The thing about metro is that 98+% of the time it's quite good, but when it's bad it tends to _really_ melt down. When the New York subway has a bad day, you'r

The thing about metro is that 98+% of the time it's quite good, but when it's bad it tends to _really_ melt down. When the New York subway has a bad day, you're 20 minutes late. When Metro has a bad day you can be 1-2 hours late. It's also pretty lousy on weekends, especially if you have to switch lines it can be 5x slower than a car.