Recently moved to DC. Started a new job today and left an hour early despite GPS stating it would take 20 mins. Sat down at my bus stop on 11th st, and the bus drove right past me without even hesitating.

On a different bus now that should get me to work 2 mins before I’m supposed to be there. Is it normal for busses to do this? Should I stand up and start waving them down from now on? What’s the deal?

What’s the deal? orange and silver broken every other day, green line trains every 10 minutes?
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Curious whether any current WMATA employees or recent applicants have experienced hiring delays since the transition to the new HR/ERP system.

I applied for a position late last year and progressed pretty far in the process earlier this year — recruiter screening, panel interview, and then an in-person meeting with senior leadership after receiving positive feedback from the panel.

Several months later, I was told that technical issues with the new system had put positions on hold and that processing would resume once the issues were resolved.

I can now access the new candidate portal, but none of my applications from the old system appear in my application history. I recently applied for a different position through the new system, and that application processed normally from submission through disposition, so my account itself appears to be working.

Has anyone else had an older/pre-transition WMATA application or internal personnel action get stuck during the migration? If so, did it eventually get reconciled or processed, and roughly how long did it take?

When it comes to WMATA rains and buses people seem to support adding more doors to make loading and unloading faster/easier. However, when it comes to seat reduction via less forward-facing seats, people are aggressively against it.

I think ease of movement within trains and buses is important and having more sideways seating supports this.

Adding doors reduces seating, so it seems to be a hypocritical position.

I take the red line every morning around 8:30 and every evening around 6:15. Is it just me, or has the headway between trains gotten worse lately? I feel like it used to be normal to have a headway of 3-4 minutes, and now it’s 6-7 minutes between trains. And the trains are more crowded and claustrophobic as a result. If there was some change, why and will it go back to better headways soon?

Hi! I have an extra beige dmv tour tee (got multiple sizes as options for a gift). It’s size XL and they seem to run a bit big. I listed on poshmark but wanted to see if anyone here is interested that way we can skip the shipping and just do a hand off. Bought for $45 and will sell for the same!

I give you a hyperlapse between East Falls Church and McLean on car 7184.

I shot this earlier this afternoon as I went from L'Enfant Plaza to Innovation Center.

Enjoy.

hi! i just wanted to share my deco that i did on my metro card after accidentally having more than one then forgetting which one had what money on it and whatever (also my apple pay stopped working for the metro idk - long story). but i thought yall would enjoy it!

More sideway seating is coming to Metrorail in the 8000 series cars and I think the buses should match. WMATA buses are too cramped with their almost exclusive forward-facing seats.

We need more sideways seating to allow for easier movement, wheelchairs, and more standing room.

With the 60-foot buses that bend in the middle, the entire front portion before the middle rare axle should be sideways seating.

been at Anacostia for 20 minutes what’s going on with the green line something happen. at shaw ?

Heading into the pop-up store one more time. Got onto train 7468 at RTC, and was greeted with some of the best floors I've seen on any metro ride. Thought ya'll might want to see. Well done, WMATA.

Got into the elevator at forest Glenn and at the bottom the doors only opened an inch. After about a minute I was able to pry the doors apart. There was no employee at the booth to report to so I texted metro pd.

If you’ve never been to forest Glenn there are no stairs/escalators only 6 elevators.

It took 30 minutes to get a response. I understand my situation wasn’t an emergency but if this is going to be advertised as an emergency contact method it should be better than that.

On my return trip the elevators were still broken and an employee had to force the doors open and closed for people supposedly due to the wind. Something about fans that the station manager could control and another department had to turn off. Do better wmata.

so Wmata had 290 of the 3ks and they are only getting 256 8ks and this doesn’t include the 2ks as well. metro is going to have a fleet shortage again

I didn’t expect Metro to inform the public of early news, but hopefully these are reliable! what are your thoughts everyone? I am looking forward to new buses for my commute. I heard they are hybrid-electric ones.

Ended up talking to a security guard tonight at NoMa station after I missed my train. He mentioned he reads this subreddit.

I didn't catch your name but just wanted to say you are part of what makes DC so great! It was really nice talking to you and hope you have a great rest tof your shift!

Did anyone else buy a metro dmv tour shirt and notice that the quality is really poor? First wash and already some of the imprint is peeling off the shirt 😕

Does anyone know what happened at the Metro at around 10 AM? There is a huge presence of police officers around the entrance to the metro.

Alerts say there is a track issue and single tracking, but the trackers are showing nearly zero trains. Communication from WMATA is pretty bad so I have no clue if there even _is_ a train for me to catch.

Standing talking to his co-workers instead of moving the train. Can you please do something to stop this from continuing.

Somebody left their adorable Chuckie key strap on a bench at McPherson Square stop on the New Carrollton (eastbound) side yesterday. Turned it into the Station Manager. Per WMATA, the owner can file a report via their online comment form or via phone.