[Rick Lee]

I'm not so much pro-mass transit as I used to be. When I first moved to DC, riding the Metro was a pretty painless experience. It wasn't cheap, but it wasn't crowded and it was efficient. Now this new silly term "smart growth" means counties want to build everything within walking distance of a Metro. Metro is already getting overcrowded, they raise the prices every 6 mos., service gets worse by the week and now they want to add thousands of new riders by building condos near every station. It SUCKS! And it's also a huge terrorist target. WHile riding home on 9/11 our train got stuck under the Potomac between Foggy Bottom and Rosslyn. It was not fun. A backpack bomb in an underwater tunnel would be devastating and it's a matter of when, not if. Can't wait to get out of here.