I couldn't disagree more. Maybe it's about background, as I was born and raised in Buffalo, with a patehtic "subway/train" and a number of busses, but the Metro area is huge and all encompassing. If you are talking about JUST using Metro Subways, than, yes, there are drawbacks, but once you include the sheer NUMBER of Busses (not just Metro Busses, but LEX and DASH and the Fairfax Connector et. al), I think you could get from almost any point in the Metro area to any other. Yes, the Metro lines are expensive. But as someone who lives in Landover and works in Alexandria (and whose girlfriend lives in Landover and works next to the White House), I find it a whole lot better than any I'm actually used to using for long periods of time. And it's still better to hop onto the Metro and take an hour long commute, reading a book or working on Sudoku puzzles than hopping in my car and getting stuck in Beltway traffic. At least for me.
Our of curiosity, what other transportation systems have you used? Why do you think Metro is the worst?
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Date: 2005-09-23 02:22 pm (UTC)If you are talking about JUST using Metro Subways, than, yes, there are drawbacks, but once you include the sheer NUMBER of Busses (not just Metro Busses, but LEX and DASH and the Fairfax Connector et. al), I think you could get from almost any point in the Metro area to any other.
Yes, the Metro lines are expensive. But as someone who lives in Landover and works in Alexandria (and whose girlfriend lives in Landover and works next to the White House), I find it a whole lot better than any I'm actually used to using for long periods of time. And it's still better to hop onto the Metro and take an hour long commute, reading a book or working on Sudoku puzzles than hopping in my car and getting stuck in Beltway traffic. At least for me.
Our of curiosity, what other transportation systems have you used? Why do you think Metro is the worst?