Jimbo.Info

I'm so there with you. Not on the same car train mind you, but having the same WMATA-trauma. As I'm standing in LanFant Plaz waiting for the yellow train, it pulls halfway in the station, sits there for a good minute or two, then pulls forward so people can board. Then, in between the National (not reeeegan) Airport stop and Braddock, which runs behind the Target Mall where the baseball stadium was going to be, it'll just stop, for a good minute or two, insuring that I'm late in catching my bus at B-Road. I love paying five dollars a day for this round-trip luxury! Go green, America!

Sounds like Dan T is bringing the same level of efficiency, transparency, and public service to WMATA that marked his reign at DCDOT. I bet he's excelling in the "media whore" portion of the job, though. Everyone's good at something!

Mass transit? Wow, what a strange concept. All we have are your typical buses.

Say, as a Saint don't you have a magical rod or staff? Perhaps you could wave it around and make the commuters happy.

On the flipside, stretching the yellow line to Fort Totten cuts a good 10-15 minutes off my typical trip downtown in the evening.

Compared to the Red line's problems the Green line is a walk through a candystore.

I take the redline everyday from Bethesda to Unionstation. What is suppose to take 22 min always ends up being 35-45 min. One time it took one who our to get to UNionstation
The trains are crowded like something out of a Tokyo station. Plus everyone crowds near the doors causeing everyhting to be clogged. And at least once a week the train dies or gets stuck between stations.

As a result I miss my 5:20 pm MARC train

Union Station is also one of the worst Metro Stations ever designed.

I like ya Jimbo.. I like ya ALot.

But no one.. not even my own husband will get pity from me regarding the DC Metro.

John, DanTan has not been interim director of WMATA for many months. Catoe is the new director, but the problems are systemic and the previous director White was doing us no favors. We know you have an ax to grind, but this is a bad place to do it.

Nobody actually reads my blog entries. They just look at the pictures and read the first sentence and comment.

I don't know why I blog anymore. I'm through with this crap.

Now, now... I read all your posts, since I admire you for both your scrappy personality and scruffy appearance.

That said, if everybody else doesn't read, you can just post pics.

From hairy bears to the flora and the fauna, I like your pics as well as your words.

Just sayin...

Jimbo, if you're ever needing to haul things from work to home again, give me a call. You're not that far from me and I would be glad to stop by and pick up on my way home. /Rob

I read it, I got it, Dan is no longer director of WMATA. And I must say that I disagree with one commenter- I find the Red line fine. I go from the zoo to Medical center and return in the eve and almost never have a problem. Maybe I am blessed?

I totally didn't read what you wrote, but have you ever considered using a Segway for your transportation needs? You'd be in control; you could use the shoulder if you needed to travel on the beltway; and you would look super cool riding one.

I'm going to quit blogging because I'm tired of people like John who only reads the first sentence in my entries before flying off the handle. READ THE WHOLE ENTRY!

Segways are retarded. And they would never make it up Rhode Island Ave. / Rt. 1 / Baltimore Avenue. I can't even make it up there on my bike. The potholes would consume the Segway utterly.

jimbo.info died because of John Whiteside.

detoxing is good -- lcd is bad, yet, 'tis too rampant these days. l.c.d. is no child left behind -- like the rail lines or trainers needing to take it from behind....since i've seen some trains that certainly cater to the l.c.d.

have a nice day.

well I read through to the end of the post wondering if those poor fish ever made it...

Andy: Two fish died during the endless torment. Two innocent swordtails who never uttered a mean word to WMATA or the Green Line. Their blood is on WMATAs hands (or rails?).

I read the post, but since I do not reside in DC and only occasionaly visit several times a year, and so I can't comment on who runs what. But an interesting fact I noted when I got on the wrong train at, I believe, L'Enfant Station was when I got onto the Green Line, I was the only white person in a very crowded, standing room only car. Upon loading onto the yellow line at the next available stop to resume my intended course of travel, there were two black people on the train headed into DC. The green line, a number of people were whereing service-style uniforms (burger king, construction). On the Yellow Line, nearly everyone was well dressed, there were a couple dozen iPods (nearly everyone again) and many of the women were carring shopping bags from high-to-mid-end stores.
And on another note. the Crocs. Blauggggg! (thats the sound of me puking.)
Loves

I read all the way through and I'd be happy to take you home!

Oh...you weren't talking to me.

Crocs are hideous indeed, but will be a hallmark of this age, I assure you. There will be OMG RetroCrocs 2007 dance parties 20 years from now with kids who never actually felt the full brunt of those monstrosities. My current blog design is just a temporary homage to such...memorable footwear. In a nutshell, they're just too tacky to ignore, so instead I honor their hideousness.

Crocs are the Sanjaya of modern footwear.

Have to agree with you re: 'crocs' Even down here in the southern part of the world they've arrived!! Fortunately with winter upon us I'm hoping more appropriate footwear will appear!

Nice graphics! Nice colours! crappy shoe design!

BJ.

They sorta make me think of Jellies. Remember Jellies?

I have found my Croc's to be the perfect shoe for flying. Easy to slip off for the TSA thingie and comfortable during the flight and the long walks to the gate. [My flights are ALWAYS at the last gate!] They also came in handy for rocky surf down in the Caribbean.

With your pink ones, does that mean they are the new "Come F*** Me Pumps?" Whatever happened to the mules? Oops. I think I'm showing my age...

didn't read the entry but love the nouvelle croc design. Is that a new color code along the line of the hankies? You are/do what your croc's say?

But are crocs really worse than Tevas? ;)

Love reading you, but the Crocs wallpaper distracted my full attention.

If I had just looked at the photo and glanced at the first line, I would have thought that DanTan had won the Kentucky Derby whilst jockeying a MetroRail car plucked from the Green Line. Or something. He is pretty small; I used to see him all the time, reversing my Metro commute (him getting on in the morning at Union Station where I was getting off, or, if I was late, him getting off at U Street in the morning while I was getting on).

Seriously, Jimbo, what's with the rose wreath? Is it a sort of RIP-for-the-oddly-cute-DanTan's-all-too-short-reign-at-WMATA illustration?

And, to get back on topic: I concur that the Green Line indeed Sux Donkey Dick (TM DurbanBud).

As to the Yellow Line extension, I am not a fan. I liked having my pristine cars to myself as I get on at Mt. Vernon Sq. Now it also runs late, and it's the same issue as the shared track issue between Orange and Blue.

Maybe I should just walk to work?

Ouch, the perils of commenting in the wee hours of the morning, during the 1st cup of coffee, while getting ready to go the airport. I stand corrected and embarrassed.

If I have an axe to grind, Coppered, it was placed in my hands by repeated dealings with DCDOT under Dan T's reign. Lots of DC department directors were dealing with longstanding problems, but his was the only one where staff told flat-out lies to neighborhood associations. Long-standing problems need to be rooted out at all levels; manager who blithely lie to constituents indicate something about the tone being set from the top.

I'm confused. The yellow line extension doesn't run during rush hour. Are you just going to work late? or early? Or on weekends?

Is that static electricity making your hair stand up like that?