tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post3897051759206434102..comments2023-10-22T10:53:07.976-04:00Comments on 14th & You: Metro Board Threatens Yellow Line Service Cuts14th & Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401615764637283832noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post-62716484794424721122010-04-07T23:11:48.296-04:002010-04-07T23:11:48.296-04:00Should our petition also say that we're willin...Should our petition also say that we're willing to make up the $190m difference in additional sales tax to keep yellow line service going? I feel like we'd be taken more seriously that way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02117625085492367800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post-29337928088943351332010-04-06T12:06:43.598-04:002010-04-06T12:06:43.598-04:00WMATA is collecting data on customer preferences t...WMATA is collecting data on customer preferences through an online survey, available at http://www.wmata. com/about_ metro/news/ PressReleaseDeta il.cfm?ReleaseID =4368 - this same link details the options being considered, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post-36616376832279846462010-04-01T09:27:50.216-04:002010-04-01T09:27:50.216-04:00THe odd thing about metro is that service has been...THe odd thing about metro is that service has been worsening for about a decade now.... Its not as if metro fares haven't gone up.. they were 1.10 and now are 1.45.. and yet its not enough.. could it be that their rude staff is overpaid? I know that almost every time I have a question or issue with metro I'm met with a very bad attitude by employees that act as if I work for them! Metro says ridership is down but decreasing service and increasing fares will only exacerbate the problem? To me there needs to be a little belt tightening by metro and in particular their employees....Sometimes I feel like I'm being held hostage by the metro system: If you don't give us more money we'll cut your service! also maintaining those escalators can't be cheap. cant' they get new escalators and elevators that aren't permanently out of service???? I'm not happy with metro and these changes make me even less so....I'm more likely to ride the subways even less..Record diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15567481120621896280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post-83571943836876202612010-03-31T16:33:58.709-04:002010-03-31T16:33:58.709-04:00I don't see why bus service/Yellow Line cuts a...I don't see why bus service/Yellow Line cuts are an either/or proposition. I think maintaining bus service is critical, but I think maintaining Metro capacity is equally so.Mr. Other Upper NWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536367497290075887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post-73282102528336055602010-03-31T16:22:36.479-04:002010-03-31T16:22:36.479-04:00Metro is actually seeking input on all of the opti...Metro is actually seeking input on all of the options they're considering to address the $190M budget shortfall. You should let them know what you think! There's lots of tradeoffs to weigh: $$ savings, ridership losses, and disproportionate impacts...<br /><br />From my perspective, I'd hate to lose the Yellow Line extension, but think it's more important to maintain bus routes city-wide. <br /><br />Greater Greater Washington has a post with his preferences as well as a link to the Metro survey where you can voice YOUR preferences:<br />http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=5235#commentsElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07982219538540836332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2095284393772305956.post-60718218029225728342010-03-31T12:44:53.521-04:002010-03-31T12:44:53.521-04:00I'm furious about the proposed changes. I don&...I'm furious about the proposed changes. I don't get safe streets, good schools or reliable city services out of my substantial tax contribution to DC. The one thing I do get is access to the 8th & R metro station and the Yellow Line service is very important to that.<br /><br />My neighborhood, once filled with abandoned buildings, is seeing young couples putting everything on the line to move into a transitional area and make their part of it a little better.<br /><br />These proposed changes sends a message that the city and the WMATA compact doesn't have the backs of the people trying to make Shaw/U-Street/Col. Heights/Petworth areas a better place to be.KStreetQBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768187333860525423noreply@blogger.com