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Metro loses more than a million riders on bus, rail | Washington Examiner (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Metro-loses-millions-of-riders-on-bus_-rail-1073871-104179823.html - broken link)
Awful service and higher fares. It was bound to happen, until Metro improves, less people are going to ride it. I shouldn't have to wait 10 minutes for a train during rush hour.
I don't know. DC's Metro system has been crap for years but they don't do anything about it because metro ridership INCREASES. Until it hurts their bottom line, they won't make changes.
Just as an example, that big train crash last year. Trains had to go all the way to the beginning of the platform instead of stopping in the middle. We were told this was only going to happen for a few months. 16 months later, and they're still doing it. The problem is that platforms are more congested, and it becomes a mess when people are trying to come out of trains.
Trains had to go all the way to the beginning of the platform instead of stopping in the middle.
I think that was single handedly the worst thing metro has ever done. 6 car trains should be pulled to the middle (6 car mark), not the 8 car mark that leaves 150 feet being the train. This is the worst at Gallery place on the Shady Grove bound platform.
I take that Shady Grove train at Gallery Place, every morning. It's awful. And I get off in two stops! The last car I believe reaches the middle of the platform, so you have that car full of passengers waiting to come out mixed in with the herd of people who stand in the middle of the platform. I walk close to the front end of the platform, and it's a good 5 minute walk because of the foot traffic.
The service has gotten worse and the fair has gone up. Due to the gas prices soaring in 2008 to like 4 bucks a gallon, they planned accordingly. Big mistake. Besides I'd rather sit in my car for an hour in traffic than park at shady grove and be sardined in a train for an 1 hour. Especially if it costs the same now.
The service has gotten worse and the fair has gone up. Due to the gas prices soaring in 2008 to like 4 bucks a gallon, they planned accordingly. Big mistake. Besides I'd rather sit in my car for an hour in traffic than park at shady grove and be sardined in a train for an 1 hour. Especially if it costs the same now.
So you don't think it's just telecommuting that caused the drop?
So you don't think it's just telecommuting that caused the drop?
I doubt that. Traffic still sucks just as bad. I dont think all the people that are starting to telecommute previously took the metro.
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