Washington DC Metro transit agency in 'serious disorder'

marmar

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Tue Jan-26-10 02:19 PM
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Washington DC Metro transit agency in 'serious disorder'

via MassTransitMag:

New Metro Board Member Sees 'Serious Disorder' in Transit Agency

William C. Flook
The Washington Examiner

WASHINGTON, DC - The first federal appointee to have a vote on Metro's board said the D.C. region's transit agency is "in serious disorder," and it will require significant steps to turn the situation around.

The federal government announced the appointment of two Metro Board of Directors members on Sunday, marking an expanded role of the feds in the operations of the beleaguered system.

Mortimer L. Downey, a former New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority director and U.S. Department of Transportation deputy secretary, is expected

to be sworn in Thursday as a director. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=10547

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Burma Jones

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Tue Jan-26-10 02:32 PM
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1. Yep..........

Give me the good old New York MTA any day.......

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LiberalEsto

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Tue Jan-26-10 02:41 PM
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2. It took my husband 2 hours to get home yesterday

instead of the normal 45 minutes. He hasn't seen "normal" operation at Metro for a long time, although he's been commuting on the Red Line for almost 20 years. Last night he had to wait while 7 full trains passed by before he could board one to get home.

He grew up in NYC and says he's never seen such problems on the New York subways as he does daily on Metro. And the Metro train operators are just plain nasty.

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Captain Hilts

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Tue Jan-26-10 03:06 PM
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3. It's grossly under-funded and has no dedicated funding. Insane. nt

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