Metro considers closing U Street East entrance ....

i like how hutch didnt even bother googling after doomer called him out. thats a failure at foruming 101

I actually read that story when it was published.

Sorry, Doom, I don't have all the answers.

kosmo wrote:
oh well it's a good thing the club is staring shows earlier….

Are shows ending correspondingly earlier?

My recollection was that the shift from doors opening at 7:30 p.m. to doors opening at 7 p.m. meant that there was more time between when doors opened and the opening act, not that all set times were being pushed back half an hour.

I could be wrong, though.

maybe my opinions are wrong, but if you want to bitch about dc metro, go ride new york's subway system for a week, especially at night . . . and realize just how fucking nice you have it here. 

there are aspects of NY's subway I wish we had… most notably express trains…

walkonby wrote:
maybe my opinions are wrong, but if you want to bitch about dc metro, go ride new york's subway system for a week, especially at night . . . and realize just how fucking nice you have it here. 

A big amen to that.

…and service after 12 midnight…and not having to wait 17 minutes for the next train…

Doctor wrote:
there are aspects of NY's subway I wish we had… most notably express trains…

Comparing the DC metro system the the NYC subway system is like comparing the DC and NYC music scenes.

Really, they are too very differently sized cities with two differing populations. So expecting one transit system to function like the other is silly.

The MTA in NYC has a lot of problems. Between lack of funding, us having to pay some 11% salary hike to employees and the list goes on. We'll be losing a few lines at this rate - Z and W and prob some bus routes will either cease to exist or only exist during certain hours.

Yes in general MTA up here is prob much better (in some ways) than DC transit, but NYC is also a hell of a lot bigger. And nothing is still figured out. We might soon be having 17 minutes wait for trains at night - and to whoever said that doesnt exist - try taking the L around 1-2am in Manhattan – Ive seen insane waits. Yes - we do have long waits for a lot of trains - we just dont have it posted (one thing I do miss about DC transit — post wait times!).

godsshoeshine wrote:
i like how hutch didnt even bother googling after doomer called him out. thats a failure at foruming 101

I don't have to google I live in DC and I know they are overpaid.

I don't have to look in a bucket of shit to know there is shit there.

Fact is DC metro has been going down the drain since about 2002.. They keep raising fares yet keep having bigger deficits then they cut down service which leads to less use which leads to bigger deficits whcih leads to accidents and on an on… I mean they have employees in accidents with a record of previous accidents! I don't have to google to know their escalators are an abomination.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a "metro regulatory specialist" to know that metro is not well run or regulated (look at their salaries for pete's sake or just try talking to a metro worker and getting an answer) although knowing something about transport probably helps.

The position being argued by some on this thread seems to be that Metro is not the problem and they need more money from the taxpayer. I repeat: they have to do a better job with the money they have.

walkonby wrote:
maybe my opinions are wrong, but if you want to bitch about dc metro, go ride new york's subway system for a week, especially at night . . . and realize just how fucking nice you have it here. 

I see..

Well let me tell you how it is: if you don't like people bitching then don't open the thread and bitch.

I don't think your bitching about people bitching is any better than people bitching..

In fact it seems to add to the bitching, bitch.

hutch wrote:

walkonby wrote:
maybe my opinions are wrong, but if you want to bitch about dc metro, go ride new york's subway system for a week, especially at night . . . and realize just how fucking nice you have it here. 

I see..

Well let me tell you how it is: if you don't like people bitching then don't open the thread and bitch.

I don't think your bitching about people bitching is any better than people bitching..

In fact it seems to add to the bitching, bitch.

i love bitching.  that's why i bitch.  we bitches gotta stick together.

hutch wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
i like how hutch didnt even bother googling after doomer called him out. thats a failure at foruming 101

I don't have to google I live in DC and I know they are overpaid.

I don't have to look in a bucket of shit to know there is shit there.

Fact is DC metro has been going down the drain since about 2002.. They keep raising fares yet keep having bigger deficits then they cut down service which leads to less use which leads to bigger deficits whcih leads to accidents and on an on… I mean they have employees in accidents with a record of previous accidents! I don't have to google to know their escalators are an abomination.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a "metro regulatory specialist" to know that metro is not well run or regulated (look at their salaries for pete's sake or just try talking to a metro worker and getting an answer) although knowing something about transport probably helps.

The position being argued by some on this thread seems to be that Metro is not the problem and they need more money from the taxpayer. I repeat: they have to do a better job with the money they have.

youre the one the said you didnt know much about how metro was run or regulated

hutch wrote:

godsshoeshine wrote:
i like how hutch didnt even bother googling after doomer called him out. thats a failure at foruming 101

I don't have to google I live in DC and I know they are overpaid.

I don't have to look in a bucket of shit to know there is shit there.

Fact is DC metro has been going down the drain since about 2002.. They keep raising fares yet keep having bigger deficits then they cut down service which leads to less use which leads to bigger deficits whcih leads to accidents and on an on… I mean they have employees in accidents with a record of previous accidents! I don't have to google to know their escalators are an abomination.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a "metro regulatory specialist" to know that metro is not well run or regulated (look at their salaries for pete's sake or just try talking to a metro worker and getting an answer) although knowing something about transport probably helps.

The position being argued by some on this thread seems to be that Metro is not the problem and they need more money from the taxpayer. I repeat: they have to do a better job with the money they have.

Hutch, all I'm saying is when you opine on something you know nothing about, you come off looking really dumb. 

Saying folksy but meaningless things like "I don't have to look in a bucket of shit to know there is shit there" as if there is some wisdom in that makes you sound like a slackjawed yokel on top of things.

You could've simply Googled an article or two and had a stronger point than you made.  I don't even care that much about Metro, I find it offensive when people who don't know stuff, and are too lazy even to do one Google search, waste air and bandwidth by opining.

what about the Chicago metro? that shit is awesome  ;D

wml7 wrote:
what about the Chicago metro? that shit is awesome  ;D

do homeless people shit on the trains there?  you gotta pay extra for that thrill in ny.