Unsuck DC Metro: Metro: 'We got the Wheel'

Friday, April 27, 2012

Metro: 'We got the Wheel'

And we're driving this thing over a cliff.

Oops!

This is one of Metro's newest buses. It's definitely out of service, perhaps forever.

Meanwhile, while Metro is husbanding OUR resources so carefully, fares are being hiked--again!

Other items:
Fare evasion costs Metro $1.8 million/year if not more (Fox5)

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DC Denizen · 674 weeks ago

What the...????

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Bet · 673 weeks ago

We knew the fares would be raised after Metro failed to appeal the 9% raise 10,000 employees would receive at Metro This is not surprise!
"Either employees the 9% raise over 3 years or you must believe in slavery"-----

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@FixWMATA · 674 weeks ago

Reminder: Please sign this petition to Congress asking for a full audit of WMATA! http://www.change.org/petitions/the-u-s-senate-co...

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Kevin · 674 weeks ago

Need evidence of WMATA's remarkable incompetence? They can even make a bus to derail.

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Jereme · 674 weeks ago

This picture is OLD!!! It was when the bus was at the manufacturing plant in Canada around 2009 or so. The bus is in service now.

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Peyton S · 674 weeks ago

"trickle up economics."

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4th Estate · 674 weeks ago

This blog is bs, quit whining. I take the metro every day and no complaints.

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Kevin · 674 weeks ago

Hi Dr. Grildlock!

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FreeMarketFan · 673 weeks ago

Hi Dan Stessel what's up?

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SammyDC · 673 weeks ago

Personally, it think "4th Estate" just might be Sarles.

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Kara · 673 weeks ago

I was just thinking that as he likes to brag about taking the metro.

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gatherthejews 35p · 674 weeks ago

The price of a weekly pass is going up a crazy 22.3% from $47 to $57.50

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RGG · 674 weeks ago

And 4 X $57.50 = $230, same as the proposed Monthly Pass. No pricing incentive to purchase the Monthly Pass over the Weekly Pass?

If you plan, the weekly or Monthly "Short Trip" pass may work. You can ride unlimited as long as the fare doesn't exceed 10% of the cost of the card--$35.00--that should be $3.50 by the new fare structure. It can be tricky, especially during Rush Hour times, and you may have to hop off the train and run your card out and back in once, but at some stations (like the Pentagon) it is fairly easy to do. Then you're free to take another maximum $3.50 trip. If you go over the allowed amount, you'll have to hit the "Exitfare" machine and make another contribution to Metro to get out of the gates. Non-Rush times should be simple enough to use it as the fares are lower.

This is assuming the "surcharge" for having a paper farecard isn't applied to the weekly pass. I don't believe it is.

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Adam · 673 weeks ago

This just sounds like an unbelievable pain in the ass. The waits are already long enough; it doesn't seem worth it to get off the train, do a 180, and get back on every day.

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RGG · 673 weeks ago

Depends on your trip. I see it work pretty well for people coming up from Franconia or Huntington as they can hop off at King Street, run their cards out, and catch the next train in a couple of minutes. Many want to transfer to another color train anyways, or, as so many get off at the Pentagon, it doesn't matter which train they're on. At Pentagon it's an easy switch, because the faregates are very close to the train. I've seen people get off, run their card out, and hop back on the same train. But since it's also a transfer station, it works well for many people, too, that get on at Crystal City/Pentagon City/National Airport/Rosslyn and wish to transfer anyways. Not for everyone, but it works for some.

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steve · 674 weeks ago

cannot wait until i move to the city and can bike to work.

12 miles is just a bit too far.

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Disillusioned · 673 weeks ago

Depending on the weather, the path you take, your bike, and the job you're commuting to even 14 miles is doable. Because of the latest derailment I've begun to seriously consider biking into work and back everyday, not just once a week when it's nice. Now that the weather is getting warmer I'll begin taking the train in early and biking home from work soon at the minimum.

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Nita · 673 weeks ago

Drive. bike, carpool but we all need to boycott wmata this month. Try going into work early-there is very little of any traffic.

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