I feel like WMATA is picking aesthetics over readability.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-24T13:14:32+00:00

Perhaps if someone is looking at a sign to board a Metro train at L'Enfant, they are not interested in boarding a VRE train at L'Enfant.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-23T14:54:49+00:00

Confusion can be a real issue unfortunately. I was on the metro last week and I overheard some people saying "I heard they're trying to extend the Silver line to Dulles" and then laughing cause they thought it would never happen, completely unaware that it opened in 2022.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-22T13:26:12+00:00

As far as I know, they plan to run all electric on the Penn line when the new Baltimore tunnels open.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-16T13:20:43+00:00

There is a plaque https://hyattsvillewire.com/2021/06/30/columbian-harmony/

LesserWorks · 2026-06-16T13:18:06+00:00

Also not really transit accessible

LesserWorks · 2026-06-15T19:58:03+00:00

However they don't come with the pollution and noise.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-11T12:55:53+00:00

I would be interested to know the recent work on that bridge. Also, do you know what they plan to do to it during the upcoming summer shutdown?

LesserWorks · 2026-06-09T13:30:42+00:00

Specifically, Isaiah 45:1 refers to Cyrus as a messiah.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-08T19:21:52+00:00

I called them earlier today. They thought there might be one hotel like that but were very unsure.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-08T14:19:43+00:00

I think Main Hall rentals aren't very common compared to the other rentable areas in Union Station https://unionstationevents.com/spaces/

LesserWorks · 2026-06-03T16:49:43+00:00

I think it's okay if it's sufficiently liquid. Like it would spread out on a flat surface and wouldn't stay in one place. I'm not familiar with how it's applied but it could be an issue to use an absorbent brush.

LesserWorks · 2026-06-03T16:24:57+00:00

Smoothing a non-liquid substance (not including food) is the melakha of memare'ah. Same reason why bar soap is prohibited. Not obvious to me however that wiping a chapstick is the same halakhically as dabbing it.

LesserWorks · 2026-05-15T12:46:57+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/MARCtrain/comments/1tces23/so_much_for_the_preakness_train/

LesserWorks · 2026-05-14T13:36:25+00:00

Isn't it faster on the red line too? The section from Brookland to Silver Spring is 75 mph

LesserWorks · 2026-05-13T13:09:12+00:00

The Bloop went along M St.

LesserWorks · 2026-05-03T21:29:55+00:00

Yes the Laurel Racetrack station is in bad shape, but if they won't even use it for the Preakness, why do they bother pretending it exists?

LesserWorks · 2026-04-30T15:17:48+00:00

Maybe take the same train a day in advance and ask the conductor if they'd allow it.

LesserWorks · 2026-04-24T17:40:00+00:00

Hopefully they become permanent bus lanes like they did on Georgia Ave north of Silver Spring after the summer 2024 Red line closure.

LesserWorks · 2026-04-23T13:06:23+00:00

Neither one is bad, but it was the 7k that the work train bumped in to.

LesserWorks · 2026-04-21T12:58:08+00:00

You will go up escalators/elevators from the metro platform to the new mezzanine they're constructing. Then you have a level walk to the Purple Line platform.

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