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@danielf9866 ай бұрын
As a long time Silver springer, I am extremely proud of far DC Metro has come.
@zainyyy6 ай бұрын
as a fellow long time silver-springer, i agree with this comment
@S-CB-SL-Animations6 ай бұрын
Hey, I used to be in Silver Spring too for a long time growing up! I'm a DC person now since I first moved there back in 2017!
@Jeevanm716 ай бұрын
Get ready for the purple line!
@chrisonthedot6 ай бұрын
2nd year Silver Springer. Trying to aim for 10
@astrowrld8145 ай бұрын
Me too, whats your favorite downtown mall store mine is 5 below for when im looking for a cheap sweet treat
@JonathanCLacy6 ай бұрын
America would be a much better place if every major city had a metro system like DC
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@Prodigious1One6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I hope that Cobb County, Georgia works with Atlanta to extend Marta into Cobb County.
@crazyoncoffee3 ай бұрын
Or even a light metro with trains and stations half as big as dc, like the Vancouver Sky train.
@dantem4119Ай бұрын
@@Prodigious1Oneunfortunately Cobb was supposed to have it, but American racism claimed yet another rational and smart decision
@Prodigious1OneАй бұрын
@@dantem4119 yes, hopefully, Cobb County will permit itself at least one Marta station in the Cumberland zone.
@chriskigen6 ай бұрын
3:36 Geography Now cameo! Love it!
@jakecasey48603 ай бұрын
Likewise! When did Bright Trip meet him!? I work at Arlington National Cemetery!!! I could have met Barby!
@Madwonk6 ай бұрын
One clarification at 8:15: You *DO NOT* need to tap off of buses in DC. You ONLY tap when you are GETTING ON the bus, not off! My previous city I lived in did require this but not in DC!
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
This guy has gotten so many things wrong in this video
@blue9multimediagroup4 ай бұрын
Yeah, tap on and tap off is only for the Metro trains, not the buses.
@Mrcake01036 ай бұрын
The older trains are more comfortable in my opinion, but the new ones definitely have better signage.
@sebastianjoseph28286 ай бұрын
Even though it'd get messy with the rain/snow, I just loved those carpeted floors. That was such a 70s/80s decision and I love it.
@papagramps12576 ай бұрын
just sucks that the older trains tend to be more dirty than the 7k. Atleast for DC metro standards of dirtiness
@ethanparker79006 ай бұрын
yah the 6ks and 7ks have always had a reputation of being cleaner and easier to maintain compared to the older fleets but the older fleets still have their place@@papagramps1257
@lojosol3 ай бұрын
better signage, better announcements.
@ethanparker79003 ай бұрын
@@lojosol robotic announcements be better? Lol
@josephmassaua54866 ай бұрын
Can't wait for the stop in Georgetown!
@bijanzoghi6 ай бұрын
dont think its gonna happen
@seanrobbins71256 ай бұрын
Until then Rosslyn is just a bridge a way to get to Georgetown
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
Coming in 2040! (maybe)
@usera60142 ай бұрын
NAH WE NEED A NEW STOP AT GERMANTOWN
@PiplupJames6 ай бұрын
I live in DC. My work commute only involves a metrobus but Metro is one of my favorite systems of all time. It does have its gripes but coming from Hampton Roads, VA which rejected light rail extension; I’m grateful for WMATA.
@GilmerJohn6 ай бұрын
The DC metro compared to NYC: 1) DC doesn't have 3 or 4 track segments. That means you can't have express trains and track work requires major inconvenience. 2) the State of Virginia didn't require a way of operating complete trains completely in Virginia. It would have taken a bit of extra tunneling near Roslyn.
@MjrAlNlsc6 ай бұрын
*Commonwealth of Virginia
@GilmerJohn6 ай бұрын
@@MjrAlNlsc -- Well, right now to run a train from near Dulles to, say, Reagan. it would have to go by Arlington Cemetery, partly into DC and then change directions. The present switching would permit that. The reason that is import is because a strike would have for effect in DC & Maryland than Virginia. Virginians could still ride the many most of the big employment the residential parts. Indeed, it behooves Virginia to construct a new line entirely in Virginia linking the ends of the present lines.
@bareth_5 ай бұрын
i'm a DC resident and i just wanted to say that this is an amazing guide!
@tonytins6 ай бұрын
I was born and also raised in DC for a few years. While I knew what the Metro was even back then, I was never aware of the full scope of the network since I only lived there for a short time before moving to NYC. So, this is very helpful.
