> The things you say are true, but they were also true 15-20 years ago when the Metro was leaps and bounds better than it is today. They were true in the 1970s when the Metro was first built. So it can't be the whole story. There's much more to it. It's not just that the Metro is bad, it's that it keeps getting worse and worse.
> It's not like public transit in DC is impossible. It used to work, if not perfectly, much much better than it does today.
> DC needs to be a state. It's unconscionable that it isn't and the rights of 680,000+ US citizens are ignored because it isn't politically expedient to give them the representation they're due. That would help a lot.
Wasn't DC also not a state for the last 20 years, and in the 70s?
> It's not like public transit in DC is impossible. It used to work, if not perfectly, much much better than it does today.
> DC needs to be a state. It's unconscionable that it isn't and the rights of 680,000+ US citizens are ignored because it isn't politically expedient to give them the representation they're due. That would help a lot.
Wasn't DC also not a state for the last 20 years, and in the 70s?