The D.C. Metro System’s mediocre safety culture, poor reliability, and ethics lapses are taking a toll on the system’s ridership, as metro area residents are increasingly opting for the ride-sharing alternatives. Unable to meet the demand for late night service, the agency is planning to partner with Uber and Lyft by subsidizing Metro riders’ late night ride-sharing trips by $3.
It is a move rich with irony. Just a year ago, WMATA persuaded the D.C. Council to raise taxes on ride-sharing to fund Metro. So now they’re robbing Peter to pay Paul, to pay Peter to do Paul’s job?
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