@cythrosi6 ай бұрын
DC Circulator busses are not operated by Metro. They are operated by DDOT whereas Metro is operated by WMATA (they also have MetroBus). Also it's National Airport 😜
@mattjohnson57376 ай бұрын
Was gonna say the same thing, have never called it DCA in my life, it’s National lol
@edwardjones48706 ай бұрын
Please take note of the large empty space on the Metro map west of the Pentagon. During the early planning stages of the subway a route was under consideration between the Pentagon and Bailey's Crossroads, an area at the intersection of Leesburg and Columbia Pikes. In anticipation of such a Metro line a massive complex of high rise buildings, Skyline City, was developed at Bailey's Crossroads. A less accessible route along I-66 was in due course chosen because of lower cost.
@AriAlexander996 ай бұрын
Best metro in the us
@nekomi_ch6 ай бұрын
what about new york?
@S-CB-SL-Animations6 ай бұрын
@@nekomi_chMTA? Yeah, never been there before. If I do happen to go there in New York soon, I'll give you an update if I ever do so.
@car_tar38822 ай бұрын
@@nekomi_chdirty and full of crime, but objectively more useful.
@jefuryo5 ай бұрын
Northern Virginian here. We love our Metro.
@BrightTripTravel5 ай бұрын
It's great!
@johnchastain56576 ай бұрын
I commuted from VA to DC before and after the Metro. The radial system was mainly intended to keep those squadrons of stinky diesel commuter buses, and a few thousand cars, out of downtown. It works like a charm. However, the Rosslyn Tunnel is just about at capacity, carrying three of the six lines under the river and into DC. A second tunnel is long overdue... and to think the VA members of Congress back in the 1960s had to argue for a second river crossing, now the Yellow Line bridge. My only longstanding complaint about Metro is that the underground stations need brighter lighting. And when the NYC subway manager took over the DC Metro, his first complaint was that nobody on a moving train could read the station names, which flashed by on vertical pylons. Now all the stations have the usual horizontal signs on the walls.
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
Great info. Thanks for the comment!
@johnchastain56573 ай бұрын
@@BrightTripTravel Also, the original loudspeakers in underground stations are far overhead in the coffered ceilings. That means that passengers on the platforms are much closer to the echo surfaces than to the sound sources--hence the semi-intelligible announcements. Fortunately the outside speakers on the trains, right beside the platforms, present info clearly.
@corettejones5 ай бұрын
As a DC native, I’m Loving your reports! New Sub, Thank You for finding me!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🥰
@abhijitdesai1874 ай бұрын
Nice flow, super narration, A+ presentation and ofcourse great information for an international traveler seeking basic skeleton of commute system in DC area.
@erinjohnson11246 ай бұрын
Oh wow, I haven’t been up this way in a while, I didn’t realize the silver line expansion to Dulles was complete. Omg FINALLY. I’ve been a flight attendant for 20 years and was IAD based 2004-06. If I had to commute in and catch a flight to DCA, I used to have to get off at the Falls Church station and catch the “Washington Flyer” bus to Dulles. Lol such a hassle but it ran efficiently back in the day. I’m going to have to come check out the updated silver line soon. Great video!
@JustMe-to8te4 ай бұрын
Great video, thank you.
@duangerous2 ай бұрын
Oh this is sooo informative, thank you.
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
How are you a DC native and letting your friend stand on the left side of the elevator at 8:46?
@corettejones5 ай бұрын
DC Native 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🥰
@darklordkuro79536 ай бұрын
You should do other metro system! Montreal perhaps?
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
We'll add it to the list!
@Anya-tg7ut6 ай бұрын
This looks so similar to Bart!
@praxyi59266 ай бұрын
BART, WMATA, and MARTA were all build around the same time and share similar looking trains lol
@tonylarose48426 ай бұрын
This would have been great 2 weeks ago when i was visiting there lol
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
😂😥
@jamallhayden25126 ай бұрын
Thank You!
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
You're welcome!
@ballroomdancer026 ай бұрын
yes this was EXACTLY what I needed for my upcoming trip from Beantown....cool shirt.
@CurtYT2026 ай бұрын
3:23 DC Circulator isn’t apart of the “DC Metro system” it’s a bus created by DC Department of Transportation.
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
Good to know, thanks!
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
@@BrightTripTravelplease fact check your content before making a video to help others next time
@2010GDiego6 ай бұрын
My only complaint is the start time of service. Metro line do not run 24 hrs. So if you have an early flight from DCA you're only option is driving.
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
Metro is looking into late night/early morning bus service to serve the airports. They have plans but need the funding.
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
You’re using an outdated map. At 1:40 you use the correct present map but at 1:42 you switch to an older version that has the yellow line running all the way to Greenbelt.
