Board members at WMATA trying to figure out how to get more people riding without doing anything to reduce wait times--it's a grim reality that many transit systems in USA are run by people with no sense of what makes transit useful
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That said--given they have no financial incentive to carry more people, it's sort of understandable why they aren't alarmed. Even at high volumes, they're structured to operate at a loss--running more service would mean more riders, but also larger total losses. Profit matters!
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Ehhhhh the WMATA one sure sounds like the latter:pic.twitter.com/yYgs0bM164
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Lol this is what I get for giving them the benefit of the doubt
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haha tbf I guess technically Wiedefeld isn't the board, but otoh the board just inexplicably renewed his contract, so...
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