Metro sent around a press release yesterday announcing that they were considering alternating rush hour Blue line trains between their regular route that follows the Orange line and a new route that would send them up along the Yellow line.

During weekday peak hours, six out of ten trains that originate every hour at the Blue Line Franconia-Springfield station would follow their normal course through Rosslyn and across the river to Foggy Bottom. The other four trains would instead split off at the Pentagon Station and follow the Yellow Line all the way to Greenbelt.

The plan would theoretically solve two problems: First, it would do for peak time service along the Green line what the off-peak Yellow line extension did for the same route. WMATA officials told WTOP that they’ve noticed increased peak time demand for destinations in the eastern parts of downtown D.C. like Gallery Place, L’Enfant, Navy Yard, or Columbia Heights. Second, it would ease the Orange/Blue line bottleneck where they meet at Rosslyn.

What do you think of the plan? Metro officials will revisit the proposal after a period of public input, especially from those of you who commute into the city from south of the Pentagon station.