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Posted by RonInBayside on Thu Aug 9 15:20:13 2007, in response to Re: Maybe WMATA's Responses Aren't So Pathetic After All, posted by PATHman on Thu Aug 9 15:05:32 2007. "The Metro is clean, quick, and reliable"The first two are true; the third is true in good weather and light rain. In heavy rain and snow, all bets are off. This last rainstorm proved WMATA has zero reliability. Oh, and I guess you forgot WMATA doesn't operate between 1AM and 5AM. It's easy to be reliable when you're not running any trains at all. Hell, even you could do that! "When the WMATA suspended service it was in deference to the safety of its passengers." False statement. WMATA shut down because it is unable to operate in heavy weather. In contrast, MTA was able to keep some service operating. Passenger safety is paramount to both organizations, but MTA has no peer in keeping trains rolling. Give it another 20 years and then start comparing the two again. WMATA is a great organization, but it moves barely a tenth of the passengers MTA does, and MTA is every bit as reliable on a scale WMATA cannot match. MTA's trains could be a lot cleaner; I'll give you that. |
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