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[quote=Anonymous][quote]If I had to average it out, I'd say I deal with train delays once or twice a month. [b]It's cheaper than parking downtown ($14/day)[/b] and the time estimates are spot on for me. Perhaps we're living in alternate universes.

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For many of us, it is not cheaper.  The problem is that Metro's service is both crappy AND overpriced.  If you live close and can walk to a station, it may be cheaper than parking.  But if you live in many areas of the suburbs (like where I live), you have to park at the station.  Parking is $4.50/day, and the fare each way to get downtown & back is $5.00 at peak hours.  So that's $14.50/day.  On top of that, because of my childcare situation, I really cannot leave early enough to be sure I'll find a parking spot, which means I pay an addtitional $65/mo for a reserved parking permit so I know I will be able to find a parking space.  When I factor that in, my total cost approaches $18/day or more, depending on how many workdays are in the month.

I support using public transportation for environmental reasons (there's one less car on the road if I'm using metro and that's a big reason why I put up with it), but the service has just gotten worse and worse while the prices keep going up.  I'm probably going to start driving soon because it's not only cheaper but more comfortable.  I'd rather be trapped in my own car in traffic than trapped in a tunnel in a train full of people & germs, like the guy this morning who was popping chloraseptic lozenges and coughing up a storm but apparently was too inconsiderate to drive or stay home and decided to share his germs with the whole train car.  And the delays are certainly more than once or twice a month.  I would say there's a "major" delay about once a month but there are delays on a weekly basis.[/quote]

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