just an observation
1: it's muggier than hell in D.C. i was NOT comfortable, even though the temperature was at least 10 degrees cooler there than at home.
2: i am totally taken with the D.C. METRO system. it's a shame the bozos that run BART can't get their act together. they could learn a lot by riding the system in our nation's capital.
2: i am totally taken with the D.C. METRO system. it's a shame the bozos that run BART can't get their act together. they could learn a lot by riding the system in our nation's capital.
posted by bothenook at 19:37
3 Comments:
bo,
got my dates mixed up. would've liked to have gotten together. maybe next time you're back east.
that humidity is something. where i teach, we are located in the middle of a corn field, not shade and of course, no A/C. heat index avg in my room (of course all eight windows face the morning sun) was between 93 and 100 last week. room temp was 85 with 75 to 80 percent humidity.
hop
Note to Bo: DC was built on top of a swamp. LOL.
The first mass-transit system I became familiar with was the DC Metro when I was working for an EPA subcontractor one summer in college. Man, I thought it was great ... and the color-coating (ala USA Today) made it all the more so.
But this past summer I lived in NYC and got to know the subway there pretty well--and it's not as bad as it seems at first. In fact, one thing that's much easier for regular commuters is that the fare cards are resusable, can be charged to any amount you like, and can be bought for long periods of time (like a month) and you never have to worry about tokens.
While living in NYC, though, I made a trip down to DC and had to take the Metro--what a hassle (comparitively speaking) to figure out *exactly* the right amount of $ to get from point A to point B! I sure hope that regular commuters there can by monthly passes. But if you're a tourist--yuck, no thanks.
Perhaps this is a long-winded way of saying NOT that one is better than the other, but that such an opinion depends greatly on what you're conditioned to accept.
...er...HELLO? ... anybody still reading this? ...HELLO? ...
Coming from Japan to the DC metro is just plain depressing. Or from any major city in Asia. The card system has been in use for years here and you can also use it to pay for stuff at 7-11 and McD's in Singapore. In fact Singapore's subway would be exactly the one DC should emulate IMHO.
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