@BrandonsMacTutsAndOtherThings4 ай бұрын
According to the app description... it says in BOLD. "This app can NOT be used to pay your transit or parking fares."
@michael_r3 ай бұрын
If you’re talking about the metro app, you just add the smartrop card from the app to your phone’s wallet (eg Apple Wallet on an iPhone) and you can pay with it. It’s easy.
@alejandrojaviercoronavilla3776 ай бұрын
Nice video! Question: How many times can I tap the Metro line Card/App to get in and out? Do I have to buy 2 metro cards if traveling with my partner?
@MjrAlNlsc6 ай бұрын
Unfortunately yeah, because they track entrance and exit in the metro
@papagramps12576 ай бұрын
it’s pretty cool seeing my neighborhood in a youtube vid. Also shoutout to Geography Now
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
Gotta love Geography Now. He's a great friend to Bright Trip!
@asiancanadian15842 ай бұрын
There are only 2 other metro systems in the entire world that match DC metro's beauty, the tokyo metro and the moscow/st petersburg metro
@veramentestanco6 ай бұрын
That's interesting! I always thought that "Stand on the right, walk on the left" on the escalators was exclusive to the London Underground! Glad that it's not! 😄
@jakecasey48603 ай бұрын
Bright Trip, when did you meet Barby from Geography Now? I work at Arlington National Cemetery and could have met him!!!
@evechase71296 ай бұрын
Decent video but I’d caution any riders against trusting the WMATA times you see on Google Maps. Bus times are especially fraught.
@portcybertryx2226 ай бұрын
Btw if you have google pay you can add the metro card directly on it. It’s easier and faster.
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
Same with Apple Pay
@portcybertryx2226 ай бұрын
@@pizzajona nice
@BritainRitten6 ай бұрын
More Alex please
@byrons89563 ай бұрын
I will 'always' call it 'National Airport' Station, always 😃 Scary the train digital screens use Microsoft Windows. Tackle people in the way on the left.
@Charlenedoesstuff6 ай бұрын
As a local THANK YOU for those last two tips!! The DC area welcomes tourists from all over but BAAAAABY you don’t want to see our ugly side when you violate those two tips esp during rush hour commute 😂😂😂😂
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
🤣🤣
@pizzajona6 ай бұрын
@@BrightTripTravelI guess it’s “do as I say, not as I do.” Your friend was standing on the left at 8:47
@MrStan06305 ай бұрын
One downside of the DC Metro, IMO, is that it’s more expensive than most city rapid transit systems. It’s pretty easy to spend $10-12 on a round trip fare. In NYC you can go a long way and back for $5.80; for $4.20 in Paris. On the plus side, all stations have escalators (one only has elevators), so you don’t have to climb stairs.
@xcissorsАй бұрын
the digital card in apple or google wallet costs $2 just like a physical card
@AL55206 ай бұрын
Great video and a probably one ofnthe best in the US but it's not like in the rest of the world. As you yourself said, it brings people in and out of the city which in he US is the way systems work and whybthey are configured like a star radiating from the center to the suburbs but in most other parts of the world those systems help people get around in the city (with some nearby high density areas). The are not star shaped but a mix of lines with no (or very little} track sharing to enhance coverage and have as many changes as possible to enable you to get rommost places, and not just the center, with shorter routs. Suburbs, that are many times also dense, have regional suburban rail that runs all day and, in many places, also runs through the city with a few stops in in central areas and many connections to the metro system and buses. Again, it's still a great system and the second one I ever rod, and it was much more impressive to me after rhe NYC subway. Of course, service and coverage wise the NYC subway, withballmit's problems, is far better and the closest one to the rest of the world but with more improvment (maybe a real circular line, not the Maryland Purple Line) It will be better.
@joeblues20003 ай бұрын
You know bald guys hate this brother for no reason!
@NausicaaSinclair6 ай бұрын
Very good video !~ :D
@alexisespinoza7712 ай бұрын
What is the age where passengers need to pay? For example, does a 3 year old need a metro card?
@BrightTripTravel2 ай бұрын
Two children under age five may travel free with a paying passenger
@EPMTUNES6 ай бұрын
Great video. any specific places you recommend going to in the national mall area that tourists may miss?
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
The Old Post Office (just off the Mall on Pennsylvania Ave) has the best view of the city. Just go inside and ask for access to the viewing platform. Enjoy!
@sglenny0014 ай бұрын
Wirch airports is for international passengers
@michael_r3 ай бұрын
There are more international flights out of Dulles
@channellessviewed53236 ай бұрын
Do one video for Delhi Metro please!
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
We'll add it to the list!
