WPost: Progress Has Passed Metrobus By
Dec 27, 2005 | 12:37 pm
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WPost: Progress Has Passed Metrobus By
Another hit piece on Metro. But sometimes, Metro deserves to be hit.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122601054.html
Also includes this pullout box:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122600703.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122601054.html
Progress Has Passed Metrobus By
Outdated System Is Plagued by Unreliable Schedules, Inefficient Routes
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 27, 2005; Page A01
As shifting housing patterns, job growth and an influx of residents have transformed metropolitan Washington over the past three decades, Metrobus has done little to adapt, remaining essentially the same system since opening in 1973.
Outdated System Is Plagued by Unreliable Schedules, Inefficient Routes
By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 27, 2005; Page A01
As shifting housing patterns, job growth and an influx of residents have transformed metropolitan Washington over the past three decades, Metrobus has done little to adapt, remaining essentially the same system since opening in 1973.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122600703.html
The Dreaded Dulles Link
Tuesday, December 27, 2005; Page A15
Dulles International Airport has grown from a cow pasture to an 11,000-acre complex, with shopping malls and residential development sprouting around it. But just one Metrobus line connects the airport to the District.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005; Page A15
Dulles International Airport has grown from a cow pasture to an 11,000-acre complex, with shopping malls and residential development sprouting around it. But just one Metrobus line connects the airport to the District.
Jan 5, 2006 | 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by Ankebello
Whatever happened to putting up electronic displays showing when the next bus was coming to a bus stop? Wasn't that supposed to be what followed the erection of displays at the Metro stations?
Jan 5, 2006 | 6:49 pm
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Originally Posted by jsporing
Although I do not use Metro much, it seems that they are having enough problems keeping train signs working. I have seen the bus signs in other cities and often wonder why DC's metro system cannot compete with other major metro systems?
Jan 9, 2006 | 1:32 am
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Metrobus has never heard of www.nextbus.com
Jan 11, 2006 | 2:48 am
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Originally Posted by DeafFlyer
I ride the Metro a lot. The signs work very well there now.
I find the signs in the Tube in London and on T-bana in Stockholm to be functioning more consistently than with DC-Metro. DC Metro rising to a comparable level would be an improvement -- even if slightly more.
Jan 11, 2006 | 2:52 am
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Originally Posted by chtiet
One line, 38B, running from Farragut Square through Georgetown & Rosslyn to Ballston has (or used to have 2 yrs ago) that system, and displays at the larger stops.
Jan 11, 2006 | 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I've found the signs at DCA Metro station, at Rosslyn and other places in N. VA and MD to be out of service more times than I can count. Generally, they are up, but too often they are not.
I find the signs in the Tube in London and on T-bana in Stockholm to be functioning more consistently than with DC-Metro. DC Metro rising to a comparable level would be an improvement -- even if slightly more.
I find the signs in the Tube in London and on T-bana in Stockholm to be functioning more consistently than with DC-Metro. DC Metro rising to a comparable level would be an improvement -- even if slightly more.