The difference is that in 1990, the system was still in kind of new shape.
Generally speaking, the lifecycle for a transit system's components look like 40-50 years. That puts the expiry date of the first DC Metro lines at 2016 and beyond, which roughly lines up with when things started falling apart.
Basically, the entire system has always run on fumes. That only recently stopped cutting it.
Generally speaking, the lifecycle for a transit system's components look like 40-50 years. That puts the expiry date of the first DC Metro lines at 2016 and beyond, which roughly lines up with when things started falling apart.
Basically, the entire system has always run on fumes. That only recently stopped cutting it.