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It's Time For Us to Help Change Metro
We hate Metro. We love Metro. We get annoyed with Metro. But most of us couldn't live without Metro. And if we did, we would spend many more hours sitting in traffic, many more dollars on gas and contribute much more significantly to the polluting of the earth. This blog exists because it's fun and interesting to rant about Metro and read and share funny stories about the DC sub-culture that is life on the Metro. But at the end of the day, Metro moves us (figuratively and literally). We here at Moving Momentarily have decided it's time for US to move Metro.
In other words, it's time for the frequent riders of the Metro rail and bus system to contribute their clever ideas for how WMATA and it's ridership can make small changes throughout the system that improve service and rider satisfaction while NOT increasing overall costs - both to local/federal government as well as the rider.
This is much easier than you may initially think. We are not asking for a 20 point plan or even a document that backs up your ideas with a thorough ROI evaluation. We are just asking for ideas. Ideas from where to put money making advertising in the system to having volunteers around the stations to help tourists (and keep them on the right side of the escalator). Everything from making the system more user friendly by painting ticket machines a different color depending on if they accept credit cards or not, to increasing or decreasing signage on trains so passengers stop blocking the doors.
No matter how small or how big, just share it. You know Metro better than anyone. Let's take this community we have created for mostly entertainment purposes and put it to work. We have the power! Start by sharing comments on this blog post and we will be doing a follow up series of posts on ideas to help build out more specifics. We know you know a lot of frequent riders, so forward it on to them. We want their input too.
Metro is a great system. But one that lacks dedicated funding, is experiencing large budget gaps and frequently unintentionally pisses off it's most frequent riders. Let's work on changing this - it benefits nobody more than us. And it all starts with your simple ideas.
In other words, it's time for the frequent riders of the Metro rail and bus system to contribute their clever ideas for how WMATA and it's ridership can make small changes throughout the system that improve service and rider satisfaction while NOT increasing overall costs - both to local/federal government as well as the rider.
This is much easier than you may initially think. We are not asking for a 20 point plan or even a document that backs up your ideas with a thorough ROI evaluation. We are just asking for ideas. Ideas from where to put money making advertising in the system to having volunteers around the stations to help tourists (and keep them on the right side of the escalator). Everything from making the system more user friendly by painting ticket machines a different color depending on if they accept credit cards or not, to increasing or decreasing signage on trains so passengers stop blocking the doors.
No matter how small or how big, just share it. You know Metro better than anyone. Let's take this community we have created for mostly entertainment purposes and put it to work. We have the power! Start by sharing comments on this blog post and we will be doing a follow up series of posts on ideas to help build out more specifics. We know you know a lot of frequent riders, so forward it on to them. We want their input too.
Metro is a great system. But one that lacks dedicated funding, is experiencing large budget gaps and frequently unintentionally pisses off it's most frequent riders. Let's work on changing this - it benefits nobody more than us. And it all starts with your simple ideas.
2 comments:
Volunteer mimes to give directions to tourists. Free and fun.
Far better signage to direct people. For example, actually marking directions as 'Into DC' where appropriate. For another example, using the progress signboards like they have in some trains in New York, that indicate upcoming and far away stops.
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