tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post116612071055672725..comments2023-10-30T11:47:53.134-04:00Comments on why.i.hate.dc: Metro RagegasmDave Strouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12284013068083846700noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1169995368275138262007-01-28T09:42:00.000-05:002007-01-28T09:42:00.000-05:00You can't use a weekly pass with a smart trip. Thi...You can't use a weekly pass with a smart trip. This means that if you intend to pay your metro fare with a weekly pass and want to park at a metro lot, it costs $7/day to park. The reason most commuters pay the full metro fare from Shady Grove instead of using a weekly pass is so they won't get reamed with the parking. I ride Rid-On to Shady Grove, so I only pay $20/month for a Ride-On bus pass. It would be nice if the Smart Trip could be integrated with all passes and discounts could be accumulated. For example, if the parking disocunt for using Smart Trip while riding Metro could be incorporated with the weekly pass. Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1169538265664326322007-01-23T02:44:00.000-05:002007-01-23T02:44:00.000-05:00I'm always surprised that more people don't know a...I'm always surprised that more people don't know about the weekly pass. Of course it's not available with SmarTrip cards (you have to buy the paper pass), but a weekly unlimited-ride pass is available for $32.50. That doesn't make up for much of the increase but it's pretty good for those coming in from the far suburbs. (http://www.wmata.com/riding/passes.cfm#Metrorail)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1168059019313987722007-01-05T23:50:00.000-05:002007-01-05T23:50:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting that photo. I was in the car t...Thanks for posting that photo. I was in the car that is being mounted by the other one, which happened when the train ahead of us rolled backwards WHICH THEY ARENT EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING.<BR/>....fucking metro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166742288800068842006-12-21T18:04:00.000-05:002006-12-21T18:04:00.000-05:00Would you rather Metro increase fares across the b...Would you rather Metro increase fares across the board> That would result in even more ridership loss than targeting the fare increases at times and places where they know the riders will likely keep riding?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166704950952886672006-12-21T07:42:00.000-05:002006-12-21T07:42:00.000-05:00Metro train is a disaster! They made every mistake...Metro train is a disaster! They made every mistake that BART made and thought they were unique. <BR/><BR/>Metro fares already are too high. My out-of-pocket cost to drive each day is about equal to the current fare and my parking fee is roughly that of the metro lot in the rual area at the end of the line. If the government did not provide me a subsidy to ride I would not be there.<BR/><BR/>Metro also lies! Years ago when they increased the rush hour fares they promised that you never would have to wait more than 12 miun during rush hour. Today I wait 15 to 18 mins almost everyday at the Rosslyn station to transfer from an orange to a blue train.<BR/><BR/>The train takes longer and longer to get me into work and the out-of-pocket cost is almost the same. <BR/><BR/>Metro trains however have become more reliable than they were about five years ago when I stopped riding the thing for 3 years. As gas prices rose the subsidized metro became attachtive and I went back on the trains. Now I am considering going back to driving and the fare increase probably will dirve me to drive! That will depend upon the amount of increase in the government subsidy for me to ride metro! I pity the poor people that have to pay for this bad service and poor ride and rude employees that get no subsidy. Increased fares should impact the poor in a much greater manner and definitely will be felt by the foreign workers I see riding every morning to construction sites around the area.<BR/><BR/>Metro should consider trains that skip every other station to improve the time it takes to ride and the ware and tear on the trains. They also should reduce the time between trains to one minute to provide convienence for passengers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166631248101877942006-12-20T11:14:00.000-05:002006-12-20T11:14:00.000-05:00Eh. I am a Red Sox fan.Eh. I am a Red Sox fan.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166540994006746592006-12-19T10:09:00.000-05:002006-12-19T10:09:00.000-05:00rusty, do you like the nats?rusty, do you like the nats?