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@MLD, This is absolutely true, and yet nobody seems to really want to examine and address the root causes of this issue...figure out how to change things before it's too late (though really the Red Line crash was the "too late" moment, but that only resulted in people screaming "fire Catoe!" instead of figuring out who to bring in to really shake the organization up.

You've said a mouthful and I agree 100%. Very well done.

@Charlie, The racial resementment comes along when you have a rail system that has 75% white customers, and a majority black workforce. When said rail system is breaking down all the time....well, this is what you get. What you don't see - even on GGW -- is much noise about buses, because, well.

I'm not sure I agree w/that. I don't believe the resentment (if that's what it is) is racial at all. I don't personally believe that people (outside of the Times) most angered by metro inefficiencies see "race" as a factor in its poor performance. But you do have a point about GGW noise - it's something I've never considered.

BTW, 75% white customer base sounds a bit inflated.

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