Unsuck DC Metro: Metro Turns 35

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Metro Turns 35

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Just Me · 730 weeks ago

You would think after 35 years they would know how to run the thing.

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· 730 weeks ago

Cute pic!

Love how full of hope they look.

Wonder if they're Metro riders now and if so, what would be their facial expression?

Metro's 35 going on 100.

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@Stank_0 · 730 weeks ago

I remember when I moved to DC in 05. The main thing I loved was the ease of hopping on the Metro and going anywhere fairly quickly. Those days are long gone.

The Metro is now 35 going on osteoporosis.

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horseydeucey · 730 weeks ago

I just turned 33 this month. I hope I don't look anywhere near as shitty or broken down as Metro does after 35. It's like running into a classmate after years and years and being shocked at how much they've aged.

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bet · 730 weeks ago

Metro is broken down and in ill repair because they did not follow the Engineers compiled report on the amount of money which needs to be saved over the course of time for repairs. This generated report is compiled for most every hugh undertaking in which repairs will be required for upkeep.
Doh!

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Dee · 730 weeks ago

Aw, give metro a break people! They are *gasp* 35! I mean, how many subway systems are older that that, hmm? :)

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Ted Williams · 730 weeks ago

I rode Metro on its very first day in 1976 (I was an undergrad at Georgetown at the time). It was like entering the 21st century. For the first few days it was free. When the blue line extended out to Rosslyn the following year through the tunnel under the Potomac, that was pretty neat too. In the years since, I've commuted via the Orange Line a lot, until last year when I got a parking space at work. Now I only use Metro on weekends or during the work week to return to the office after a business lunch or event. On that basis, Metro is still great. But I'm glad I don't have to commute on it anymore -- it's just getting too crowded and unreliable during rush hour.

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anon · 730 weeks ago

Wow! Where is the money required for the upkeep which was saved? No money saved for repairs?
Management again reactive and not proactive.

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guest · 730 weeks ago

I turned 35 in January. I really hope I'm not as feeble as Metro.

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Ever and Anon · 730 weeks ago

Probably not. Metro's age is more like "in dog years." ;D

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Guest · 730 weeks ago

Metro doing great for what it was intended to do. Be a jobs program for the region's underclass. 35 years of funneling money to Democrat pols. Transporting people was secondary.

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Ugh · 730 weeks ago

It also provides a convenient excuse to not improve, build, or connect roads.

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Papa Smurf · 730 weeks ago

Off topic, but where's the freakin' bridge from VA to the Potomac area of MD? I moved here ten years ago from a town full of rivers and bridges and it seems ridiculous the only options are to drive all the way into DC or all the way up to Point of Rocks just to get from Potomac to Leesburg. There's White's Ferry, which now is like $7 round trip, but that's not convenient on the weekends. I've never seen such an asinine set up, but then again, look at a street map of DC.

Metro sucks

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Ugh · 730 weeks ago

Rich white people said no.

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One take · 730 weeks ago

Some underground transit systems abroad are over 100 years old and operate better than Washington DC METRO. Then again, these said underground transit systems abroad do not have people like Jackie Jeter defending poor service by hiding behind slavery terminology and Chief Lee promoting PSA videos depicting middle aged Dr. Bosley patients robbing urban youth.

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mike · 730 weeks ago

The problem is that Metro acts like it doesn't believe that its really 35 - its keeps telling itself that it has just turned 29 a few times. . . .

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Anon · 730 weeks ago

Metro looks great for 35 years old - considering she's got hundreds of thousands of johns - I mean customers - riding her, hard, every day. And she's a pretty cheap ride at that!