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Should be required reading for everyone in DC. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think, and it maybe--just maybe--restored a little of my hope in Metro's future. After all, the system has already made it through an unimaginable amount of crap and interference. What's one more decade of political strife and lack of funds?
I moved to DC in 2004, when the Green Line was finally finished and the final Red and Blue Line stops mere months from opening. The metro map (save for the Silver Line ...more
I moved to DC in 2004, when the Green Line was finally finished and the final Red and Blue Line stops mere months from opening. The metro map (save for the Silver Line ...more
Got into grad school for transportation planning in DC a year after finishing this book--nearly to the day. Coincidence?
....yeah, probably.
....yeah, probably.
While reading this book I didn't enjoy the style of prose, however all the information I learned has wormed its way into more of my conversations than I ever would have predicted. I am very glad to have read it.
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I really enjoyed this book on the history of the Washington Metro system: it is somewhat academic, but still quite accessible to the general public.
Feb 06, 2019
Vipassana
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Kayleigh
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Garret
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