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--- or, at least, the main way it workers get to work.

"Transportation Department threatens D.C. Metro shutdown if safety doesn't improve"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/...n-dc-metro/84189764/

I posted on this many times before.  The one place the constitution gives the federal government nearly complete authority and they can't make the trains run at all, forget on time. 

 

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jtdavis posted:

Are the ones calling the shots political appointees, degree holders, or is someone in position of authority that has worked to make it run and keep in running. A blue collar background in subways would be a great thing.

Per Wiki:

"The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional government agency that operates transit service in the Washington Metropolitan Area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

WMATA provides rapid transit service under the Metrorail name, fixed-route bus service under the Metrobus brand, and paratransit service under the MetroAccess brand. The authority is also part of a public-private partnership that operates the DC Circulator bus system. WMATA has its own police force, the Metro Transit Police Department.

The authority's Board of Directors consists of two voting representatives each from the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and the federal government. Each jurisdiction also appoints two alternate representatives. WMATA has no independent taxation authority and depends on its member jurisdictions for capital investments and operating subsidies."

The government can't even coordinate amongst three local government representatives to keep the thing running.  Yet, think they can run our lives from afar. 

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