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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sat Sep 10 13:43:26 2011, in response to Re: WMATA: Comparing the first map to the latest, posted by Sand Box John on Sat Sep 10 00:15:21 2011. I read the profile on him in the City Paper that is online and can't say it gave me a favorable opinion of him or what he is doing (the last paragraph and quote are very telling of his attitude and why I don't have a very favorable opinion of him). If I had the time (never mind my potentially diminished position being 6000 miles from DC at the moment), it would be an interesting endeavor to do a counter GGW/Unsuck Metro where there would be a mix of actual planning policy, technical knowledge of how the system was built, and local knowledge dating back more than a few years. That isn't to say that WMATA needs improvement in some areas, but some issues have been blown wildly out of proportion. Meanwhile, no one seems to be asking the big $64,000 questions. For example, does anyone remember that DuPont south side was closed for a complete escalator replacement about 15 years ago? I do, I used the station regularly during that time. Also, the media latched on to the issues of trains opening their doors with a car off the platform due to 8 car trains stopping short but has forgotten the original reason for why that was able to happen, the safety system that would prevent the doors from opening in that circumstance has been disabled for about 3 years now if my recollection is correct.I like what has become of areas such as Columbia Heights in recent years and it is great to see an influx of new people into the region with new ideas, but progress doesn't have to be made at the expense of long time residents of a region. Additionally, just because something is done in Boston (where David comes from), doesn't mean it needs to be imported to Washington or anywhere else (when I was in Boston in May and mentioned to some people that the MBTA was being held as a gold standard for how WMATA should improve, their reaction was they would rather ride WMATA over the MBTA any day, I guess David wasn't into transit planning and policy much in his Boston days). I agree you and I have different political leanings, but I think that the notions of respecting long time residents of an area and their expertise and insight and not assuming that whatever you are familiar with is inherently best are axioms that can be held by anyone regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum. |
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