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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

WMATA's 2005 study, Development-Related Ridership Survey , found significant car trip reduction associated with the buildings in Metrorail station catchment areas, even in areas outside the core. The monocentric subnetwork of the DC Metrorail system serves the core of DC.

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Washington Post , July 13, 2003. Create regularized transportation funding mechanisms for the metropolitan area and region that transcend individual operators like WMATA (" DC area transit commission board member thinks he has a brilliant idea on how to fund Metrorail: sales taxes ," 2022) Network improvement program 1.