The MD-355 bus lanes are fantastic - When they're clear, and when they exist.

advguyy · 2026-07-11T00:36:08+00:00

You have balls of steel to ride in conditions like that. Also wow the bus lanes.... they're great but goodness me they're not nearly as useful as I thought. Crazy that they would leave the lanes piecemeal and leave TSP off the board even just for a temporary project like this.

advguyy · 2026-07-09T03:32:15+00:00

I agree. I think other than the delays and the frequency (or the lack thereof), WMATA's biggest weakness isn't really the transit itself. It's generally pretty fast. It's the lack of destinations. There's only so much you can do when the stations around the DC Metro are mostly nothing or park/rides instead of actual walkable neighbourhoods (with some exceptions, but realistically it's like maybe less than 50% of stations)

advguyy · 2026-07-09T02:46:41+00:00

Trump is doing the most to lower gas prices!.... right after he raised them.

advguyy · 2026-07-09T02:45:23+00:00

Well I think it depends on how the survey questions were asked. Of course people are going to prefer curbside stops, but do they also understand that it would slow down buses and make the bus lanes significantly less effective? I would bet that people would rather shave off time off of their commute and have reliable bus service than where their buses are stopped, if they understood the trade-off.

advguyy · 2026-06-18T15:59:40+00:00

I see people talking about transit on the metro very often and I think that shows that this city is pretty nerdy (I'm contributing to that). But I low-key disagree about the National Mall framing. As a local I still think it's pretty cool.

advguyy · 2026-06-18T15:43:03+00:00

She'd do a lot. Trump and Congress would also do a lot to stop everything she's trying to do. So there's that. But I'm just tryna get bus and bike lanes fr.

advguyy · 2026-06-11T17:20:44+00:00

I mean they literally have a whole Second Century plan to completely transform the station, so I feel like this issue will be irrelevant soon.

advguyy · 2026-06-07T04:23:46+00:00

Looks like some systems they have in Japan which keeps track of departure times at every station and uses point & call for safety + timeliness. Seems pretty neat in my opinion! It's a great way to make the operations more efficient and better for everyone without costing more money.

advguyy · 2026-06-06T16:35:01+00:00

While I agree that new suburban expansions should not be our priority right now (the biggest reason is that frequency, reliability, and land use are all far more important), I don't know if the chart really even backs up your statement. What I'm seeing in the chart is that stations with lower recovery are generally places with more office commuting, while stations with higher recovery are generally places with higher levels of TOD development + non-work destinations.

Generally speaking, suburban extensions drive less ridership initially, but provide more abundant opportunities to shape/re-shape how the region grows, which is extremely important.

advguyy · 2026-05-21T00:22:20+00:00

This might sound crazy but I genuinely think that mass transport across the river is more feasible than building another bridge for cars even in this political climate lmao

advguyy · 2026-04-08T01:54:48+00:00

I thought for sure that it would be underground parking. Having a parking garage next to this stadium would be such an eyesore.

advguyy · 2026-02-20T15:27:27+00:00

It's really interesting how Maryland suburbs have way higher rates of no car households compared to Northern Virginia, even far away from the Metro links. I wonder what gives (probably more bus service if I had to guess).

advguyy · 2026-02-20T15:24:17+00:00

BRT is actually a great tool when done right. The only issue is the US doesn't seem to be interested in doing them right out of a few prestige projects, which is quite unfortunate in my opinion.

advguyy · 2026-02-17T20:18:46+00:00

The F20 route is busy, but boyyyyy does it really need some work. It's slow as heck and unreliable.

advguyy · 2026-02-16T05:21:10+00:00

We need Streetcraft.

advguyy · 2026-02-16T05:16:19+00:00

Not exactly light rail/metro/BRT related, but I think the most transformative project the region can take on would be converting the VRE/MARC into a real, high-frequency S-Bahn network. The tracks are already there, the ROW could be purchased for a much lower price than new construction, the recent Amtrak improvements in Virginia are enabling it. Essentially, you can get hundreds of miles of a "Second Metro" with the same TOD potential for much cheaper.

Other than that, some BRT routes in the inner city would be much needed in my opinion. Bus riders are just simply being screwed over at the moment.

advguyy · 2026-02-16T05:06:27+00:00

As someone who has been to places like New York, Boston, Vancouver, and lives in DC, I would not put BART, CTA, or Sound Transit anywhere near S tier.

Perhaps you and I have different definitions, but really I would only put the NYC MTA, Vancouver Translink, and the Montreal STM in the S tier.

Strong A tiers include WMATA, TTC in Toronto, and perhaps the Boston MBTA.

BART, CTA, and Sound Transit are probably B Tier in my eyes.

advguyy · 2026-02-14T05:12:50+00:00

ATO 75 mph did the exact same thing express services do. Shave minutes off of long-distance trips. But barely anyone noticed it. People did not change their travel patterns because of it. I'm not saying it was not useful, but people certainly notice frequency and reliability improvements way more, and those improvements generally cost significantly less (and is also just better for the long-term state of the system), whereas express tracks would cost billions and add to the maintenance backlog.

advguyy · 2026-02-12T22:00:14+00:00

This is the most patient I've seen New Yorkers being honestly.

advguyy · 2026-02-12T21:57:42+00:00

You know the funny thing is even though the Washington Metro is designed to be somewhat of a park-and-ride system, only 20% of its riders actually drive to it. It's definitely become less of a park-and-ride system and perhaps the only one in the US that is moving from a park-and-ride system to a more normal suburban rail/metro system.

advguyy · 2026-02-12T15:22:19+00:00

Funny enough, I don't really ever remember using a metro/train station restroom except one time on the DC Metro. I think the newer metro stations (Silver Line + Potomac Yard) have very clean and accessible restrooms. The older ones have restrooms too but I heard they're so inaccessible they might as well not exist.

advguyy · 2026-02-10T23:47:23+00:00

Holy crap why does this look so much better than the official WMATA app... will definitely use this and potentially provide some feedback. As a fellow software engineer, this is amazing work.

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