This dumb bunny gets it wrong every time. Unless there is a major event on a Sunday, there are no crowds of “a thousand” on a NYC subway car. A thousand people couldn’t fit in a subway car. Subways are quiet on Sunday. Just as I’m sure the DC Metro is.
Ah, but your are talking about FACTS! Facts are not what matter, but rather being “morally correct”.
She is one hell of a dumb bunny, but she's not far off on her assessment of the current state of the NYC subway. I've been out of the navy and living in NYC for over 18 years now. I walk to work, but use the subway at least four days a week. The last two years have been the most dismal in terms of on time service for my entire time back here.
Weekend rides to me are actually the worst. They are way more crowded than rush hour weekdays. Some weekends not only can I not grab a handrail, but I often don't need one because of being so packed in that other people are basically keeping me in place.
Rush hour obviously moves more people, but the trains come much more frequently. Could be 20 minutes or more apart on the weekend. Last weekend, my train wasn't running. It was replaced by shuttle buses.
Also, each B-Division car holds 250 people, and there are 8 or 10 cars typically. So, one car won't hold a thousand people, but you could have over two thousand people on a train.
As infuriating as the delays and shutdowns have been in the last two years, I do see major improvements. The stations in my neighborhood have been modernized. They look great, and I like the new countdown displays for when the trains will arrive.
Even the trains themselves are nearly all modern style "New Technology" R143, R160 and R179 cars. (Or R142 and R188's in the A-Division) When I returned from the navy in late 2000, the majority of the cars were from the 1960s and 1970s.
No opinion of the D.C. trains, but the most important take away is yes, she is a dumb bunny.