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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
the Washington DC-Arlington County-Fairfax County-City of Alexandria-City of Falls Church-Mongomery County-Prince George's County Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:
We have picked a name for our new station: New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University Station.
We have also decided to add another name to other stations: the name "Penn Quarter" to the Archives-Navy Memorial Station, on the Yellow and Green lines, and the name "Brentwood" to the Rhode Island Avenue Station, on the Red Line.
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I recall that the board's disdain for long names was the lead objection to renaming the the Ronald Reagan Nat'l Airport station. They seem to have gotten past that. The other objection was the cost. Funny that they have no problem forking over the $100,000 each for new signage to add Penn Quarter or Brentwood names. Let me see: $100,000 to have the name of the station reflect the name of the airport it's located at is too much; $200,000 to add the name of a neighborhood that you'd likely have to take a cab to get to after getting off the train, no problem.
Thanks, Chief. That one post put the brakes on my train of thought that I might like to return to the DC area.
-epF
