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[monsoon]

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[Cotuit]

Start calling the Metro a Highway, and people will be glad to fund it. Gotta get all Orwellian on these voters, doubleplusgood.

[BrandonTO416]

AH, 80mph. Rail the way it was supposed to be made.

[danwxman]

I've been on the DC metro twice while visiting. It was very crowded to say the least -- but the trains are fast and convenient.

[Spartan]

I had no idea that the DC Metro was so well used.

[monsoon]

[tocoto]

DC is a victim of governance by the Federal government which is responsible for the city's budget.  Members of the Senate care little about DC beyond their own facilities and townhomes. It only makes sense, DC has no members of Congress, so citizens are not represented and there is nobody to fight for the city's needs.

[Spartan]

tocoto, on Jul 31 2004, 01:29 PM, said:

DC is a victim of governance by the Federal government which is responsible for the city's budget.  Members of the Senate care little about DC beyond their own facilities and townhomes. It only makes sense, DC has no members of Congress, so citizens are not represented and there is nobody to fight for the city's needs.

Yeah they do. DC, and all of the territories have representation there. They have a voice on committees and things like that. They don't have a vote, and that is the problem. The legislation that they work on can be amended or thrown out in the official vote, and there isn't anything they can do about it.

[tocoto]

By representives in the Federal governement I mean senators and congressmen.  DC has none and so the citizens have no one with a vote championing their budgetary needs.

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[Spartan]

monsoon, on Aug 1 2004, 01:31 PM, said:

The Metro carrys bout 3x the number of passengers/day as Marta. 

You can see why too- compare that DC Metro Map to a MARTA map:





The MARTA system looks much more anemic. If MARTA would bulid more rail, more people might ride it. However, if more people would ride it, they might build more.

There are always people using MARTA when I've been there, but certainly not to DC's extent.

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[Allan]

Interesting article.  Isn't Dallas's system also a victim of its own success?  Or maybe it was another city...I may be home physically, but mentally I'm still on vacation.  

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[JunktionFET]

I loved the Metro back when my family lived in the DC area. I remember being on the train everytime we'd go into the city when I was a kid. We even used it once for a school field trip!

After a 12 year hiatus, I took a MARC train from Baltimore to DC (or thereabouts) during a visit in 2000. That was the last time, I'm overdue for another ride.

[yochillout]

I think they should extend the lines into the woodbridge area, where i live.  Also into western areas like manassas and gainsville.  This would help with all the commuters from the woodbridge area all the way down to fredricksburg and as far west as chalettsville.   I think i spelled that right.

[Allan]

monsoon, on Aug 2 2004, 05:19 AM, said:

Dallas's problem is that it went with light rail.   They should have thought about putting in a partial heavy rail system.

Ah, ok.  That's what I thought....