@KyrilPG6 ай бұрын
500k per day for the whole network ? That's all? It's an average day on only 1 mid ridership line of the Paris metro. Pretty sure it's the same for London. Here, the heavy metro with regional scope (RER) has one line at around 1.5 million, the second around 1.3 and growing, etc. Lines 1 and 4 of the core metro have 1.5 million together daily, while M14 is expected to pass the million daily this fall. I know it's the US but I'd have imagined a much higher ridership on the DC Metro. Is it only busy during rush hours and then tumbleweed-rolling empty in-between? Given the size of it, it should be able to carry well above a million passengers daily, maybe 2, isn't it? Hope the recent TOD I've heard about will drive the ridership up. It's a pity that the network isn't more utilized. The stations are grandiose! I've visited it only once a long time ago. Maybe add a few street running tram lines (the European way) to serve more granular stops from metro line branches and it could-would bring more riders to the system. Cause 500k feels like there's abundant untapped potential. Very interesting video anyway.
@dynasty00196 ай бұрын
The population within DC proper is only 670,000 compared to Paris's 2.1 million.
@user-mrfrog6 ай бұрын
Montréal's métro has a ridership close de a million per day (2023 numbers).
@KyrilPG6 ай бұрын
Yeah but DC might be "only" 700k, the agglomeration has more than 6 millions. (Paris 12M agglomeration, 15M greater metro area, and about 10M daily ridership metro and RER). You'd expect a ridership equivalent to at least 12, 15 or 20% of the agglo's population, given that DC Metro is quite developed and runs a bit in the suburbs outside DC proper. Maybe 500k is only post 2020 DC Metro ridership and it hasn't much recovered? Was it much higher in 2019? I was shocked recently by the low ridership on Chicago's L, it's as if most commuters abandoned it and disappeared. Though the lack of orbital line really doesn't help and neither does the service reductions. I've just checked : yup, it seems like DC Metro's ridership was nearly a million on workdays in the late 2010's, so around twice that of today, which gives about 15% of the agglo's population and is much more consistent with what would be expected for such a network and city. Maybe they've also reduced service too much, which doesn't really offer any incentives to go back to riding the metro, even to those that would like to ride it. WMATA better make it more attractive, as having barely over half the pre 2020 ridership will sooner rather than later become financially unsustainable, and it would be a pity to have a great network and poor service with poor ridership. Maybe review the bus and last mile connections, develop and facilitate park & ride, lower prices and suppress rush hour pricing? Anything to bring people back to the metro in droves and not in their cars. Even in Paris, the ridership is now different, with less consistent ridership between workdays due to remote working being higher on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and ridership much higher than before during weekend days. Has Montreal Metro bounced back to pre 2020 numbers? Or is there still a difference compared to 2019 ?
@user-mrfrog6 ай бұрын
@@KyrilPG If I am not mistaken, métro ridership in Montréal has recovered around 80% from prepandemic numbers. In 2023, Montréal was third in subway ridership in North America, after Mexico City and New York City.
@KyrilPG6 ай бұрын
@@user-mrfrog Oh cool that's pretty good, I hope it'll recover entirely, helped and fed by the REM and its connecting passengers ! When does the next REM branch open? And the airport branch? Here I can't wait to try the new GPE's Metropolis trains for a ride. As for the metro, the ridership in Paris has recovered way more than the RATP is capable of handling given the driver shortage (it's getting better). There are still some lines (with drivers) that aren't operating at their nominal service pattern, further diminishing comfort and worsening overcrowding. When ridership is at 105% but service only at 87 or 90%, it turns a basic metro ride into a burdensome game of human Tetris (with a touch of Twister). So much that the "pushers" (like in Tokyo) are back. Recently while riding M14, the line was so busy due to a shortage of driver on M13 and overflow passengers diverting on M14, that I wasn't able to get off the train where I wanted, missing my stop several times. And you can't argue with the automation, "HAL" is in control of the train and when it wants to leave, it leaves. 🤣 I've seen short stops in my life but that's becoming ridiculous, like 5 seconds on rush hour, only barely enough for people to unload without anyone else boarding. Anyway, we'll get 34 kilometers of new lines opening this spring, of which 30km are underground metro and RER, so it should bring more capacity and help bring some breathing room to the network, at least temporarily. My closest line (M11) will double in length, so I can't wait for the opening in the coming months. Ridership is expected to more than double on this line, thankfully they've replaced the old 4-car trains by brand new fancy 5-car ones with even more capacity per car and of course open gangway. (Plus additional trains). That's nearly a 30% capacity increase per train. Bonne soirée !
