How to fix Metrorail in D.C.

Randal O’Toole says he once rode a Washington, D.C. Metro train into a station, where the train sat for 10 minutes with its doors closed. There were no announcements from the train operator. Eventually, the operator made an announcement in a groggy voice and moved the train to the next station. Everyone who wanted to get off at the first station had to get off at the next one and take a different train back.

“The only thing I can think of is the driver fell asleep,” O’Toole told the Washington Examiner. “Why aren’t drivers like that fired? Well, they can’t be, because they’re union workers.”