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12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Ticket · 1 reply · +43 points

And this on the eve of a WMATA accessibility awards ceremony... you have a LONG way to go, WMATA.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Caption Contest: Capta... · 0 replies · +1 points

Dried sewer lines.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Caption Contest: Capta... · 0 replies · +16 points

That's being generous.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Caption Contest: Capta... · 0 replies · +11 points

"Damn customers... I SEE YOU DOWN THERE BEING CUSTOMERS... they're probably about to start a damn track fire under the Potomac... damn customers..."

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Custom Glass · 2 replies · +10 points

FWIW: at Pentagon City (Huntington/Franconia platform, first escalator - southernmost) this afternoon:
http://twitter.com/FixWMATA/status/27346326093680...

This flange of metal is just waiting to be caught on a bag and we'll get a repeat of L'Enfant. This escalator was going up - meaning bags would catch that metal - if it was going down it might be less of a threat.

Meanwhile - across the tracks there were workers working on the escalator on the northbound platform.

Consider this: the escalator problems are the problems we can see - imagine the safety issues with trains/tracks, etc that we can't see.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - Automatic Train Operat... · 3 replies · +28 points

Ah, yes - a 1 year warranty. You know what else has a 1 year warranty? The new Dupont South escalators. How have they held up so far?

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - $1,818 for Public Info... · 6 replies · +24 points

Manual Control is what gives you all the "herkey-jerkey" that makes everyone sick - the trains weren't meant to be run in manual control and the controls weren't designed for passenger comfort - just to maneuver the cars in the rail yards.

Automatic Train Control is smoother and still gives you the consistency of stopping in the same place every time. If you moved to the DC area in the last 3 years you've never experienced the automatic train control glory.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - $1,818 for Public Info... · 0 replies · +38 points

This isn't our government - WMATA thinks they're above any government. Honey badger don't give a shit.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - A New Low? · 0 replies · +18 points

Typical. And these are people we trust with our lives.

12 years ago @ http://unsuckdcmetro.b... - It Takes 10 Minutes · 4 replies · +10 points

At this point I assume every word that comes out of Dan's mouth is a lie.

That being said... perhaps the problem here was that a change in fare would have to be approved by the Board first? (maybe that logic is wrong - correct me if it is)

Maybe blaming the fare machines was more PC than blaming the inability of the Board to react quick enough?

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