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Article: District's Plan for Yellow Line Hits a Snag; Md., Va. Officials Question Extension
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- The Washington Post
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- March 3, 2006
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The District of Columbia's plan to increase Metro subway service
through one of the city's hottest neighborhoods north of downtown was
temporarily shut down yesterday after suburban members of the Metro
board said they wanted to know whether service could also be extended
to stations in Maryland.
The board committee for planning and development voted to defer
until next month the city's proposal to extend Yellow Line service
from Mount Vernon Square to Fort Totten.
The line would serve what are now exclusively Green Line stations
in the U Street, Columbia Heights and Petworth neighborhoods, where
new shops, condominiums and renovated rowhouses are drawing more
residents and, in turn, more ...