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Washington Metro
History
Metro construction at the shipyard in 1989
During the 1960s, there were plans for a massive highway system in Washington, but the opposition to this freeway system grew. Harland Bartholomew, who chaired the National Capital Commission planning, the thought of a rail transit system will never be self-sufficient because of low density land use and the general decline of public transport. Finally, a concept of a mixed system with radial Capital Beltway railway line has been agreed. The Beltway received full funding, funding for the Inner Loop highway ambitious system has been partially reallocated to the construction of the subway system.
Intersection of ceiling vaults at the Metro Center, a major transfer
In 1960, the federal government created the National Capital Transportation Agency to develop a rapid rail system. In 1966, a bill creating WMATA was adopted by the federal government, the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland, with power system planning for the transfer to it of the NCTA.
Inside a car rehabilitated Breda
WMATA has approved plans for a 98-mile (158 km) regional in 1968 and construction began in 1969 with the revolutionary December 9. The system opened March 27, 1976, to 4.6 miles (7 km) on the red line with five stations of Rhode Island Avenue to Farragut North, all in the District of Columbia. Arlington County, Virginia, was linked to the system by July 1, 1976, Montgomery County, Maryland on February 6, 1978, Prince George's County, Maryland, November 20, 1978, and Fairfax County, Virginia and Alexandria, Virginia, on December 17, 1983.
The system 103-mile (166 km), 83-station has been completed with the opening segment of the Green Line to Branch Avenue January 13, 2001. This does not mean the end of the system's growth: an extension of 3.22-mile (5.18 kilometers) from the Blue Line to Largo Town Center and Morgan Boulevard opened on December 18, 2004. The first filling station in New York Avelorida Aveallaudet U on the Red Line between Union Station and Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood, opened November 20, 2004, and planning is underway for an expansion of Dulles Airport.
Station display indicating the estimated wait times for trains coming
Metro construction needed billions of dollars in federal, originally planned by the Congress under the authority of the Transportation Act of the National Capital in 1969 (Public Law 91-143). The cost was paid with federal funds 90% and 10% in local currency. This law was amended January 3, 1980, Public Law 96-184, "The National Capital Transportation Amendment of 1979" (also known as the Stark-Harris) Act, which authorized additional funding 1.7 billion for the completion of 89.5 miles (144.0 km) from the system as provided under a full funding grant agreement with WMATA executed in July 1986, which requires 25% to be paid from local funds. On November 15, 1990, Public Law 101-551, "The National Capital Transportation Amendments of 1990, authorized an additional $ 1.3 billion in federal funds for the construction of 13.5 miles remaining (21 , 7 km) of the 103-mile (166 km) system, supplemented by the execution of grant agreements of full funding, with a% 63% federal/37 local correspondent.
The highest attendance for a single day was the day of the inauguration of Barack Obama January 20, 2009, with 1.12 million riders. It beat the previous record set the previous day, 866,681 trips. June 2008 set several records goodwill: it is the record number of users one month of 19,729,641 riders in total, the record for highest attendance with 772,826 average weekday trips during the week, had five of ten days the number of users, and had 12 days of the week in which the number of users exceeds 800,000 TRIPS.
In February 2006, Metro officials have chosen Randi Miller, an employee of car dealership in Woodbridge, Virginia, a new record "open doors", "closed doors".