Please back that up with statistics.  Here in Arlington, which is filled with Metro stops, our crime rate is extremely low.  Personally, I feel very safe in the Orange Line corridor.  Do you seriously think that criminals take Metro to suburbia to commit their crimes?  Puh-leeze.

That's a no brainer, the only questions revolve around the details -- contract terms, above or below ground in Tysons, cost, etc.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, that the number of crimes in Montgomery County would center in the densely-populated areas around Metro stations and not in the more sparsely-populated northern sections of the county.  Really, I thought muggers targeted forests and farmers.  Who knew they'd go after pedestrians?

Seriously, that rocked! :)

... because I'm especially bitter this week.

Not at all.  They have all been answered long ago, in numerous public hearings.

"Do we really want to see more crimes in the Tyson's area with the new metro station?" 

Classic straw man question, also known as assuming facts not in evidence.  There may have been a time when mass transit meant more annonymous access, but that time is long gone.  Today's metro is well patroled and has numerous monitoring cameras.  I don't have the statistics, but it would not surprise me to learn that a thief has a higher chance of getting caught if he or she takes metro than if they stay close to home.

"Do we really want all that congestion on our roads while the construction of an above or below rail line?"

Those of us who can look ahead further than tomorrow realize that without rail to Dulles, our roads in this area are going to be more messed up for a lot longer.  So no, we don't want our roads messed up, but we realize that the inconvenience is needed for future good.

You are aware that the Congestion on the roads won't go down just becuase you put Rail in to Dullus? 

Portland, Oragon after putting in a rail in Portland Congestion has gotten worse.  While cities like Houston and the Dallas Ft. Worth area who have built more roads have far less congestion then we do here.

Rail isn't the magic bullet that will solve the congestion problem. Most likely it will stay the same.  Like i said my grand parents lived in Silver Spring, before Metro came to Forest Glenn then thety moved to Potomac.  There is more traffic where they use to live today then when Metro came in.

There's more traffic in this region because population has exploded along with "sprawl."  People own more cars, drive them more, live further away from where they work, etc., etc.  To expect Metro alone to solve that problem, or even to put a serious dent in it, is absurd.  Having said that, I strongly support expanding Metro, in combination with strong measures to discourage sprawl and encourage "smart growth."  The bottom line is that we have to grow "up, not out."  If we keep growing "out," the associated traffic and environmental problems will continue to get worse.