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Passenger Trains > WaPo: WMATA Broken & Broke, In "Death Spiral"Date: 12/21/16 08:10 WaPo: WMATA Broken & Broke, In "Death Spiral" Author: hazegray On today's editorial page:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/metro-isnt-just-broken-its-also-broke/2016/12/20/b63bd2b2-c634-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html?utm_term=.ec32028ea88d Date: 12/21/16 09:17 Re: WaPo: WMATA Broken & Broke, In "Death Spiral" Author: icancmp193 Some "swamp-draining" needed at Metro, from all these news articles.
Tom Y Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/21/16 12:16 by icancmp193. Date: 12/21/16 09:46 Re: WaPo: WMATA Broken & Broke, In "Death Spiral" Author: ctillnc Not every problem can or should be kicked upstairs to the federal government. It's reasonable for some federal tax money to be spent on mass transit, but the primary responsibility for fixing this mess sits with DC/VA/MD.
Date: 12/21/16 10:14 Re: WaPo: WMATA Broken & Broke, In "Death Spiral" Author: joemvcnj WMATA is as old as the NYC's BMT dual contract subway was in 1958 and the IND in 1973. Both were worn and had not been properly invested in, but the TA never had this low a level of incompetence.
Date: 12/21/16 14:14 Re: WaPo: WMATA Broken & Broke, In "Death Spiral" Author: djansson This is what happens when you screw the budget, year after year, and expect nothing bad to happen. WMATA has been short changed for YEARS and the chickens have come home to roost.
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