From: kfl@KeithLynch.net
Scott Dorsey wrote:
> I will say that they are actually trying to fix the system, but what
> they are dealing with is a system that has not been getting proper
> maintenance for many decades.
Horseshit. They first made that claim 30 years ago. It may have been
true then, but intensive maintenance has been going on non-stop ever
since. It's been so intensive that thousands of people who were
dependent on Metro were forced into early retirement or compelled
to flee the DC area. And yet the system keeps getting worse, with
frequent track fires, derailments, wheels falling off, rail cars
coming detached while in motion, etc.
Automated train operation was "temporarily" suspended after it caused
a fatal collision. That was 14 years ago and it's still suspended.
As for the loose wheels, they've apparently also given up on trying
to find, much less fix, the cause. Instead they're doing frequent
inspections of all the wheels, in perpetuity.
Similarly, when the new Silver Line stations were found to have rotten
concrete, they didn't fix them, they coated them, figuring that they'd
probably be good enough so long as they stayed dry. This will require
frequent inspections of the coatings, which in turn will require
dismantling stuff to get a good view.
It's not a transportation system, it's a jobs program and a lucrative
source of grift, which can occasionally be used for transportation.
It's also a fetish object for politicians to pose in front of to boast
of how green they are, for having voted to spend billions of dollars
or other people's money to keep the grift going.
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