by Chris Brown
farecard wrote:I need WMATA USB ports to recharge my Galaxy Note 7....I'll add that the newest DC Circulator buses have USB ports. So far they have not been "destroyed" yet.
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farecard wrote:I need WMATA USB ports to recharge my Galaxy Note 7....I'll add that the newest DC Circulator buses have USB ports. So far they have not been "destroyed" yet.
farecard wrote:I need WMATA USB ports to recharge my Galaxy Note 7....WMATA has enough fires as it is, please don't purposefully create more.
Sand Box John wrote:"Chris Brown"The reliability argument is a good one. But its the same way a bicycle is more reliable than a car (and a lot cheaper and cleaner too). Still we didn't stop when we invented the bicycle.
If we stick only to what is necessary Metro rail cars will look like something from the 1920's.
Tucked under the cars and hidden in the door pockets would be hardware that would be light years more simple and reliable then all the electronics stuffed into the cars being used today.
Sand Box John wrote: Pure speculation from me at this point, 5 and 6k cars to be midlife rehabilitated to be compatible with 8k cars.Maybe the 6k's, but not the 5k's. They're scrapping the 5K's (see other thread here).