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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What remains would be a “bare-bones service network to sustain essential travel,” according to a presentation that WMATA’s board will hear Friday.

It also calls for eliminating 2,400 jobs. That’s in addition to 1,400 jobs already approved for cutting earlier this year. In all, it represents about a third of Metro’s workforce.

Closing 19 stations that have had low ridership during the pandemic. The list of closures will look similar to stations Metro had previously temporarily closed during the pandemic to save money.

Ending rail service on weekdays at 9 p.m. instead of 11 p.m.[/quote]

^ The last one is really going to be a blow to all of the hipper than thou wannabe urban transplant millennials who have all flocked to DC in recent years.  :lol:  [/quote]

Do you know any of those types? They all rideshare or scooter home from the bars... none of them will notice if metro closes early.

It’s also just an extremely weird thing to be so gleeful about. Not sure what’s so exciting about America’s crumbling and embarrassing public transportation infrastructure getting even worse. Have you ever traveled abroad? Do you know what the trains and subways look like in literally any other developed country? Maybe you’re rubbing your hands together at the (mistaken) thought that your 1980s Springfield colonial will go up slightly in value now that Metro’s destruction has made the city relatively less appealing? Really can’t get inside the mindset of people like you.[/quote]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIfzoaX1iBM[/youtube]

Springfield has always been hipper than DC, even as far back as the 1980s.[/quote]

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