Fairfax County has proposed truly awful names for its Metro stations on the soon-to-open Silver Line. They are indistinct, confusing, and would completely fail to establish any sort of identity for the neighborhoods they serve.

Luckily, the ultimate decision for what to name Metro stations falls to the WMATA Board, and they are interested in using some potentially superior names. They’ve created a public survey requesting feedback on the proposed names, including several alternate suggestions for each station.

In 2008 I suggested the following names for the four stations in Tysons Corner, some of which are being considered in Metro’s survey: Scott Run, Galleria Center, Westpark, Spring Hill.

Please, for the love of all that is good in the world, take the survey and tell Metro to use names that will help create a sense of place. At the very least, tell them to use names that aren’t so indistinguishable.