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The primary problem is obviously money. The system has been seriously short-changed for at least a decade. Everyone who looks at Metro's problems sees this, but there are those who have some vested interest in running down a perfectly competent and courteous workforce, and in some cases, making up stories out of whole cloth about incidents within the Metro system. Kind of unhelpful behavior by those folks.
Your delusion idea that all metro employees are perfect is ridiculous and it makes you seem like someone who cannot be taken seriously.
There are competent and good workers at metro. But there are also lazy, incompetent workers who get paid way to much to do way too little.
Metro needs funding.. but metro also needs to stop paying morons who add no value.
Suggesting the root cause of Metro's problem is the rank and file employee is absurd and displays a lack of understanding of the impact of management.
I never said the root cause was the rank and file employee. I said metro is filled with incompetent, over paid, lazy morons. This goes from the top to the bottom.
Also.. the rank and file employee is not necessarily causing the problem. I would say giving an 80K salary to a rank and file employee who is incompetent is a huge part of the problem though.
Here is the think thankfully the federal oversight means metro is likely to improve because it sounds like the person who is in charge is going to be no excuses about it and rather aggressive. If anything is going to force metro to change it is going to be a relentless regulator who sees the agency for what it is, which is incompetent, and directs funding to where it needs to go. The federal regulator is going to force good management because essentially he sees it as what it is, a dysfunctional agency.
DC metro right now does not need new stations, it needs to get back up and running and safe and consistent service. The federal regulator is essentially blocking any new funding for expansion or new train stations until that happens.
Yes, the federal regulator has basically called out the agency for gross incompetence, you may defend it to death, but if the fed is on your ass and outright says this, it's definitely the case. This is literally one step short of a federal control board for the agency, which I think is going to happen soon anyway. When both federal agencies and both parties in congress think there is a problem with how metro is governed and managed, there is a problem. Everybody recognizes how important it is now for the DC area to run efficiently.
We are hitting a no more excuses period with WMATA. Frankly I see the agency under a federal control board within the next two years. That will do wonders to fix the problems. Because the problems with metro is the agency and management. It's grossly mismanaged.
Here is the think thankfully the federal oversight means metro is likely to improve because it sounds like the person who is in charge is going to be no excuses about it and rather aggressive. If anything is going to force metro to change it is going to be a relentless regulator who sees the agency for what it is, which is incompetent, and directs funding to where it needs to go. The federal regulator is going to force good management because essentially he sees it as what it is, a dysfunctional agency.
DC metro right now does not need new stations, it needs to get back up and running and safe and consistent service. The federal regulator is essentially blocking any new funding for expansion or new train stations until that happens.
Yes, the federal regulator has basically called out the agency for gross incompetence, you may defend it to death, but if the fed is on your ass and outright says this, it's definitely the case. This is literally one step short of a federal control board for the agency, which I think is going to happen soon anyway. When both federal agencies and both parties in congress think there is a problem with how metro is governed and managed, there is a problem. Everybody recognizes how important it is now for the DC area to run efficiently.
We are hitting a no more excuses period with WMATA. Frankly I see the agency under a federal control board within the next two years. That will do wonders to fix the problems. Because the problems with metro is the agency and management. It's grossly mismanaged.
Agree.
One of the fastest ways to fix metro and to use funding properly is to fire all incompetent employees immediately. In addition, salary should be based only on performance. No more high salaries for incompetent people just because they have worked at metro for a long time.
Metro is the second busiest subway system in the country. Too many lives are at stake to worry about protecting the feelings or salaries of incompetent morons.
One of Metro's biggest problems is so simple -- there aren't enough train cars!! Metro has literally been short of enough train cars for like 35 years now. We spent $5 billion to "improve the system" (in reality, incorrectly installing equipment which lead to fires and people dying) -- can't we spend some damn money on trains?
One of Metro's biggest problems is so simple -- there aren't enough train cars!! Metro has literally been short of enough train cars for like 35 years now. We spent $5 billion to "improve the system" (in reality, incorrectly installing equipment which lead to fires and people dying) -- can't we spend some damn money on trains?
Agreed on this matter. More train cars and newer train cars. The 7000 series seems like it is taking forever to get deployed.
I never said the root cause was the rank and file employee. I said metro is filled with incompetent, over paid, lazy morons. This goes from the top to the bottom.
Also.. the rank and file employee is not necessarily causing the problem. I would say giving an 80K salary to a rank and file employee who is incompetent is a huge part of the problem though.
If you don't attack the root problem, you can't fix the system. Focusing on rank and file salaries is just a display of jealousy.
If you don't attack the root problem, you can't fix the system. Focusing on rank and file salaries is just a display of jealousy.
Emotional arguments (jealousy) are stupid. Lets stick to facts and reality.
Overpaying incompetent rank and file employees is a huge problem. It drains Metro's funding and it keeps the system in a state of disrepair and unreliability leading the poor service.
Your lack of ability to grasp the simple math of this problem is proof you have no business discussing this topic.
Why does it seem like the idea of building more underground metro stations is just completely off the table? I can't believe it's just because of money since we've run through a quarter billion dollars already on a non-functioning 2 mile streetcar. The Green line opened in 1991, and the district was in much worse shape financially then it is now, so why does it seem like any new stations or lines is just absolutely out of the question?
Just as one example, more stations say going further north under Georgia Ave would be huge for those neighborhoods like Brightwood and others that are cut off really walkable metros. Sure it would take several years, but having more metro options would be huge for the city and its residents and council members should have the guts to try to make that a priority. They have the money, it's just being wasted by various agencies.
I have been saying this for a while, they need 2 more tunnels at least, to go under the Potomac. There's too much traffic coming from Virginia and it all goes through that single tunnel out of Rosslyn. It's why they have cut service in VA since they opened the Silver line. They need to get busy digging another tunnel. The Yellow line bridge doesn't carry the heaviest traffic, which is on the B/O/S lines
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