That's insane. Mass transit is probably the best way to cut down on negative environmental impacts. Even when it's less than perfect, it has advantages over fighting against huge semis for a lane on an interstate.
In Jan and Nov lasts year, I did round trips Cleveland-DC-Baltimore on AMTRAK. I found the DC station to be very well run, very clean, and with a lot of food/shopping options. It was local trains connecting DC and Baltimore. Four times doing that route, no problems, no delays, all four trips on weekdays.
I was referring to more AOCs apparent lack of usage of the DC Metro,
I took my family on a trip to DC a few years ago, and found it to be pretty good as well. We only traveled the subway in town. The food court was amazing and the platforms and cars were clean. Being from Oklahoma City, where we have no subways at all, we had a grand adventure. The loooooonggg escalators were cool, too.
My brother travels a lot, and he said the difference between the DC subway and NYC's is night and day.