looks like they are still standing outside in the cold
so much for right wing Va. gov. vagina ultrasound Bob McDonnell and his party of conservatives.
The glass-and-steel roof swoops up like a bird taking flight. A wall made of etched glass opens the rear vista to newly planted landscaping. Embedded in the floor are heating elements intended to ward off the cold weather and keep winter-weary feet cozy.The location, near Columbia Pike and Walter Reed Drive, is perfectly positioned to take advantage of Arlington County’s growing night life and ethnic restaurants.And the price tag: $1 million.Arlington’s transportation officials, anticipating the public outcry, said in interviews and to the County Board last week that the bus stop is “an investment in infrastructure to support the [Columbia] Pike’s renewal.”
spend A million and catch a bus contributes to infrastructure, so would road constructionand bridge fixes and electrical grid. republican rants about how bad and slow the economy is kinda turns in to another right wing lie.
“When you do a prototype, you end up heavily front-loading on the costs,” said Dennis Leach, Arlington’s transportation director. “These are more like high-capacity bus or rail stops.”those same people who catch the same bus at that same stop will not diminish, so they are banking on Virginian's vanity and they will flock to this station and the others they are building because of the perks, don't they still have to go to work, school, Dr.?
true it may be more comfortable to wait but are the buses tricked out for the comp;lete package? so you wait an hour in style and ride like the working stiff you are?
New and densely developed housing is expected to be built in the area in the next 20 years, and the county is building a 4.5-mile streetcar line down Columbia Pike, from Fairfax County to the Pentagon, to help transport the new residents. The streetcar is estimated to cost about $250 million, and county officials are awaiting word from the federal government about whether it will receive funding to cover 30 percent of the cost.
banking on a potential in 20 years, can't say they don't have a jump on things, in 20 yrs. that means new potential customers 20 years from now, old riders retired, deceased, moved, but hey it could happen, in 20 years.
