Winners and losers with the Dulles subway expansion project

The Examiner did a nice one piece takeout on who wins and who loses in the Dulles subway expansion project. See "Major Tysons Corner players will be big winners and losers." I like the detail.

One of the losers she writes is:

Blue and Orange lines riders
Increased demand for rail cars means that Blue Line service to Reagan International Airport will have to be cut to accommodate Dulles Rail. Meanwhile, already overcrowded Orange Line trains are expected to be sardine cans before they get to the Arlington stops, and limited track space through the Rosslyn tunnel promises longer delays for everybody west of the Potomac River.

This means DC and Arlington. This is why Arlington at least still clamors for the separated blue line proposal. (See the Transit Element 2nd Draft from Arlington's Master Transportation Plan Draft.)

Proposed changes for the WMATA system, 2001. Washington Post graphic.

Or, the Dulles expansion could have been used as a way to bring another tunnel and service into Washington. Instead, Dulles-centric transportation planners focused strictly on expanding the service without thinking about impacts on other parts of the system, or how to leverage the expansion project to improve the system.