I drive twice a week, once to my kid's swim lesson and once to Lidl or Costco.

WMATA gets a lot of shit, but compared to the sorry state of public transportation in the US it's not that bad. They're trying and they're stuck balancing the desires of three states, two of which need to appease suburban commuters. And the Federal Government is here and sometimes meddles. Yeah it could be improved but we are still top 3 in the US.

I think he did it too, but the state clearly didn't do their due diligence for this case.

Could have just taken Metro but ok

If they are dumb enough to believe that, they deserve what they got.

...? Are you saying right-on-red is FREEDOM? Did you really just say that traffic laws are socialist and this is 'MURICA? Do you think speed limits and traffic lights are relics of communism too? And why exactly would you think someone is from Europe because they point out that right on red is dangerous?

No idea what this is supposed to mean

This. Right on red causes pedestrian fatalities and should be banned

Public transit already has the problem where it's slower than a car... Having crazy security checks will only be a higher barrier to ridership.

> guests who were stopped simply had to take their items to a nearby security Cast Member who was able to perform a targeted inspection

Oh boy, I can't wait to miss trains for this and to cost metro tens of millions of dollars to hire hundreds of security screeners for nearly 100 stations.

Oh boy, I can't wait for metro to shell out tens of millions of dollars on this unproven tech, only to result in me missing my trains due to long lines and false positives. Oh and as an added bonus, there will be a nice long line for people to shoot at now.

https://www.nysfocus.com/2022/05/10/evolv-weapons-detectors-subway/

Oh boy, 2-3k per scanner every month and thousands of false positives.

Ooh is this the part where we pretend that our precision-machined tools designed to kill people instantly and efficiently have nothing to do with people dying?

Ah okay, we'll stop gun violence with checks notes magic technology that hadn't been invented yet

How exactly would this work? A security guard at every metro station entrance? A long-ass security line to get on the metro? You want me to take my shoes off too? What about bringing a stroller, or a bike, or my laptop to work, how exactly do you expect that to work? Or did you even think about it for more than two seconds?

The main barriers to ridership are service level and coverage. Better to have more money to use on ops than just offering free rides with low service.

Nobody ever insists that roads pay for themselves...

lol okay

Arlington has like 20 elementary schools, but sure, no families here

But, OP, do NOT move here without a job lined up. Arlington is incredibly expensive, you need to be making six figures to live here

That was true before Clack came around, they are just better all around

Seems like the perfect being the enemy of the good to me.

They don't create any offspring, just the fruit.

I'll check it out thanks!

Seriously, I live in Clarendon and while there are a lot of restaurants, there aren't a whole lot of hidden gems that I've managed to find.

Franconia-Springfield and Huntington each have a small number of multi-day parking spots. I would try to park there and ride metro up to Crystal city. It's 4.95 per day IF you take the metro back to your car when you leave.

Hmmm, which country has released the most carbon in history? Hint: you live there

How exactly are the leaders of 100+ countries all supposed to get there? Take the bus?