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I would definately rather live in San Francisco. I just love San Francisco. Its charming, quite beautiful, hilly, far less swampy and humid, no snow or sleet. I love its architecture, its neighborhoods and its downtown for major shopping can't be beat. I lived in D.C. for many years but I love San Francisco.
Get them maps right, DC WMATA is ranked #2 in this country for ridership and #3 behind length of the lines.
WMATA map drawn to scale:
Red Line: 31.9 miles
Orange Line: 26.4 miles
Blue Line: 30.3 miles
Green Line: 23.04 miles
Yellow Line: 15.07 miles
Silver Line (Under Construction): 23 miles
Get them maps right, DC WMATA is ranked #2 in this country for ridership and #3 behind length of the lines.
WMATA map drawn to scale:
Red Line: 31.9 miles
Orange Line: 26.4 miles
Blue Line: 30.3 miles
Green Line: 23.04 miles
Yellow Line: 15.07 miles
Silver Line (Under Construction): 23 miles
So your argument for BART being better is because ONE accident occurred on the Metro in its existence? That's a mature response.
SF has things that are better and so does DC. Metro is obviously better than BART. You said anything to make anyone think otherwise. You can't win everything. Get over it.
Metro riders Thursday morning found the commute to work longer than usual as investigators continued to deal with the aftermath of Wednesday's subway crash on the Red Line.
Along the Red Line, Metro ran eight-car trains instead of the usual six-car trains, reduced fares and until 10:30 a.m. offered free bus service from Friendship Heights to Farragut North.
"There will be major delays on the Red Line," said Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein on WTOP before the morning rush. She suggests riders find alternate ways to work.
The accident occurred at the Woodley Park-Zoo station, where an empty subway train rolled backward into a train full of passengers. The two trains that collided in the station will remain on one of the tracks, and trains will run on a single track from Van Ness to Dupont Circle.
The Woodley Park-Zoo station will open for the morning rush hour, although the two trains that collided in the station will remain on one of the tracks as the National Transportation Safety Board investigates. Trains will run on a single track from Van Ness to Dupont Circle.
The accident injured at least 20 people, transit officials said.
You have nothing to brag about when it comes to commuting when comparing DC to SF. Sorry.
No need to apologize, Montclair. After all, DC lags behind only NYC in terms of the number of subway riders, and is behind only NY and Jersey City in terms of cities with the highest percentage of transit riders. (39% of DC residents take transit, as opposed to 30.2% of San Franciscans.)
Each day, nearly 1.4 million DC-area residents commute via public transit, as opposed to 1.1 million in San Francisco.
So, again, you don't need to apologize. It is what it is.
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