>The problem there is that the DC subways are some of the worst in the nation now, thanks to years of mismanagement and neglect. The Metro has faced years of n

>The problem there is that the DC subways are some of the worst in the nation now, thanks to years of mismanagement and neglect. The Metro has faced years of neglect, but it is still a functional system that moves hundreds of thousands of people daily. Despite all of the investment in roads, traffic is still a terrible mess from Gainesville and Fredericksburg to the District line. > They've had fatal accidents, and they're ridiculously slow because they single-track the trains so much. In the same year the DC Metro killed one person, 26 people died on DC's roads. Virginia and Maryland have their own traffic fatality reports. The single tracking is mostly a weekend issue. It's terrible, and makes the system useless on weekends half the time, but the commute is generally good. They have a railcar shortage that is currently hurting reliability partly caused by the Japanase tsunami delaying new equipment, but once that's solved the numbers will increase once again. Weekends will remain terrible until someone competent takes the reigns.