Phase One of the Silver Line is one of the most promising infrastructure investments in America, by virtue of the effects it will have on Tysons Corner. Phase Two, on the other hand, costs more and won’t accomplish as much.

In today’s installment of the Washington Post Local Blogging Network, I argue that Northern Virginia would benefit more by spending the money it has allocated for Phase Two on a network of BRT and light rail / streetcar lines. Instead of one Metro line with a handful of stations in the outer suburbs, every major corridor in Northern Virginia could be blanketed with high-quality transit.