tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689506078297112665.post6190269615757099318..comments2023-10-08T08:33:55.549-04:00Comments on Unsuck DC Metro: Wise Decision?Unsuck DC Metrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02752056661298716293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689506078297112665.post-17359035829397014232009-09-11T10:06:10.730-04:002009-09-11T10:06:10.730-04:00I do not understand the hatred for the closure. Wh...I do not understand the hatred for the closure. What do people want Metro to do? Run trains while workers are on the tracks, so they can strike and kill a few more employees? Not maintain the tracks, so the trains can go slower? Not maintain the tracks, so that trains can derail and kill a few more passengers? Close the line on a weekday, so that people can't get to work?<br /><br />I can understand complaints about the shuttle service (it worked okay for me) but how can you complain about the need for maintenance?massysetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349370170069976876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689506078297112665.post-7453762006232578792009-09-08T19:50:15.663-04:002009-09-08T19:50:15.663-04:00In the past, metro has closed stations for 2 conse...In the past, metro has closed stations for 2 consecutive weekends to get work done. This allowed for work to be completed and keep the stations open for commuters. Why didn't metro do this instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689506078297112665.post-32948008339256286062009-09-08T12:50:13.745-04:002009-09-08T12:50:13.745-04:00They just can't get their act together for any...They just can't get their act together for anything. Communication is not something they're terribly good at, but they're also pretty bad at just plain being organized. Any time there's a situation that requires rapid response, you can count on poor communication and organization.Dan Franzenhttp://www.frothyruminations.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689506078297112665.post-33100943858466879582009-09-08T11:42:46.897-04:002009-09-08T11:42:46.897-04:00Metro needed to close the station for a 3-day peri...Metro needed to close the station for a 3-day period to get needed work done. If closing over Labor Day weekend - historically one of the lightest periods for metro ridership - was such a terrible idea, what should they have done instead?<br />a) Closed on three successive weekdays, which only would have inconvenienced people trying to get to work.<br />b) Closed over the Fourth of July (when lots of people travel to the fireworks), or Columbus Day (when many people still have to get to work), or Thanksgiving (one of the heaviest periods of airport use, and a big holiday shopping weekend at Pentagon City mall) instead?<br />c) Not done the needed track repairs, and when a serious accident happens someday, explain that they hadn't done the work because it would have been too inconvenient to riders and would have disrupted the traditional Labor Day shopping season at Pentagon City? <br /><br />So I would say they made the right call. <br />Still, there is no excuse for the shuttle buses being such a disorganized mess, except that its metro and they rarely if ever seem to get their replacement shuttle buses working right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689506078297112665.post-35597503851086328972009-09-08T09:06:59.702-04:002009-09-08T09:06:59.702-04:00This is AFTER a lot of us already cancelled our La...This is AFTER a lot of us already cancelled our Labor Day plans because we knew we would be unable to get out of south Arlington easily.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16763927765706552012noreply@blogger.com