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166475972112283542006-12-18T16:06:00.000-05:002006-12-18T16:06:00.000-05:00yet steeper stairs might help with America's obesi...yet steeper stairs might help with America's obesity problem,not only in DC but especially with said tourists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166451939154512922006-12-18T09:25:00.000-05:002006-12-18T09:25:00.000-05:00just an fyi. by code, stairs are allowed a max 'r...just an fyi. by code, stairs are allowed a max 'rise' of 7". Escalators are allowed to have a greater rise because its presumed that users are standing passively on it. If metro replaced escalators with stairs they would have to do a massive excavation to install stairs. The steep angle of metro escalators would have to be remade as something significantly less steep in order to make stairs legal. imagine how much excavation and additional space it would take to make dupont or rosslyn legal.<BR/><BR/>i also think that rather than raising fares, metro should just ticket tourists who stop at the bottom (or top) of an escalator, oblvious to the rush hour commuters piling up behind them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166415029126293972006-12-17T23:10:00.000-05:002006-12-17T23:10:00.000-05:00The "twice in two years" line is comically absurd....The "twice in two years" line is comically absurd. I take the Red Line every days and I'm getting five minute waits on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>And bitching about the umbrella thingies over the stations is totally OK. How crazy is it that Metro thought they could expose the escalators to the elements without consequences? What a failure in terms of common sense.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166406033545153022006-12-17T20:40:00.000-05:002006-12-17T20:40:00.000-05:002 delays in 2 years, B U L L S H I T :-This summer...2 delays in 2 years, B U L L S H I T :<BR/><BR/>-This summer during the rainstorms when it took people 2 hours to commute<BR/><BR/>-When the Metro worker fell in front of a train at Dupont<BR/><BR/>I don't even ride the red line (since it doesn't have any stupid ass stations in VA) and I can think of two rush hour delays in the past SIX MONTHS. I'm sure if I rode it 500 more times, I could come up with a few more.<BR/><BR/>Rusty, welcome Dan Tangherlini to the board!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166399272135754812006-12-17T18:47:00.000-05:002006-12-17T18:47:00.000-05:00I call shenanigans. For someone who rides the red...I call shenanigans. For someone who rides the red line everyday, you're sure not paying attention...twice is a tragically low count, friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166397616341592402006-12-17T18:20:00.000-05:002006-12-17T18:20:00.000-05:00Gallery Place/Chinatown or Dupont. I have never w...Gallery Place/Chinatown or Dupont. <BR/><BR/>I have never waited more than five minutes for a train in the last year that I've had this particular commute. And only a handful of times have I actually waited five minutes. My typical wait is 2 - 4 minutes and often times the trains are closer than that. I'm not sure where YOU are getting on (probably some stupid ass station in Virginia) but in the city, the trains are fairly reliable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166391585022755332006-12-17T16:39:00.000-05:002006-12-17T16:39:00.000-05:00"I take Metro every day and only twice in the last...<I>"I take Metro every day and only twice in the last year have I waited more than five minutes for a train during rush hour. So personally I think you're exaggerating and bitching."</I><BR/><BR/>HA, TWICE!!! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU GETTING ON?!?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166380800808190592006-12-17T13:40:00.000-05:002006-12-17T13:40:00.000-05:00Oh and ot the asshat bitching about the umbrella t...Oh and ot the asshat bitching about the umbrella things over the stations - do you know the purpose is to keep rain off the escalators which causes them to stop working (which you would then bitch about) and keeps us from paying $40/hour to some union worker to fix it. They are cost saving measures dipshit. I'm glad they at elast chose to make them aesthetic so that not only do they save money but aren't fugly like everything else about metro.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166380680889670982006-12-17T13:38:00.000-05:002006-12-17T13:38:00.000-05:00Metro has consistently lost money over the last 10...Metro has consistently lost money over the last 10 years. Everything we buy and use has increased in price. Your pay has likely increased 3-5% year over year. The people WMATA employs, of which there are many, also get raises. The money has to come from somewhere. While it isn't unreasonable to expect service not to suffer while paying more, the idea that metro will always cost $1.35 per ride is absurd. Get over it and move on. You have options. Walk, buy a car, pay for gas. No one forces you to use Metro and it isn't a right to have public transportation. Asking for oversight to be sure WMATA is spending wisely