Comments on: A Metro milestone http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/04/a-metro-milestone/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:17:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marla http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/04/a-metro-milestone/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Marla Fri, 05 May 2006 18:06:37 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/04/a-metro-milestone/#comment-381 Is that supposed to be a safety feature? Or do they put those damn triangles in there to prevent people from lying down on the benches? It certainly has undesirable side effects! Is that supposed to be a safety feature? Or do they put those damn triangles in there to prevent people from lying down on the benches? It certainly has undesirable side effects!

]]> By: carlaviii http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/04/a-metro-milestone/comment-page-1/#comment-380 carlaviii Fri, 05 May 2006 03:28:43 +0000 http://www.actboldly.com/2006/05/04/a-metro-milestone/#comment-380 I used to take Metro to work, and I didn't realize how much better than commuting it was until I went back to driving. On Metro, the commute's longer, but I can read, listen to music, de-stress from the day. And walking to and from the station was the only exercise I was getting at the time. Sitting in traffic at the Wilson Bridge never de-stressed anybody. I get home more tired than I did walking twenty minutes from the station to my house. Maybe taking up two seats never bothered me because I don't want anyone sitting next to me anyway, and the train was hardly ever that crowded. I commuted off-peak, mostly, so I paid less and got to see all the colorful folks. I still commute off-peak, but I still sit in a lot more traffic than I'd like to. Every so often, I take out the bus schedules and work out how to get to my job from the nearest Metro station... and chicken out. I've already got too much to do and not enough time, I can't add more time to my commute. Oh, I live in the DC area too, BTW... :) I used to take Metro to work, and I didn’t realize how much better than commuting it was until I went back to driving. On Metro, the commute’s longer, but I can read, listen to music, de-stress from the day. And walking to and from the station was the only exercise I was getting at the time. Sitting in traffic at the Wilson Bridge never de-stressed anybody. I get home more tired than I did walking twenty minutes from the station to my house.

Maybe taking up two seats never bothered me because I don’t want anyone sitting next to me anyway, and the train was hardly ever that crowded. I commuted off-peak, mostly, so I paid less and got to see all the colorful folks. I still commute off-peak, but I still sit in a lot more traffic than I’d like to. Every so often, I take out the bus schedules and work out how to get to my job from the nearest Metro station… and chicken out. I’ve already got too much to do and not enough time, I can’t add more time to my commute.

Oh, I live in the DC area too, BTW… :)

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