The Washington Post, January 31st, 2001
SOME OF the latest trackside turmoil along Metro's just-expanded Green Line can be chalked up to an unexpected growth spurt, but by now the rider-counters should expect the unexpected. What's happening is just the beginning of something huge. More and more people surge into the trains every day, putting overwhelming new strains on an old system. Even as General Manager Richard A. White goes into his high- speed mix-and-match mode -- borrowing rail cars from around the system to build longer trains on the Green Line -- we're looking at Scotch tape. Metro has nowhere near the money it will need ...
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