Metro Looking for More Citizen Advisers
Metro formed a Riders' Advisory Council a year ago and now is looking to fill eight slots on the 21-member panel that will become vacant because that group's terms are expiring.
The eight vacancies will consist of three slots for Montgomery County residents, one for Prince George's, two for the District and one for Fairfax, as well as one at large slot. Metro makes the final selections of the people to advise the transit authority's board of directors.
The positions are unpaid, but you get the satisfaction of telling the people who run the subways and buses what you think of their performance.
The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. on Nov. 3. You can fill out an application form online. It includes questions about your experience with the transit system. Metro says it wants to get a good cross section of riders who have experience with different aspects of the buses and subways.
Many readers of this blog have such experience. If you had to pick one thing for the Riders' Advisory Council to focus on with the board of directors, what would that be?
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October 20, 2006; 9:52 AM ET
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Posted by: BK | October 20, 2006 1:16 PM
There is no designation of an Arlington rep who could represent the interests of riders between East Falls Church Station and Rosslyn. That's the most crowded portion of the Orange Line, which is one of the most crowded lines, in and of itself. Arlington often is cited as an example of good urban planning, at least in the Courthouse-Clarendon area. Dr. Gridlock, any explanation offered by WMATA as to why Montgomery County gets three reps but Arlington gets none? I must be missing something here.
Somewhat off topic, but, speaking of speaking up on riding experiences, was anyone on one of the three Orange lines trains that off-loaded their passengers at McPherson or Rosslyn Tuesday evening between 5 and 5:30? The Post mentioned door problems. What was going on? Were all three trains just having problems getting the doors the close? Or was something else going on? (I gave up on waiting for an Orange train at Metro Center and rode the back route to the Pentagon on the Yellow Line, then switched to Blue inbound to Rosslyn.)
Posted by: Orange Line rdier | October 20, 2006 2:28 PM
I ride the bus and the train everyday. The buses particularly #28A/B runs late every given weekends. There are lots and lots of pessengers on this line. Rush hour, you will be lucky to find a seat, weekends lucky to catch the bus on time. Most people working at tysons and customers shopping at tysons rides this line. Can anything be done to increase service or have bigger buses?
Posted by: SS | October 20, 2006 4:48 PM
I believe the available seats on the RAC have to do with vacancies from resignations or openings on a staggered replacement schedule.
Posted by: nashpaul | October 22, 2006 9:38 AM
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While I realize that there are no stations or bus stops in Anne Arundel County, I do ride the Metro every day (Landover to Metro Center). In addition to the buses that go between Annapolis & DC, there are several buses that terminate at the New Carrollton station. Why should your residence preclude or determine whether you can participate on the committee? Isn't the name of it the Riders Advisory Council?