Donald Posted July 19, 2010 Share #1 Posted July 19, 2010 I was just in Washington DC this week and rode the Metro a few times. On one trip, I saw an interesting that I suspect bashes the NYC subway system. I was not able to get a picture of it, but I found a photo of the very same sign on a different website: http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/27/rat.jpg Unlike some subway systems (which will remain nameless), you don't see rats the size of house cats roaming Metro. Hmm, I wonder which system they are talking about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted July 19, 2010 Share #2 Posted July 19, 2010 The Wash Metro is a joke of a system, with the saftey record they have they nothing to say about ANY aspect of anyother system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share #3 Posted July 19, 2010 True, but it is nice to sit on padded seats on a subway for once. Also, I like that the platforms are wide so you don't have to squeeze between the column and the edge of the platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #4 Posted July 19, 2010 I was just in Washington DC this week and rode the Metro a few times. On one trip, I saw an interesting that I suspect bashes the NYC subway system. I was not able to get a picture of it, but I found a photo of the very same sign on a different website: http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/27/rat.jpg Unlike some subway systems (which will remain nameless), you don't see rats the size of house cats roaming Metro. Hmm, I wonder which system they are talking about... Yeah, but you know what? You don't see trains here crashing at nearly 50MPH then crumpling like little playtoys, so WMATA can't say anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted July 19, 2010 Share #5 Posted July 19, 2010 DC Metro is younger [at least in some places 1/3 to 1/2 the age of some NYC subway segments]. And the DC Metro is more like a commuter RR than a subway, I would think of it more like the LIRR than the subway. Plus [unless I'm wrong], the DC Metro doesn't operate 24/7 like the NYC subway does nor does it have the huge fleet size of NYCT. As for rats, if the NYC system could be shut down for a few hours at a time, they could clean up the stations and clear out the rat infestations. See how long DC can keep their system clean over the next few decades if they had to operate 24/7 all year round with part time closings for major work. So it's really more apples to oranges. But to add on to what INDman said: DC Metro has had a few fatal/serious accidents in this decade compared to NYC's 'recent' ones way back in the 1990s. So on that grounds NYC has a much better track record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Car 09 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #6 Posted July 19, 2010 SSPPPLIIINNTTTTERRRRRR!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTrain Posted July 19, 2010 Share #7 Posted July 19, 2010 The poster doesn't imply that NYC Subways are dirtier than DC Metro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share #8 Posted July 19, 2010 Yeah, but you know what? You don't see trains here crashing at nearly 50MPH then crumpling like little playtoys, so WMATA can't say anything. Are you sure about that? http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?7661 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted July 19, 2010 Share #9 Posted July 19, 2010 You would think that all transit systems would've learned from that mistake in the 1990s. Two recent crashes happened in this decade for the DC Metro. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_on_the_Washington_Metro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted July 19, 2010 Share #10 Posted July 19, 2010 Well the DC Metro has a large percent of their fleet OOS due to "door issues" & ATO is not being used be to a certain accident that the cause of it still can't be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #11 Posted July 19, 2010 We are bigger and we are safer and as for splinter well I've seen some bears on some platforms here but A rat problem can be anywhere just depends onhow and where they are getting their Taco Bell from thus destroying their infrastructure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted July 19, 2010 Share #12 Posted July 19, 2010 Exactly, what matters more: a rat free system or a safe system with less fatalities? I choose the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #13 Posted July 19, 2010 Are you sure about that? http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?7661 1991 by a inebriated train operator, not in 2009 due to an ATO system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R42 M Train Posted July 19, 2010 Share #14 Posted July 19, 2010 The NYC subway is safer than Dc Metro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NTSB-Woodley-Park-Accident.png This will never happen in NY or this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:June_22,_2009_WMATA_Collision_-_NTSB_accident_photo_422860.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #15 Posted July 19, 2010 The Wash Metro is a joke of a system, with the saftey record they have they nothing to say about ANY aspect of anyother system. Yea, I'd rather see a rat on our platform than two trains colliding into each other every six months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqueduct Posted July 19, 2010 Share #16 Posted July 19, 2010 Har har har, I love how people make a big deal out of the rats in the system. Most of the putzes who use those jokes live in Ohio, they should come up with new material anyway. The homeless turning stations and cars into theur personal condos makes for better jokes. Washington DC and Baltimore suck as well. Putting up a maximum security prison wall around that area would solve a lot of problems at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #17 Posted July 19, 2010 Well, if bringing food into the system were to be outlawed and ENFORCED in NYC the vermin problem wouldn't be as bad here. As far as ATO is concerned I think only the management and foamers wish that on anyone in our subway system in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iGeMiNix Posted July 19, 2010 Share #18 Posted July 19, 2010 Yea, I'd rather see a rat on our platform than two trains colliding into each other every six months. Yep, get rats, don't have to worry so much about getting killed by trains though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted July 19, 2010 Share #19 Posted July 19, 2010 DC Metro has had those adds up for over 2 years now. There was a huge thing about it in the Newspapers all over the east coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave160 Posted July 19, 2010 Share #20 Posted July 19, 2010 Here's an article from the NY Times about this. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/trash-talking-from-the-dc-metro/?st=cse&sq=subway+rat+poster&scp=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted July 19, 2010 Share #21 Posted July 19, 2010 Rats live in New York, especially Manhattan, because it is a grid, which their minds are naturally attuned to, and there is constant construction, which they love. THe food and garbage make it worse, but there will always be rats in the subway, even if it was pristine and food-free. D.C can just suck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Trizzy2609 Posted July 20, 2010 Share #22 Posted July 20, 2010 What a**holes! I wanna collect a few rats from here and release them at Federal Triangle and just out of spite. Those idiots cant talk! They have way too much blood on their hands to even point a finger at us. They're pointing and there blood dropping off the tip of their finger. What nerve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRG Posted July 20, 2010 Share #23 Posted July 20, 2010 Well I'm pretty sure we all know a certain someone who would be preaching along with the WMATA being superior with the MTA (this person will remain nameless)...but too bad it's so not true. New York City Transit moves people quicker and more efficiently than WMATA. Our system operates 24/7 unlike theirs so your options are limited if you rely on public transportation there. And the best thing of all, our fleet is much more diverse, from R32s and 46s to R68s and 160s. Their trains look totally bland and completely ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m7zanr160s Posted July 20, 2010 Share #24 Posted July 20, 2010 Yeah, but you know what? You don't see trains here crashing at nearly 50MPH then crumpling like little playtoys, so WMATA can't say anything. LOL! Yeah, I was thinking about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zman Posted July 20, 2010 Share #25 Posted July 20, 2010 Guys, it's just an ad. I found it funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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