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Following up on the Prof’s earlier post on DC’s planned Tyson’s Corner Metro extension, the WaPo has an article on a 19-year-old blogger and Christian Missionary-in-training who’s pushing for a tunnel at Tyson’s:

Mast acknowledges that his advocacy of a potentially more costly transit option might be seen as at odds with his strong conservative political philosophy.

But he argues that public transportation is an area in which market rules simply don’t apply because, though transit is necessary, it usually isn’t economically viable without subsidy. “It’s going to happen, and we might as well do it right if we’re going to do it,” he said.

Note to Washington State’s anti-tax conservatives: you could learn something from this guy!.