Friendly reminder that a law firm's inability to substantiate allegations does not mean they aren't true, especially when other allegations *were* substantiated. #wmata
"No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION." #wmata
You cannot logically conclude Ms. Woodruff and Mr. Harris did not interfere with investigations because a law firm hired by #WMATA asked some employees and they didn't tell them that. Why? Because the charge was that employees were told to shut up. ggwash.org/files/WMSC_saf…
What if one of the people that wasn't selected by the law firm had something to substantiate the claims of investigation interference?
It might not feel like it to some of you, but this is potentially a watershed moment: will lots of important people—like #WMATA's Board Chair already has given he's cited in Metro's press release—publicly take the agency's word for it on flimsy evidence? Or was this a PR blunder?
.@MetrorailSafety standing by its original report which, given its level of detail compared to what #WMATA released via the law firm it hired, makes sense.
It's smart for #WMATA to consider what its budget situation will look like without more federal money and prepare accordingly, but going forward with this now may very well end up confusing riders if the worst-case scenario does not come to fruition.
She's right, and #WMATA's Lynn Bowersox is visibly frustrated by the line of questioning and suggestion that the board is rushing the process, trying to get this in before the new year.
Pretty frustrating to see how underweighted on-time performance is in #WMATA's new grading scheme for its Metrobus routes. Yes, most all of this stuff is important, but suggesting they should all be weighted equally? No. wmata.com/about/board/me…
#WMATA staff presenter now talking about how on-time performance and service span are what riders care about the most, yet they're weighted as much as any other line item in this matrix. Why?
.@SimplySJG asks a great clarifying question on whether the components of the overall grades for each route are weighted equally. #WMATA staffer responds in the affirmative.
#WMATA provably hasn't been providing enough weekday train and bus service for effective social distancing for weeks on Metrorail, and *months* on Metrobus.
Is strict social distancing required if everyone is wearing a mask? No, it's not, but the fact is that not everyone is wearing a mask, and #WMATA isn't enforcing their use or proactively making them available to riders, so...
"Metro is increasing service for Metrorail starting Aug. 16 and Metrobus starting Aug. 23...But so far, the number of buses and trains hasn’t caught up with demand. And it appears the bump coming next month won’t either," reports @JWPascale. wamu.org/story/20/07/20…#wmata
@MartinDiCaro And to be clear, there's plenty of evidence to suggest that #WMATA's analysis, based on federal guidance, is irrelevant *assuming everyone has and wears a mask properly*, but that's seemingly not what the agency is focused on (yet) as it's still talking about social distancing.
People are at crowded bus stops because they have places they must go and have no other practical choices for transportation. It doesn't have to be this way if our governments made sure these folks didn't need to travel and/or if #WMATA ran more buses.
What do we expect people who still need to go to work, or still need to get groceries, to do? What power do they in themselves have to forgo those obligations? Simply asking people to stay home isn't enough. Assume those on the street have good intentions until proven otherwise.
The individual blame game is convenient, because it doesn't require us to look at our present situation and think about the unresolved systemic issues that are actually causing much of the individual behavior we don't approve of, but that doesn't make it right.