For all of those unaware of what happened last night, due to a power outage and a systems crash, WMATA Metro cars on the Blue and Orange line experienced significant delays, some of them lasting hours. This comes right after a
Red line debacle in the morning which created hour long delays for morning commuters.
For many stymied metro users, the source of frustration lies with the lack of communication. Metro is not as transparent as it should be, leaving hundreds of commuters guessing as to what is going on with the system they are pouring their money into.
With proposed Metro fare hikes looming in the future, many commuters feel as if they have reached a breaking point in which they will seriously consider switching to a different mode of transportation. This means good news for Capital Bikeshare and Metro Buses which will probably experience a good influx of new riders after the anguish WMATA Metro rail has generated in the past 24 hours.
Here are some of the few tweets that went out recently regarding the recent outages from last night:
