Transit Authority Rejects Openness, Thumbs Nose at Web
Everyday, I travel the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority –
usually on the DC area trains, but occasionally on local buses
and commuter rails as well. Increasingly, I am frustrated by the
ability of the transit system to handle schedules, broken
escalators, delays and weather conditions and a myriad of other
challenges that should be met handsomely by the mass transit
system of the capital city of the United States.  At one time,
the Washington Metro system was considered one of the finest in
the country but as the region has exploded and ridership
increases, the antiquated “single track” systems that does not
allow for such things as “Express Trains” (as they have in NYC),
the ubiquitous broken escalators (I’m convinced that at any
given time, 33% of Metro escalators are out of service) and the
pitiful hours of operation (that assumes that the only time
people are in the city are work hours) has turned the system
into a laughable system. An overqua