Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality
by ahyattdev on Friday September 14, 2018 @01:08AM
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A ring route from Bethesda to Largo is under construction and it's called the Purple Line. Metrorail could be better and has it's own shortcomings but it is one of the best in the US and far from nonexistent.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality
by alistairSH on Friday September 14, 2018 @08:29AM
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I said light rail (trams, streetcars) is non-existent. There is a test line in South DC, but nothing that’s actually useful for commuting or getting across the city.
My wife tried to use Metro for her Reston->downtown commute. It was a disaster - rail delays made it completely untenable. Then she tried the bus. It was more consistent, but overcrowded. She ended up driving 4/5 days because it was faster, cheaper, and more consistent.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality
by SlowRobotAhead on Thursday September 13, 2018 @06:08PM
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It's easy to buy a card, and get on the right track. Your day to day minutia is of little concern to people that just need to get on and get somewhere.
Re:Driverless Hype Collides with Merciless Reality
by alistairSH on Thursday September 13, 2018 @07:23PM
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Except when the train isn’t running at all. Or the rail catches on fire. Both of which are shockingly common.
Did you just claim DC public transit is good? Wow. Coherent bus lines are few and far between. Light rail is non-existent. And the Metro is falling apart at the seems... Prone to excessive delays. Entire lines are brought down for extended periods to perform decades of deferred maintenance. There's no ring routes - to get from Dulles to Rockville, you have to go all the way downtown and back out again. The system was built without consideration for express lines. And neither of the DC airports are on the same line as Union Station.