Congrats D.C. - we've hit 50% pre-pandemic ridership totals

[Anonymous]

WMATA is quickly getting back to where it was

[Anonymous]

Quickly. Lol.

[Anonymous]

I am not a Metro defender, but a lot of this is probably two things at work:

1) people aren’t back in their offices full time, so they have no reason to ride metro

2) I think a lot of people moved to the suburbs or more residential parts of the city for more space during covid, metro is no longer a convenient commuting option

And among the people who are going in, and for whom metro is convenient, it’s not a great product. No one wants to arrive at work at 8:30 on a Wednesday reeking of weed because someone was smoking it on the train. Escalators and elevators are consistent out of service. Stations/sections of track are shut down for months at a time for maintenance that should have been done decades ago. Stations and trains are filthy, and half of them are unsafe.

Metro is really the commuting option of last resort.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not a Metro defender, but a lot of this is probably two things at work:

1) people aren’t back in their offices full time, so they have no reason to ride metro

2) I think a lot of people moved to the suburbs or more residential parts of the city for more space during covid, metro is no longer a convenient commuting option

And among the people who are going in, and for whom metro is convenient, it’s not a great product. No one wants to arrive at work at 8:30 on a Wednesday reeking of weed because someone was smoking it on the train. Escalators and elevators are consistent out of service. Stations/sections of track are shut down for months at a time for maintenance that should have been done decades ago. Stations and trains are filthy, and half of them are unsafe.

Metro is really the commuting option of last resort.

Are people back to slugging?

[Anonymous]

They haven’t implemented the huge prices increases yet that are in the pipeline.

[Anonymous]

Well, lots of companies and people thought pandemic and remote work is for ever so its going to take few more years for commute to come back to pre pandemic level.

On bright side, for people who are blessed to live near metro and can use it for commute and hoping on/off for random things, its nice to not deal with the crowds.

[Anonymous]

We got out of the habit of using public transportation during the pandemic, and we're not going back. It's too slow and unreliable. Now we drive everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a Metro defender, but a lot of this is probably two things at work:

1) people aren’t back in their offices full time, so they have no reason to ride metro

2) I think a lot of people moved to the suburbs or more residential parts of the city for more space during covid, metro is no longer a convenient commuting option

And among the people who are going in, and for whom metro is convenient, it’s not a great product. No one wants to arrive at work at 8:30 on a Wednesday reeking of weed because someone was smoking it on the train. Escalators and elevators are consistent out of service. Stations/sections of track are shut down for months at a time for maintenance that should have been done decades ago. Stations and trains are filthy, and half of them are unsafe.

Metro is really the commuting option of last resort.

Are people back to slugging?

No. Maybe when people actually RTO, slugging will resume.

[Anonymous]

people don't ride the subway or the bus because it sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not a Metro defender, but a lot of this is probably two things at work:

1) people aren’t back in their offices full time, so they have no reason to ride metro

2) I think a lot of people moved to the suburbs or more residential parts of the city for more space during covid, metro is no longer a convenient commuting option

And among the people who are going in, and for whom metro is convenient, it’s not a great product. No one wants to arrive at work at 8:30 on a Wednesday reeking of weed because someone was smoking it on the train. Escalators and elevators are consistent out of service. Stations/sections of track are shut down for months at a time for maintenance that should have been done decades ago. Stations and trains are filthy, and half of them are unsafe.

Metro is really the commuting option of last resort.

Are people back to slugging?

Haha touché!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:people don't ride the subway or the bus because it sucks.

This study literally contradicts this. You're a fool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, lots of companies and people thought pandemic and remote work is for ever so its going to take few more years for commute to come back to pre pandemic level.

On bright side, for people who are blessed to live near metro and can use it for commute and hoping on/off for random things, its nice to not deal with the crowds.

Years? Feds have only been back in-office for 3 months?

[Anonymous]

Hybrid is becoming increasingly common. I'm in healthcare (non patient facing) and now work form home 1 day a week, discussing increasing to 2x a week this fall.

DH is in marketing and his entire office moved to permanent hybrid, home 3 days a week and didn't do any work from home beforehand unless absolutely necessary.

How many other companies are like this?

Though on the other hand, traffic is still awful (neither of us work in metro convenient areas so drive when we do commute and have always done that).

[Anonymous]

Wonder how these stats differ by geographic location.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/remote-work-statistics/#:~:text=As%20of%202023%2C%2012.7%25%20of,to%20a%20hybrid%20work%20model.

"As of 2023, 12.7% of full-time employees work from home, while 28.2% work a hybrid model
Currently, 12.7% of full-time employees work from home, illustrating the rapid normalization of remote work environments. Simultaneously, a significant 28.2% of employees have adapted to a hybrid work model. This model combines both home and in-office working, offering flexibility and maintaining a level of physical presence at the workplace [1].

Despite the steady rise in remote work, the majority of the workforce (59.1%) still work in-office [1]. This percentage underscores the fact that while remote work is on an upswing, traditional in-office work is far from obsolete."

[Anonymous]

Driving and parking is such a hassle but obviously not everyone lives and works near metro.