no one is on the trains. I am going to DC to a meeting on Thursday and just driving in. Apps like Parkwhiz are showing tons of cheap spots.

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Are the Feds officially teleworking yet? They've put the cart before the horse here.

Yes, the feds are officially teleworking. And so are lots and lots of other people.

The yellow line was progressively emptier and emptier all last week. I know a lot of people (feds) going to work on Monday to get stuff, and then teleworking starting from them. I don't think it's going to be crowded past Monday.

Kids ride free but no school so....

Wmata keeps unused funds on fed smart cards.

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Anonymous wrote:There will be many fewer people commuting next week. It shouldn't be too bad. They can't simply maintain regular service with a small fraction of the customers.

Why not? They collect payments from transit benefits whether the employee rides or not. They have the money already.

Ironically, it's this move which may drive down their ridership. Heck, maybe they are counting on it, since in the short term it will reduce their costs more than it reduces their revenue.

I don't think that is correct. They only get the transit benefit for rides used. Any unused money is taken off the card and I don't think metro keeps that. And either way, Feds are far from the only people who won't be using metro next week.

Are the Feds officially teleworking yet? They've put the cart before the horse here.

Anonymous wrote:There will be many fewer people commuting next week. It shouldn't be too bad. They can't simply maintain regular service with a small fraction of the customers.

Why not? They collect payments from transit benefits whether the employee rides or not. They have the money already.

Ironically, it's this move which may drive down their ridership. Heck, maybe they are counting on it, since in the short term it will reduce their costs more than it reduces their revenue.

There will be many fewer people commuting next week. It shouldn't be too bad. They can't simply maintain regular service with a small fraction of the customers.

Everytime I rode the red line during rush hour last week, some people were standing, no way 3x more will fit. There will be many packed cars with passengers who can't get on board and must wait for the next train, which will be 12 minutes later.

Wmata could make a slowdown work, but they don't seem to know how to manage their own system. They would be fools to do this on the red line. Not sure about the other lines.