{"id":1393,"date":"2010-02-22T18:37:40","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T00:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2010-02-22T18:37:40","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T00:37:40","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/22\/a-day-in-the-life-of-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"A day in the life of Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Metro&#8217;s definitely seen better days.\u00a0 The Washington Post had a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/20\/AR2010022003730.html\" target=\"_blank\">lengthy piece<\/a> in Sunday&#8217;s edition documenting the massive problems facing the system: aging infrastructure, missing leadership, a broken safety culture, amongst others.\u00a0 Metro&#8217;s been trimming the fat to balance budgets for a while, and it now looks like they&#8217;ve been cutting into the bone and impeding the system&#8217;s ability to function.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtopnews.com\/?nid=596&amp;sid=1892316\" target=\"_blank\">WTOP notes<\/a> that several internal and external candidates for the soon-to-be vacant General Manager position have turned it down.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/02\/20\/AR2010022003377.html\" target=\"_blank\">managed to document<\/a> the role the system plays in the daily lives of those living and working in DC.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" width=\"620px\" height=\"349px\" src=\"http:\/\/specials.washingtonpost.com\/mv\/embed\/?title=Moving%20through%20Metro&#038;stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F02%2F20%2FPH2010022003222.jpg&#038;flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2010%2F02202010-2v&#038;width=620&#038;height=349&#038;autoStart=false&#038;clickThru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fvideo%2F2010%2F02%2F20%2FVI2010022003121.html\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, one of WMATA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexblock.net\/blog\/?p=1240\" target=\"_blank\">new Federally-appointed board members<\/a>, Marcel Acosta, is<a href=\"http:\/\/greatergreaterwashington.org\/post.cgi?id=4997\" target=\"_blank\"> asking for input<\/a> from riders over at Greater Greater Washington.\u00a0 In looking at some of the responses in the comments, you can&#8217;t help but notice people speaking out about how Metro enables car-free lifestyles; 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