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Posted by ntrainride on Mon Mar 27 03:23:17 2017 part of a trip i took last year. couple of things surprised me: the amount of lineside grafitti, the speed of the train...these boys really move..., the long station spacing and the quiet ride. the seats are pretty comfortable too.this is most definitely not a new york-style transit line. the lack of immediate, walkable homes and apartments near the stations for one thing. |
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Re: wmata red line ride - takoma to brookland |
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Posted by Dupont Circle Station on Tue Mar 28 17:47:11 2017, in response to wmata red line ride - takoma to brookland, posted by ntrainride on Mon Mar 27 03:23:17 2017. The reason for the sparse density there is because that segment was constructed in/alongside railroad ROW. Northeast DC has always been low-density residential, with clusters of light industrial. After the 1968 riots, it dropped off most developers and city planning officials' radars. It is only now seeing reclamation and buildup. Brookland has a lot of new residential development within convenient walking distance: I have several friends who have moved to that area.Takoma is another low-density area (as is Takoma Park right across the street on the Maryland side). Those communities are bastions of responsible-growth, transit-positive residents. What I love about the DC area, compared to when I lived in NYC, is how so many people here cherish green space. People generally aren't against development: They are against development that is of excessive scale for a particular location; or that destroys natural green space without any regard for its benefits -- including adding value to the property. In case you didn't see it, we have a huge amount of greenery pretty much everywhere you go in the area. Undoubtedly, at some point in the future, the eastern edge of the District and the bordering Maryland neighborhoods will be built-up like Northwest. That is highly unlikely until we're past the 1M resident mark within the city of Washington itself. We're still around the 600K mark, and that growth is not anticipated until 2050-2060 based on current projections. |
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