Ask any Washington, D.C. resident how much they love the Metro, and they’ll candidly inform you that it’s dingy, dirty and plagued by delays and crime.
It has somehow managed to get worse. After derailments presented safety issues, the D.C. transit authority took all of its 7000 series cars, or about half of the fleet, off the track, resulting in substantial delays and reductions of service. To make matters worse, these problems occurred even after the federal government gave the agency $723 million.
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