{"id":30473,"date":"2022-11-23T07:09:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=30473"},"modified":"2022-11-23T07:09:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T12:09:07","slug":"the-silver-line-metro-is-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2022\/11\/the-silver-line-metro-is-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"The Silver Line Metro is complete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A 1960s goal of connecting Dulles International Airport to Washington, D.C. by Metro rail has been realized. The Silver Line is open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009, the Silver Line was finally approved<\/strong><\/a>, perhaps by the skin of its teeth. It survived the Federal Transit Administration threatening to withdraw support<\/strong><\/a> in 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, the first phase of the Silver Line opened<\/strong><\/a> to Whiele-Reston. On November 15, 2022, the second phase, to Ashburn via Dulles Airport finally opened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a long time coming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Since approval<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

4,998 days
13 years 8 months 5 days
714 weeks
13.68 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since phase 1 opened<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

3,034 days
8 years 3 months 20 days
433 weeks 3 days
8.31 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Four days later, I took my first ride. My son, newborn when he took the first outbound train to Whiele-Reston, is 8 now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One seat ride from downtown to Dulles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now that the Silver Line is complete, the DC area can brag about both international airports being served by mass transit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The haters said it couldn't be done, but both of my city's airports now have a one-seat rail ride to downtown. (BWI is Baltimore's deal, hon.) Unlike any of the airports at a certain large and self-important city about 200 miles to the northeast of us… https:\/\/t.co\/0SvTZJuR8J<\/a><\/p>— Rob Pegoraro (@robpegoraro) November 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>