Metro Proposes Increase in Fares

[mankie]

Beginning April 1, my wife will stop using Metro and start driving to work.....it will be cheaper after the new price increases take effect. Way to go Metro and your nifty-fingered employees, you've just put another car into the commuting nightmare...and I can guarantee she's not the only one who's come to this decision.

[ggw]

A public DC institution plagued by theft and corruption?
 
 Who woulda thunk it?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Isn't Metro a privately run organization?
 
 The parking garages where the thefts were occurring are privately run.

[ggw]

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  Isn't Metro a privately run organization?
 
 The parking garages where the thefts were occurring are privately run.

Metro is part of WMATA - a public agency.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Beginning April 1, my wife will stop using Metro and start driving to work.....it will be cheaper after the new price increases take effect. Way to go Metro and your nifty-fingered employees, you've just put another car into the commuting nightmare...and I can guarantee she's not the only one who's come to this decision.

yeah, fiancee is driving to work now, rather than take metro and bus to work.  course, we live in dc and she works in reston, so there's not much traffic going that way.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

move to VA...you'll save about 3% on your income taxes.
 
 

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
  Beginning April 1, my wife will stop using Metro and start driving to work.....it will be cheaper after the new price increases take effect. Way to go Metro and your nifty-fingered employees, you've just put another car into the commuting nightmare...and I can guarantee she's not the only one who's come to this decision.

yeah, fiancee is driving to work now, rather than take metro and bus to work.  course, we live in dc and she works in reston, so there's not much traffic going that way. [/b]

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  move to VA...you'll save about 3% on your income taxes.
 

but then i'll have to say that i live in virginia.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  move to VA...you'll save about 3% on your income taxes.
 

but then i'll have to say that i live in virginia. [/b]

....and go to the new Wegmans store on 28 every lunchtime, because I think the whole of N. Virginia was crammed in there just now.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by mankie:
  and go to the new Wegmans store on 28 every lunchtime, because I think the whole of N. Virginia was crammed in there just now.

do they feature cute Weimaraner paraphernalia there?
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[MaLo]

[Metal Meltdown]

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  move to VA...you'll save about 3% on your income taxes.
 

but then i'll have to say that i live in virginia. [/b]

....and go to the new Wegmans store on 28 every lunchtime, because I think the whole of N. Virginia was crammed in there just now. [/b]

Did you see the Post article and pictures? Those people scare the shit out of me. Some people really need to get a life getting in line at 520am to get in a grocery store?  :roll:

[Random Citizen]

There's a thread on Chowhound.com DC/Baltimore board about the opening. You'd think it was the day after Thanksgiving and everyone was hitting the Xmas sales. Crazy.
 
 

Originally posted by Metal Meltdown:
  Did you see the Post article and pictures? Those people scare the shit out of me. Some people really need to get a life getting in line at 520am to get in a grocery store?   :roll: