Metro to study congestion improvements for BL/OR/SV

[Arlington]

...or
Start a new line at:
Connecticut Ave @ Purple
Connecticut Ave @ Chevy Chase Cir
Connecticyt Ave @ Nebraska Ave-Military
Nebraska Ave @ Tenleytown
Wisconsin Ave @ FannieMae
Wisconsin Ave @ Idaho-Ordway
Wisconsin Ave @ National Cathedral
Wisconsin Ave @ R
Wisconsin Ave @ M

and either across to Rosslyn, or over to the West End-Dupont-Scott/Thomas-Union Sta...

[Sand Box John]

Arlington
...or
Start a new line at:
Connecticut Ave @ Purple
Connecticut Ave @ Chevy Chase Cir
Connecticyt Ave @ Nebraska Ave-Military
Nebraska Ave @ Tenleytown
Wisconsin Ave @ FannieMae
Wisconsin Ave @ Idaho-Ordway
Wisconsin Ave @ National Cathedral
Wisconsin Ave @ R
Wisconsin Ave @ M

That schema makes sense as plugging the route up Wisconsin Avenue into A route Red line south of Tenleytown would require totally rebuilding the station to be identical to Rosslyn to accommodate the flying junction.

[Arlington]

I also wish that Metro were freer to imagine incorporating VRE & MARC routes in operations similar to the "London Overground"
I have always admired this map by David Alpert at GGW for its "whole system" thinking. I also think his "new Blue" is pretty well thought out (I wanted a connection at Dupont, he doesn't partly for better station spacing).