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A Silver Line appreciation video
A Silver Line appreciation video :^)
I visited my friend in #DC recently and was surprised to find a direct airport rail link, since many US cities don’t have that. I was even more surprised that it took over an hour, which takes this line into distances far beyond the scope of most metro systems.⁄
So I looked more into the Silver Line, and I’m pretty impressed.
I know it was over budget, somewhat unreliable, and hasn’t fully hit ridership targets. But it’s a #subway built after the turn of the century, when so many cities are going all in on #lightrail to save money.
It also demonstrates some rare collaboration between different states, counties, transit agencies, private landowners, and more - that’s something we can definitely learn from.
Enjoy the (somewhat) full story of the Silver Line :^)
00:00 Intro
01:27 Where it went wrong
03:13 Tysons Corner grows up
04:22 How did they fix it?
05:31 FUNding and special tax districts
08:31 2 separate tax districts
11:03 Other challenges: Tysons tunnel
12:32 Other challenges: Cracks in concrete
12:58 Other challenges: the big covid
13:18 Concluuuusion
I visited my friend in #DC recently and was surprised to find a direct airport rail link, since many US cities don’t have that. I was even more surprised that it took over an hour, which takes this line into distances far beyond the scope of most metro systems.⁄
So I looked more into the Silver Line, and I’m pretty impressed.
I know it was over budget, somewhat unreliable, and hasn’t fully hit ridership targets. But it’s a #subway built after the turn of the century, when so many cities are going all in on #lightrail to save money.
It also demonstrates some rare collaboration between different states, counties, transit agencies, private landowners, and more - that’s something we can definitely learn from.
Enjoy the (somewhat) full story of the Silver Line :^)
00:00 Intro
01:27 Where it went wrong
03:13 Tysons Corner grows up
04:22 How did they fix it?
05:31 FUNding and special tax districts
08:31 2 separate tax districts
11:03 Other challenges: Tysons tunnel
12:32 Other challenges: Cracks in concrete
12:58 Other challenges: the big covid
13:18 Concluuuusion
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