Improved Community Benefit: The decision on Tysons Tunnel vs. Elevated Rail is a 100-year decision. Other communities around the world are working to put their costly aerial structures underground. We should not settle for a second class solution in our community particularly when more than 75% of the funds are coming from our region anyway.

Improved Quality: Tysons Tunnel will produce less noise and have a lower visual, physical, and urban design impact on the community -- see the metrorail tunnel success in Arlington.

Reduced Environmental Effects: Tysons Tunnel will have lower traffic, air quality, and transportation network impact.

Higher Near-Term Revenues: Tysons Tunnel will produce higher near-term public revenues (sales taxes) and private revenues to businesses -- i.e. less business disruption in Tysons for the coming 4-5 years of construction.

Higher Long-Term Revenues: Tysons Tunnel will provide a higher commercial tax base and potentially attract more metrorail ridership.

Higher Return on Investment: Tysons Tunnel will reduce metrorail operating costs, estimated at $240 million (est.) over time.

Improved Economic Development Potential: Tysons Tunnel will keep our community as a high quality place to live and work and will enhance the long term economic development potential for our region.

Increased Lifespan: Tysons Tunnel will have almost double the capital lifespan (+100 years vs. +50 years).

Improved Value: Competitive bidding is the tried and true way to achieve the best price and value for public investment in public works. Competitive bidding is the standard for even small public projects and should be required when the contract is valued in the billions.