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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

SickOfTheOnePct

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2. It doesn't help...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:38 AM

Jul 25

...that the Metro system here in the DC area sucks.

We used to take the Metro from a Northern Virginia suburb to the Navy Yard station when we would go to baseball games at Nats Park. On our last trip on the Metro last year, we decided that the dirty trains, the overwhelming smell of pot, and being witness to oral sex on the train was more than we were willing to deal with just to go to a baseball game. Fortunately, the water taxi between Old Town Alexandria and Nats Park is running again this year, so we drive to Old Town, park, and take that to the games.

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DC region's 'brutal commute' ranks No. 1 for the country's worst traffic [View all] marmar Jul 25 OP

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It doesn't help... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 25 #2

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