Comments on: The blue line was no better http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kat http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/comment-page-1/#comment-3688 kat Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:37:35 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/#comment-3688 I just saw today on metropensdoors site that the immigration rally ranked as the 2nd highest ridership day behind the reagan funeral. "The immigration rally on the National Mall yesterday set the second highest ridership day in Metrorail's 30-year-history. Regular riders and protesters took 821,283 trips. An additional 137,234 people boarded trains compared to a typical Monday last month. Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provided nearly 1.3 million trips yesterday. Typical weekday bus ridership has been about 451,000 trips." I just saw today on metropensdoors site that the immigration rally ranked as the 2nd highest ridership day behind the reagan funeral.

“The immigration rally on the National Mall yesterday set the second highest ridership day in Metrorail’s 30-year-history. Regular riders and protesters took 821,283 trips. An additional 137,234 people boarded trains compared to a typical Monday last month. Combined with Metrobus ridership, Metro provided nearly 1.3 million trips yesterday. Typical weekday bus ridership has been about 451,000 trips.”

]]> By: Will http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/comment-page-1/#comment-3687 Will Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:05:10 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/#comment-3687 Don - If I ever see you on the platform performing the above action, rest assured that I will join you. If our actions prove futile, we can say to hell with it and go for a drink. But honestly, the metro isn't usually that crowded, and I get off between 5:30 and 6:00. Granted, it would be less crowded if people knew how to stand in cars, not to mention had the ability to see that a 4 car train is coming and move accordingly, instead of making a mad rush for the back car as it's pulling into the station. Don – If I ever see you on the platform performing the above action, rest assured that I will join you. If our actions prove futile, we can say to hell with it and go for a drink.

But honestly, the metro isn’t usually that crowded, and I get off between 5:30 and 6:00. Granted, it would be less crowded if people knew how to stand in cars, not to mention had the ability to see that a 4 car train is coming and move accordingly, instead of making a mad rush for the back car as it’s pulling into the station.

]]> By: Don http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 Don Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:25:02 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/#comment-3686 If you ever find yourself on the platform watching a seemingly angry man actually pound on the train window and yell and gesture at the JERKS WHO CANNOT BE BOTHERED TO MOVE TO THE CENTER OF THE TRAIN AND MAKE ROOM FOR OTHERS, come say hello - I'm pretty nice when I'm not yelling. If you ever find yourself on the platform watching a seemingly angry man actually pound on the train window and yell and gesture at the JERKS WHO CANNOT BE BOTHERED TO MOVE TO THE CENTER OF THE TRAIN AND MAKE ROOM FOR OTHERS, come say hello – I’m pretty nice when I’m not yelling.

]]> By: Will http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/comment-page-1/#comment-3685 Will Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:35:52 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/the-blue-line-was-no-better/#comment-3685 The trains at quarter to 6:00 were pretty bad - but I have to say, people in this city don't know how to pack it in. While the one I got on was decently cozy, the one before it(which I wasn't able to squeeze onto) wasn't very full at all. Why? Because people refuse to move to the aisles, insisting on standing close to the doors. There were cars on the train that could have held another 20-odd people, at least. All it takes is some manuevering, people. More ridiculous was the woman who shoved her way onto the train behind me, and then realized that she was feeling claustrophobic, prompting her to shove her way to the other door, where she got off at Foggy Bottom. The trains at quarter to 6:00 were pretty bad – but I have to say, people in this city don’t know how to pack it in.

While the one I got on was decently cozy, the one before it(which I wasn’t able to squeeze onto) wasn’t very full at all. Why? Because people refuse to move to the aisles, insisting on standing close to the doors. There were cars on the train that could have held another 20-odd people, at least. All it takes is some manuevering, people.

More ridiculous was the woman who shoved her way onto the train behind me, and then realized that she was feeling claustrophobic, prompting her to shove her way to the other door, where she got off at Foggy Bottom.

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