How Washington DC fixed their Metro’s biggest problem

Video Description

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