Riders of Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail subway system might feel they deserve a reward for enduring more than a year of what is called SafeTrack. That’s essentially a big cut in services so that three years’ worth of maintenance can be done at triple the normal speed.

Instead, riders are getting hit with fare increases and service cuts, effective June 25. Perhaps it’s what they should have expected. After all, mismangement is a chronic feature of the subway system in the capital of the richest country in the world.