Editing Washington Metro (section)

==== Proposed projects ====
The [[Corridor Cities Transitway]] (CCT) is a proposed {{convert|15|mi|km|adj=on}} [[bus rapid transit]] line that would link [[Clarksburg, Maryland]], in northern [[Montgomery County, Maryland|Montgomery County]] with the {{wmata|Shady Grove}} station on the Red Line.<ref name="MoCo Planning">{{cite web |publisher=Montgomery County Planning Department, Silver Spring, MD |url=http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/transportation/projects/corridor.shtm |title=Corridor Cities Transitway |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005141150/http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/transportation/projects/corridor.shtm |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2013}}</ref> Planning for the route alignment was completed in 2018, but the State of Maryland has not provided funds for detailed project design and construction.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/09/23/montgomery-pols-fume-as-state-ends-funding-for-transit-project/ |title=Montgomery Pols Fume as State Ends Funding for Transit Project |last=Kurtz |first=Josh |date=2019-09-23 |website=Maryland Matters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Depuyt |first=Bruce |title=Montgomery Officials Say State's Transitway Decision Imperils Tech Industry |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2019/10/29/montgomery-officials-say-states-transitway-decision-imperils-tech-industry/ |date=2019-10-29 |website=Maryland Matters}}</ref>

The [[District Department of Transportation|District of Columbia Department of Transportation]] completed construction and began operating a single {{convert|2.2|mi|km}} line of the [[DC Streetcar]] system in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Laris |first=Michael |title=Want to ride the D.C. streetcar? Here's a handy FAQ. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/02/27/want-to-ride-ride-the-d-c-streetcar-heres-a-handy-faq/ |date=2016-02-27 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Additional streetcar lines have been proposed since 1998,<ref>{{cite news |last=Kravitz |first=Derek |title=Details emerge for D.C. streetcars, set to begin in 2012 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/24/AR2010102402637.html |date=2010-10-24 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> but no funding has been provided for construction of these lines.

In 2013, the Georgetown Business Improvement District proposed a [[gondola lift]] between [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] and [[Rosslyn, Virginia|Rosslyn]] as an alternative to placing a Metro stop at Georgetown in its 2013–2028 economic plans.<ref name="dcgondola1">{{Cite web |url=https://ggwash.org/view/63894/the-dc-council-is-kind-of-into-the-georgetown-rosslyn-gondola-idea |title=The DC Council is kind of into the Georgetown-Rosslyn gondola idea |last=Steingart |first=Jon |date=June 28, 2017 |website=Greater Greater Washington |access-date=June 29, 2017 |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805060059/https://ggwash.org/view/63894/the-dc-council-is-kind-of-into-the-georgetown-rosslyn-gondola-idea |url-status=live }}</ref> Washington, D.C., and Arlington County have been conducting feasibility studies for it since 2016.<ref name="dcgondola1" />

In 2005, a Maryland lawmaker proposed a [[Southern Maryland Rapid Transit|light rail system]] to connect areas of [[Southern Maryland]], especially the rapidly growing area around the town of [[Waldorf, Maryland|Waldorf]], to the {{wmata|Branch Avenue}} station on the Green Line.<ref>{{cite news |first=Amit |last=Paley |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18469-2005Feb12.html |title=Dyson Pushes Light Rail, Expansion of Bridge |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=SM01 |date=February 15, 2005 |access-date=September 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805103745/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18469-2005Feb12.html |url-status=live }}</ref>