tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419843266836212215.post5485984543970001063..comments2023-06-15T14:04:55.344-04:00Comments on The Brightwoodian: The Walter Reed site IS Metro-accessible!Stronghold D.C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/15653750518766036284noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419843266836212215.post-49624575511307704992010-10-15T18:03:39.036-04:002010-10-15T18:03:39.036-04:00I think the Takoma metro is not too far from WR so...I think the Takoma metro is not too far from WR some days for some people. I walk from Takoma to 16th street when the bus is way overdue and I can't wait anymore. <br /> <br />The problem is that 6 blocks is a bit much with shopping bags, kids or the elderly in tow. Then you have to take the aforementioned semi-unreliable bus. This is likely to make some businesses and institutions think twice. <br /> <br />Furthermore the WR campus is big so once you go beyond the Georgia Ave part and include those buildings on the interior of the site the distance grows. Using your map it seems the Main hospital building to Takoma Metro is more than the distance from Georgia Ave Metro to Col Hgts Metro. Forget the more western portions.<br /> <br />Hopefully the streetcar will help.<br /><br />Nice blog, keep it going.LeeinDCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419843266836212215.post-90824161584432950732010-10-15T13:38:22.211-04:002010-10-15T13:38:22.211-04:00It really wouldn't make that much difference, ...It really wouldn't make that much difference, distance-wise, from the existing exit.<br /><br />And it would probably have to come out on Spring Place or Chestnut street - which are effectively an alley and a small residential street, respectively - - or somehow go up to Piney Branch, which becomes farther from Walter Reed.<br /><br />Either way, Takoma's existing exit isn't far from Walter Reed (I count six 'real' blocks). Not worth the expense for a one block difference.<br /><br />There are more important Metro station retrofits out there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13599121667555755794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419843266836212215.post-63449827093630564762010-10-15T08:57:29.160-04:002010-10-15T08:57:29.160-04:00Great idea, J.D.!Great idea, J.D.!Quacks Like A Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06206178509197203494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8419843266836212215.post-71456413019929285882010-10-14T14:42:58.706-04:002010-10-14T14:42:58.706-04:00So why no "Takoma/Shepherd Park-Walter Reed&q...So why no "Takoma/Shepherd Park-Walter Reed" station naming, then?J.D. Hammondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140366778731511022noreply@blogger.com