Jenny Wuehrmann's Reviews > The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro

I heard about this book listening to NPR and thought it might be interesting and confirm or deny common DC factoids. I was surprised to realize it was both published in 2006–so missing the entire silver line and latest planning—and that it was quite the tome at 300 pages. I expected more of a digestible bulleting of history but this is a thorough and complete account of all players, design choices, legislative and financial disputes and construction considerations. For those wanting a truly in depth look at metros history, this is a good choice. I ended up skimming a few sections as I didn’t have the appetite for the whole thing.