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appleofrage t1_iugw6ev wrote

Positive post?!

Happy you had a good time! Totally relate to the metro love, it gets a lot of hate, but really it’s one of the best planned out, most expansive and well run metro systems in the US (and has superior seating). Hope you get to come back and see more!

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turquoisebruh t1_iuhocbm wrote

I also love the fact that the Metro is really clean, at least compared to other US subway systems lol

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ever-right t1_iuinf6l wrote

I've used the metro system in a few American cities and several different countries. Of the ones I've used only Korea was better overall. Some seemed to run more on time but we're incredibly dirty and vandalized. Also for the most part the DC does run in time. It's just that I use it more so the times it doesn't add up in my head. If I'm just in town for a weekend or something I might never have an issue.

I've got a bunch of issues with DC public transit but it's mostly about safety. I've seen some rowdy behavior on buses and trains.

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MalHierba t1_iuhptyc wrote

Keyword in the US. This country is a joke when it comes to public transport. The DC metro is ok. Still 100 times worse than European public transpo. You can go to random small cities in Bulgaria and Hungary and the metros in 100k people cities will put american metros to shame. Actually big cities like Vienna and Madrid have metros that look like something out of the future compared to our own.

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9throwaway2 t1_iuhqsrb wrote

The DC metro of 2008 puts the DC metro of 2022 to shame. We had 3-4 min headways, automatic train control, and ridership was growing.

Then the disaster on the redline and bad management. Peak ridership day was in 2009. It has been downhill.

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MalHierba t1_iuhr5t9 wrote

I literally just moved here a month ago but I have visited a few time in the past 5 years and used it on those trips too. I lived in Brooklyn for a year and a half around 2018. In between then, I lived in Madrid, couple Italian cities, Athens, and Lisbon. And I visited the vast majority of European countries. DC metro as it is today is likely not a top 100 metro in the world.

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9throwaway2 t1_iuhrht3 wrote

I’m not disagreeing. I’m saying you don’t need to go far to see how it has declined.

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Quiet-Pirate-4586 t1_iuht2x6 wrote

You won't get stabbed in European subway systems. Not being underground already when I'm dead is a priority for me...

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