When did u live in DC?
1986 - 1994 (actually lived in Arlington, worked in DC)
I had a lot of "white collar" friends and associates that rode the bus.
I live in Pasadena, Md and I take the Green line into DC during rush hour about 3 times a week.
I think that they should make the MARC train parking lots bigger and run more regularly during rush hour. I think that would be a better usage of money.
The problem with the bus is that you can get stuck in traffic for hours on 295 or I-95 trying to get to either Greenbelt or BWI. And I agree that most white collar workers would not ride a bus.