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the high cost of deferred maintenance: DC Metro weighing shutting down the whole rail system for six months to conduct repairs -- (link)

Posted by pixie ninja (aka chris) Mar 30 '16, 14:30

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/2016/03/30/fba8ae0a-f688-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html (www.washingtonpost.com)

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That's not what he said, he said an entire line, not the whole system. -- nm - Ender Mar 30, 15:05
Jesus H. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 30, 14:57
this actually scares me. it would hellish. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 14:53 5
- DC is in the worst of possible situations. no sovereign power over the system within its border and stuck with two states that don't want to fund the - pixie ninja Mar 30, 15:01
- I literally have no idea how we'd get to work easily. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 15:00 3
  - When we had this happen on a couple of lines they ran buses on essentially the same route. Definitely slower, but it works. -- nm - pmb Mar 30, 15:05 2
    - They've done this when they've shut down service to parts of lines for a weekend, etc and it does work... - Mel Profit Mar 30, 15:09 1
      - we've done it on occasion too, but during rush hour? fuhgeddabout. -- nm - Andie Mar 30, 15:17
you...the...this...but...holy shit -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 14:46 2
- it sounds like they might only do one color at a time but still -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 14:47 1
  - That's a bit more realistic, though still quite painful. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 14:48
I could see people moving to other cities as result. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 14:46 5
- no no no. You keep Congress, it's yours, we don't want it. -- nm - ty97 Mar 30, 14:47 1
  - You can't be all NIMBY about Congress, man, it's coming your way. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 14:48
- gondola! -- nm - pixie ninja Mar 30, 14:47 2
  - Imagine the sweet action movies we could have if DC had gondolas over the rivers. -- nm - Max Mar 30, 14:49
  - Yeah!\ -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 14:48
I read this earlier this afternoon. The idea is sorta inconceivable and yet unavoidable -- nm - prayformojo Mar 30, 14:45
Just one rail line at a time, no? -- nm - iSpam Mar 30, 14:40
I fear MA might have to do the same. They admit to being behind by 6 or 7 billion on needed repairs. -- nm* - Mel Profit Mar 30, 14:33 3
- Is Beverly Scott still there? She's freakin awful. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 30, 15:56
- We're good, though. -- nm - BART Mar 30, 14:44 1
  - Eh...only poor (brown) people take mass transit anyway. - Mel Profit Mar 30, 14:47

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