 15th Street Northeast, Starburst, Florida and West Virginia, Mount Olivet Road Northeast, New York Avenue Northeast, Douglas Street Northeast, Monroe Street Northeast, Brookland, 12th Street Northeast, New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Upshur-Kansas-Georgia, Georgia Ave-Petworth
* Michigan Park Corridor: (Local bus, 8 stations) Fort Totten Station, South Dakota Avenue Northeast, 18th Street Northeast, New York Avenue Northeast, Mount Olivet Road Northeast, Starburst, 15th Street Northeast, Massachusetts Avenue Southeast
* Mass Ave NW Corridor: (Local bus, 11 stations) Friendship Heights, Westmoreland Circle, American University, Nebraska Avenue Northwest, 43rd Street Northwest, Cathedral Heights, Q Street Northwest, Dupont Circle, Scott Circle, Thomas Circle, Mt Vernon Sq
* REX Priority Corridor: (Bus rapid transit, 4 stations) Richmond Highway, Huntington, Eisenhower Ave, Old Town
* Edgewood-Navy Yard Corridor: (Local bus, 8 stations) Brookland, Rhode Island Avenue Northeast, Noma, Eastern Market, Warrington Avenue Southeast, Navy Yard, Van Street Southeast, South Capitol Street
* 11th St Corridor: (Local bus, 9 stations) Fort Totten Station, New Hampshire Avenue Northwest, Georgia Ave-Petworth, 11th Street Northwest, 11th Street Northwest, Rhode Island Avenue Northwest, K Street Northwest, G Street Northwest, Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
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