http://tags.library.upenn.edu/tag/history+dc PennTags Feed http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/28309 http://tags.library.upenn.edu/makerecord/url/28309 <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td width="511" valign="top"><p><span class="indent">This site tells the story of the Washington Metro, a 103-mile rapid transit system serving Washington, D.C., and the surrounding areas of Maryland and Virginia. Planning for Metro began in the 1950s, construction began in 1969, and the first segment opened for operation in 1976. Metro is one of the largest public-works projects ever built, and it is the second-busiest rail transit system in the United States. </span></p> <p><span class="indent">Metro is the creation of thousands of planners, engineers, architects, and builders, and hundreds of thousands of neighbors and riders. Whatever your role, we hope you will share your own experiences as part of the <a href="http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/surveys/82/"> ECHO Science and Technology Memory Bank</a>.</span></p> <p>This site was researched and written by Zachary M. Schrag, author of <em><a href="http://www.schrag.info/research/greatsocietysubway.html">The Great Society Subway</a>: A History of the Washington Metro </em>(The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006). </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" width="560" height="3" valign="top"><img src="http://chnm.gmu.edu/metro/transparent.gif" alt="" width="560" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22" height="1" valign="top"><img src="http://chnm.gmu.edu/metro/transparent.gif" alt="" width="22" height="1" /></td> <td width="511" height="1" valign="top"><img src="http://chnm.gmu.edu/metro/transparent.gif" alt="" width="511" height="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table>