is acceptable but expecting to not have to pay for public transportation is not. I take Metro every day and only twice in the last year have I waited more than five minutes for a train during rush hour. So personally I think you're exaggerating and bitching. And yes, it's crowded but for every person taking metro, that's one less person driving into this city and taking the valuable street parking that residents who pay taxes in the city shouldn't have to share with those who don't. <BR/><BR/>Overall, having been on several different subway systems, I think WMATA is pretty fucking reliable. Trains are late sometimes - shit happens. Maybe if people woudl board the trains and move to the middle like they are supposed to, people wouldn't have to push to fight to get on and hold up the doors closing. <BR/><BR/>The trains are clean for the most part, the stations are safe, the escalators don't often work and we overpay union repairmen to fix them, but be glad you have them. New Yorkers sure don't have that luxury. People still can't eat, drink or smoke on the trains, thankfully. The stations are air conditioned as are the trains. <BR/><BR/>I don't like paying more for things anymore than you do. This will certainly hit my wallet no doubt as I take it everyday. And I only go a few stops. And I do want oversight to be sure the money is being spent wisely and not wasted. But I do recognize I can't expect to pay $1.35 forever. Luckily I have a SmartTrip card, because even though I don't live at any of the stops you can get them, I chose to go there and get one and stop bitching about how life isn't perfect. My apologies that WMATA won't hand deliver your SmartTrip card to you. God forbid you have to go to Metro Center, where 90% of commuters pass every day and could easily stop and get one if they weren't fucking lazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166219562077059552006-12-15T16:52:00.000-05:002006-12-15T16:52:00.000-05:00Not many ebay auctions for metro cards the majori...Not many ebay auctions for metro cards the majority of them are buy it now. I paid $50 for a farecard with $75 value on it. Not bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166211220842238662006-12-15T14:33:00.000-05:002006-12-15T14:33:00.000-05:00Those living in DC get screwed by this proposal to...Those living in DC get screwed by this proposal too. My fare will jump $1.40 RT because I live by Union Station and work at Dupont Circle. This has got to be one of the dumbest things Metro has ever tried to foist on people. So I'm supposed to walk an extra mile to New York Ave stop -- and even better, walk home from it in the dark? Or trudge to Woodley Park metro, which also is a good distance from Dupont? What kind of stupid incentive is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166209367419386802006-12-15T14:02:00.000-05:002006-12-15T14:02:00.000-05:00You can. But you'll sound like a petty, shortsigh...You can. But you'll sound like a petty, shortsighted, whiny tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166209176370211482006-12-15T13:59:00.000-05:002006-12-15T13:59:00.000-05:00Rusty - All I can say is "amen."Rusty - All I can say is "amen."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166207664484517922006-12-15T13:34:00.000-05:002006-12-15T13:34:00.000-05:00Why can't I?Why can't I?Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850398011830933932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166207528805985232006-12-15T13:32:00.000-05:002006-12-15T13:32:00.000-05:00You can't live in the white-boy suburbs and then b...You can't live in the white-boy suburbs and then bitch about the cost of taking the train into town, you cheap piece of shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166207286973764872006-12-15T13:28:00.000-05:002006-12-15T13:28:00.000-05:00Bid on farecards on Ebay?Dumb ass.Bid on farecards on Ebay?<BR/><BR/>Dumb ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166207114527490592006-12-15T13:25:00.000-05:002006-12-15T13:25:00.000-05:00YO METRO SUCKS YEAH WE ALREADY KNOW THAT BUT IF YO...YO METRO SUCKS YEAH WE ALREADY KNOW THAT BUT IF YOU KNOW THE RIGHT PEOPLE OR GO TO THE RIGHT PLACES YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND FARECARDS AND SMART TRIP CARDS AT REDUCED PRIC<B>E</B>S FAR <B>B</B>ELOW WH<B>A</B>T <B>Y</B>OU WOULD PAY AT A METRO STATION SO GET UP OFF OF YOUR FLAT ASSES AND START LOOKING FOR THEM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216647.post-1166204852061729912006-12-15T12:47:00.000-05:002006-12-15T12:47:00.000-05:00Metro is trying real hard to turn people into car ...Metro is trying real hard to turn people into car commuters. Yeah...we need more gridlock on our roads. We need more Co2 emissions into our atmosphere. We need more smog and unhealthy air conditions.ihateyuppieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14656529543240441687noreply@blogger.com