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There are 10 Responses to “Metro “Tell us what you imagine…””:

1. Man do they have good lawyers. Nothing said promised anything or said anything false.

   Comment by Rob Dawg on April 2nd, 2008 at 5:39 pm »Reply«
   
   

2. Well I’ve sent an email and I left a comment on their blog. There’s not much else that I can do. It just would be nice if they would take any of those comments seriously, especially about changing the I-405 project from BRT to HRT. Seriously, BRT is just a waste of money on that route.

   Comment by Tony Fernandez on April 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm »Reply«
   
   

3. It’s nice to see bicycles included in this short film. It looks like they’ve got use well identified too: riding a dual suspension bike with a stolen attache case in our hands.

   Comment by ubrayj02 on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:16 am »Reply«
   
   

4. Come on. Wasn’t it great that they managed to get both middle-aged white male Metro riders to agree to be in the commercial?

   Comment by Rob Dawg on April 3rd, 2008 at 7:44 am »Reply«
   
   

5. I can’t help it. Everytime I see the cover of the Draft LRTP all I can think of is John Walsh shouting, “It’s a white child crushing a bus!”

   Comment by Damien Newton on April 3rd, 2008 at 8:12 am »Reply«
   
   

6. Come on. Wasn’t it great that they managed to get both middle-aged white male Metro riders to agree to be in the commercial?

   Really? I wasn’t asked.

   And, contrary to rumor, its not true that white, middle-aged men don’t ride the bus.

   Comment by Dan W. on April 3rd, 2008 at 9:03 am »Reply«
   
   

7. Well, as much as we like to pick on Metro, check out this ad by Metro in D.C. advertising taking the train to the Game for the Nationals season opener.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhkXWyZtx9Q

   Comment by Damien Newton on April 3rd, 2008 at 1:57 pm »Reply«
   
   

8. i’ll take the talking peeps over our loud mouth buffoon metro has walking around with a mic. i’ll also take talking peeps and more if our metro went to dodger stadium as easily as dc metro goes to the new nationals ball park. man, that ball park is nice.

   Comment by tykejohnson on April 4th, 2008 at 12:10 am »Reply«
   
   

9. I would like to see more about recycling the vehicles already on the road into more environmentally friendly machines.
   Hopefully as the future brings us more knowledge, consumers will bring me more of their gas cars to convert to electric. I really enjoy that kind of work, knowing that I can be part of getting people off the oil grid. Less vehicles using gasoline will clear our air. Many of the larger vans and SUV’s are excellent candidates for converting into electric carpooling vehicles. We now have battery packs and motor systems capable of handling vehicles over 5000lbs. More people carpooling and using less vehicles will help the traffic conditions. It would be nice to see a more advanced system for aligning people interested in ride sharing. Some sort of subscription or contract system that allows for responsibility could expedite that type of travel. If I had a network of people with a common vision, it could help me with my contribution to the solution.

   Comment by R.B. on May 5th, 2008 at 6:07 pm »Reply«
   
   

10. Tony,

    The I-405 project isn’t even Tier 1. So a comment about mode preference is going to be routed to whatever file they keep comments in for projects that need more research.

    Personally, I think Metro Express service (think something like 577X, with few or no intermediate stops) between the Valley and Westwood on the HOV lanes, extended to Washington/National when the Expo Line opens, is the way to prove that this project should move up in priority. Then, using the HOV lanes as a busway with larger equipment, like Orange Line or Silver Streak, can attract ridership in sufficient numbers to motivate the construction of rail.

    There is nothing like massive success that overwhelms a mode to prove the need for the next level of technology.

    Comment by Kymberleigh Richards on May 6th, 2008 at 12:17 am »Reply«
    
    

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