My Metro Map

I'm often heard bitching about metro when I arrive at work, so on one such day Greg pointed me to the Fantasy Metro Map. It's really neat, but I don't think it is too likely. It's a nice adventure in "what if we had unlimited funds, and people were willing to devote some amount to metro (they don't seem that willing at present).

I have a much smaller change that I'd like to make and the biggest cost would be in reprinting all of the metro maps. Please excuse my lack of skill in The Gimp. Essentially I want to switch the green and yellow lines South of Fort Totten. The reason is inspired by selfish motives, but also by my observation that many of the people who get on with me at PG Plaza also get off with me at Crystal City (and also change trains with me at 7th St. Convention center). If you've ever been on the Green line traveling South in the morning, you know when you've gone too far because the cars get nice and roomy just after L'Enfant plaza.

Unfortunately it's usually too difficult to properly sanitize the data, but it would be really fun to have access to Metro ridership records. You should be able to run queries on the data to see what are the most heavily traveled routes that, for instance, involve a line change. You'd probably find people traveling from Northern Prince George's County to Virginia and back. There might even be enough support to make this color change.