Metro budget proposal eliminates 12am-3am hours

http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/board_of_directors/board_docs/021215_3BAuthHearingonFY2016BudgetandCIP.pdf

looks like there are 2 options…1 option is to completely get rid of the 12am-3am weekend hours, option 2 is to reduce the amount of trains on weekends

page 71

oh they should add more single-line tracking…that doesn't cost anything!  ;D

I feel like the trains are already scarce on weekends… That would suck if the bars get to stay open until 4am in the future. For people who metro in I guess.

ridiculous…trains are so scare on weekends anyways….

all they do is hike the fares, have more accidents and provide less service..

it a downward spiral…

Not to sound like an alarmist, but I haven't exactly felt safe on the Metro in years. There's the freaky burnt metal smell (which I always found disturbing), the fact that they have so many accidents and incidents (esp. compared to other major cities)…and the fact that they never seem to learn from the problems. I used to be a huge fan of the Metro, now I only take it when I really need to. It's felt like a downward spiral for years.

I wonder how many folks ride the rails 12-3am. Can't be many if they'd consider closing up.

Hutch hated the metro way before it was cool to hate the metro

Sidehatch wrote:
Hutch hated the metro way before it was cool to hate the metro

is that true?

if so great.. I am a bit of a trendsetter

but I think my hatred for the metro started to develop when they started hiking fares and providing less service which led to less riders which - you guessed it- led to less service and higher fares…..they've been on that loop for years now…..which, yeah, was like ten years ago  I guess….so it has been a while…

there is also the issue of the employees who tend to be very rude if you ask anything…but thats another story

I've never ridden public transportation.

ggw wrote:
I've never ridden public transportation.

HOW ARE WE NOT FRIENDS??!! I'LL NEVER KNOW!!!


(i'll never know.)


(never…)

Just curious…if you're a Metro rider and you're facing one of the Metro line closures in the upcoming future, what are you plans? I mean one of the surges where a piece of your line is closed and there's no way to get around it.

Are you…

1. Driving in
2. Taking the shuttlebus provided by Metro
3. some other way of getting to office
4. teleworking

Did your boss give you the option to telework during a line closure?

I'm not a Metro rider, but my wife is. Just curious as to how other employers and workers are handling this.

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we're all set up for telework.

I ride metro a lot, and was one of the people who took advantage of the 12-3 hours.  That said, I would MUCH rather they stopped the late night hours and kept decent service during the weekends if they have to make cuts.  As it is the service during the weekends is so bad that I do everything possible to avoid it on the weekend.

METRO IS TO BE AVOIDED PEOPLE


(caps for extra emphasis…)

The metro would be a lot cooler if it cost a lot more and was more exclusive to the upper class. As it stands, it's a moving rape dungeon. It's the FreeFest of transportation.

Julian, wrote:
The metro would be a lot cooler if it cost a lot more and was more exclusive to the upper class. As it stands, it's a moving rape dungeon. It's the FreeFest of transportation.

They have what you are suggesting. It's called the VRE.

Space wrote:

Julian, wrote:
The metro would be a lot cooler if it cost a lot more and was more exclusive to the upper class. As it stands, it's a moving rape dungeon. It's the FreeFest of transportation.

They have what you are suggesting. It's called the VRE.

O RLY? Do go on.

Space wrote:
Just curious…if you're a Metro rider and you're facing one of the Metro line closures in the upcoming future, what are you plans? I mean one of the surges where a piece of your line is closed and there's no way to get around it.

Are you…

1. Driving in
2. Taking the shuttlebus provided by Metro
3. some other way of getting to office
4. teleworking

Did your boss give you the option to telework during a line closure?

I'm not a Metro rider, but my wife is. Just curious as to how other employers and workers are handling this.

So yesterday was the first day of Surge #3. My wife's daily roundtrip commute went from two hours to four hours. And *still* her employer of 15+ years insists that she come into the office rather than telework. It's not like she can't successfully telework, she already does it once a week. Assholes.

Sorry, I just had the vent.

Space wrote:

Space wrote:
Just curious…if you're a Metro rider and you're facing one of the Metro line closures in the upcoming future, what are you plans? I mean one of the surges where a piece of your line is closed and there's no way to get around it.

Are you…

1. Driving in
2. Taking the shuttlebus provided by Metro
3. some other way of getting to office
4. teleworking

Did your boss give you the option to telework during a line closure?

I'm not a Metro rider, but my wife is. Just curious as to how other employers and workers are handling this.

So yesterday was the first day of Surge #3. My wife's daily roundtrip commute went from two hours to four hours. And *still* her employer of 15+ years insists that she come into the office rather than telework. It's not like she can't successfully telework, she already does it once a week. Assholes.

Sorry, I just had the vent.

I did not realize you had moved to Pennsylvania. What do you guys think of it up there?