The Railroad Less Traveled


iconMetro officials are concerned by a recent survey that shows only 9% of people use Metro rail.

According to a recent Washington Post poll, 9 percent of Washingtonians said they regularly use the subway to get to and from work. A third of those who don't take Metro said they could but choose not to, while nearly two-thirds said public transportation isn't an option for them.

Their reasons varied: Metro is too far from home or from work, or they simply prefer to drive. Long rides and a lack of parking don't help.

I wonder if taking out the seats will help.



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If you don't factor in the costs of buying a car and paying insurance (on the assumption that you would own a car even if you didn't ride metro), its still cheaper to drive in and pay for the gas and parking downtown than it is to pay for parking (or bus to the metro) and then ride metro in if you live further out than Balston on the orange line.

Posted by: countertop at March 7, 2005 2:47 PM

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