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Old Posted Apr 3, 2012, 4:36 PM
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At least one of the stations towards the end of the line will end up being a major Park & Ride in order to accommodate all those people living in low-density sprawl past the end of the line -- particularly because here, unlike at ORD or SFO, there's no commuter rail to serve that market. I'm sure MWAA would be happy to charge commuters $17 a day at Dulles, but I doubt that would fly.

The Loudoun stations are proposed to have parking for 6,000 cars between them, comparable to the 5,000 parking spaces at Vienna or Franconia. The last station before Dulles & Loudoun is at Innovation/Coppermine, where 2,000 spaces are included in Dulles Station on the south side (and none at the future CIT expansion) -- but where there's no easy on/off from either the DTR or Sully. That leaves Herndon/Monroe, which is a fine facility but (a) not as large and (b) seven miles from Route 772, or 10+ miles from Ashburn, etc.
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