> So now ridership is way down, and the finances look worse, but at least they have more time to repair things.. A boon! Finally the Red Line can get fixed.

> So now ridership is way down, and the finances look worse, but at least they have more time to repair things.. A boon! Finally the Red Line can get fixed. > I dunno where Metro goes next, TBH. I just wish it was efficient, reliable, safe and ubiquitous. Building institutions like that is hard. It is safe, efficient, and ubiquitous. Outside of the public transit systems that I used in Australia (esp. Melbourne and Adelaide), there are few systems that compare to the DC Metro. I'm from Fairfax and used to ride it into the city all the time, and when I was stationed at Bethesda I would ride it across the city to see my folks on the other side of the river. It ain't Tokyo, but it's pretty good.