Unsuck DC Metro: Watch Out Pedestrians! Metro's Culture of Safety is Coming

Friday, April 26, 2013

Watch Out Pedestrians! Metro's Culture of Safety is Coming

Via @mikepulsifer

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BMK · 622 weeks ago

It's how they make sure Union Station WMATA stays not crowded .. .mow down the peds before they can enter the station

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Parrish · 622 weeks ago

Hardly news, unfortunately. At the intersection of East-West and Colesville, every day, the bus drivers are so lackadaisical about traffic signals that the flashing hand almost always appears before I can even start to cross the street. In fact, sometimes I don't even get to cross the street at all.

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Paco · 622 weeks ago

How can this driver be reported?

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BMK · 622 weeks ago

You can e-mail Sarles -- rsarles<at>wmata<dot>com but he won't respond.
You can fill out a customer service form and get a form reply.

Therein is the problem .. the bus drivers know they lack repercussions for actions that could get a normal person their license taken away. If anything ever happens to them (it won't) their union would then get them rehired with back-pay or a promotion. Just look at past cases. There is ZERO accountability, the staff knows it, so they don't care either, it seems.

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Dave Alturd · 622 weeks ago

This comment is racist. Buses and Bus Drivers provide smart growth. As we all know Smart Growth is the most important thing in the universe no matter what!

Curing Cancer? Boring.
Obeying Traffic Laws? Yawn
Firing Incompetent Drivers? Waste of time. These drives provide a valuable smart growth service, as such they should be allowed flexibility where the law is concerned.

To find out more about how buses, and bicycles are always right no matter what, read my blog!: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/

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Guest · 621 weeks ago

But buses are motor vehicles, therefore they are bad. Two wheels (and a chain) doog, four wheels baaaaaaad! We should have pedal powered buses instead.

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iolaire 71p · 622 weeks ago

Am I missing something - where could you tell that the bus is running a red light?

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karah 81p · 622 weeks ago

watch the walk light

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BMK · 622 weeks ago

yep, there is a delay there too to allow traffic making the left to clear the intersection before the walk signal comes on .. so he didn't just go at yellow, he blew through a red light