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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Driving my DC to school every day is far far safer than letting her ride Metro alone.  Metro is a complete failure, and becoming more dangerous by the day.  From today's news: http://wtop.com/dc/2016/05/police-man-kidnaps-boy-metro-station-sexually-abuses/ [/quote]

[b]Probably would help to look at statistics rather than a series of anecdotes.[/b] And I assume that you plan to drive her everywhere throughout high school, since it's much more dangerous to be a teenage driver than to ride Metro.[/quote]

You are quite possibly the only person in the DC area who considers Metro's service and crime problems as anecdotal, not systemic.  I doubt the NTSB would be as involved if problems on Metro (including crime) were the exception, not the rule.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/24/police-directed-to-alert-public-to-crime-on-dc-metro-amid-spike-in-crime-rate/

[i]A spokesman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) said Tuesday crime is up year-over-year by 10.1 percent, and is only increasing. The alleged rape of a woman at knife point on a moving red line train in April, which broke Monday, drew renewed concern among riders about the growing crime trend. A bloody robbery Monday night aboard a green line train heading to the Suitland station is the latest crime in the system, reports WJLA.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/24/police-directed-to-alert-public-to-crime-on-dc-metro-amid-spike-in-crime-rate/#ixzz4ABuFns7R[/i]
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