Urbanrailfan

Y'all left off another possible Metrorail extension along the Anacostia River. This will be the first rail extension not to be heavy rail. This article is from LightRailNow.org. Washington, DC LRT Plans a Comeback Washington, DC can be added to the list of cities planning to bring back light rail transit. In mid-September 2002, Metro, the transit authority, unveiled a $12 billion, 10-year plan calling for what the Washington Post called "a spider's web" of LRT trolleys and rapid bus lines around the region, the first time the agency has embraced an aggressive expansion that didn't rely on the relatively expensive subways