Wouldn't it be wonderful if those glass panels on the station were solar panels? Such a shame that we are so far behind countries like Germany and Denmark when it comes to renewable energy...

I agree. But, does Reston even allow solar panels where they can be seen?

Has anyone found out why there is a crosswalk and escalator on the south side of the toll road and who is paying for it?

That link returns "Page not found". I did see the article on Dec 5 last week if that is the one referred to, but it did not state why the crosswalk and escalator were being built or if the funding was separate from the main sources. It just said there would be no parking in the lots and violators would be prosecuted, and that walk-up pedestrians could use the escalator/crosswalk, but it would not be convenient. It seems as if they will serve mainly a selected private access.

There's a cut and paste error in the above link - an almost invisible leading hyphen.

Try here:
http://reston.patch.com/articles/what-s-up-with-that-b994c1c5
Joe C explains it in the second comment.

Great to see metro moving away from its traditional hexagonal glazed tiles for the platform - those are lethally slippery in wet conditions. Picture 4 shows what look like large concrete slabs with a honeycomb pattern, if so, those should do better in rain and snow :)

There is a bus drop-off area on the South Side of the DTR, as well as giving easy Metro access to the adjoining office complexes.

Karen is incorrect, it is not "being built by Metro" but is included in the Dulles Rail Project costs, most of which is paid for by our tolls. If it's like the rest of the project, we're paying twice what we should for it, due to MWAA's cost escalation.

There are better ways to fix our transportation problems. Go to www.notollincrease.org for more information.