@jayfielding13336 ай бұрын
In a completely irrelevant opinion, it's such an elegant system but the stations seem really dark and devoid of colour. Some better lighting and some art would vastly help.
@ethanparker79006 ай бұрын
there is quite a bit of art around the system. If you go to stations like Southern Ave, Gallery Place Chinatown, West Hyattsville, New Carrollton or Silver Spring you'll see some interesting art work
@michael_r3 ай бұрын
The stations aren’t all that dark in person, imho. The indirect lighting is really nice.
@ethanparker79003 ай бұрын
@@michael_r Glenmont and the lower level of Metro Center are a bit dark
@jayfielding13333 ай бұрын
@@michael_r I did wonder if filming affected the reality.
@Lcngopher5 ай бұрын
3:37 never expected to see barbs from geography now
@BrightTripTravel5 ай бұрын
Barb's is the best!
@erik_griswold6 ай бұрын
Jumping the ADA faregate at 8:04
@wizard_pirate_90856 ай бұрын
Who the fuck gives a fuck.
@S-CB-SL-Animations6 ай бұрын
@@wizard_pirate_9085Nobody gives a shit about NOT jumping the fare gates. I am not one of these people who would jump the gates like almost everyone else, but no matter how many times you try to create more of those "unbreakable" fare gates, they're STILL going to do it regardless. Nobody cares. But I do.
@erik_griswold6 ай бұрын
Does the Baltimore Charm Card still work on Metro? Can I use my SmartTrip card in the Baltimore system still?
@wizard_pirate_90856 ай бұрын
I think it does
@blue9multimediagroup4 ай бұрын
She has a very nice voice for announcements, narration and voice-overs. And she looks like Rosario Dawson.
@SugeWhite5214 күн бұрын
DCA is called “Reagan” to natives
@rainyd42936 ай бұрын
Cat❤
@octaneblue66 ай бұрын
Are you from DC? Union Station is a 30 minute walk from the Mall at the fastest, not 15 minutes.
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
We must be fast walkers 😆
@octaneblue66 ай бұрын
To walk 1.5 miles in 15 minutes -- impossibly fast!@@BrightTripTravel
@blue9multimediagroup4 ай бұрын
It's definitely only about 15min depending on which way you walk
@crazyoncoffee3 ай бұрын
It’s sad to me that so few people know how to take a train that we need a detailed video telling people how. Realistically, all the info in this video could apply to most metro systems in the world, it’s not that dc specific
@TopBillinSportsАй бұрын
Not as sad as being a smug, arrogant, cornball. Some people have no reason to get on a metro system ever. And some people live places where there isn't a metro line. Stop thinking everyone in life is supposed to have your same experiences.
@metrotrujillo4 ай бұрын
only 400k people ride the metro? that number is tiny wow, that is why the traffic in dc is horrible
@BrightTripTravel4 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@vajayna_eklhabouh6 ай бұрын
So handsome...
@kevinpdx51416 ай бұрын
Aren’t you supposed to tell us not to eat on the Metro?
@BrightTripTravel6 ай бұрын
Don't eat on the metro!
@adayforgotten6 ай бұрын
How dare you insinuate the Vignelli map is the NYC subway map. It isn't. It's blasphemy.
@blue9multimediagroup4 ай бұрын
He helped create the map that led to the current map
@leonardbecca35156 ай бұрын
Could be better with 3 lines and it is too dangerous now.
@wizard_pirate_90856 ай бұрын
HUH?
@bryanfountain3 ай бұрын
If tell me something I don't know was a boring youtube video
@GBebov6 ай бұрын
Worst ticketing system in the whole world by far. Total nonsense. The lady who helped me said that they wanted to design something new and shiny and discussed this matter with New York and London/Paris and in the final "they did what they wanted because it's D.C." :D
@legitimatebusinessman55376 ай бұрын
This isn’t true at all (and it sounds like someone who really hasn’t used that many different transit systems). First of all, it’s nowhere near “the worst in the world” (I will argue that award goes to Montreal). Beyond that, it is functionally the same as virtually every other account value-based system out there. Really the one improvement that I would make is to make it an open payment system so a SmartTrip isn’t needed, but not that many agencies (in the US, anyway) have adopted that yet, so DC isn’t really that far behind. Besides that, the biggest weakness is that the machines are old, but they are (slowly) being upgraded/replaced.
@speedysteve91216 ай бұрын
Ugh! Metro is filled with insane, smelly dope fiends constantly asking for spare change. Just one large bad vibe.
@Mrcake01036 ай бұрын
Uh…no. You’ll encounter the same people you would encounter on the streets of any large city in the country. If you really want to rub elbows with lunatics, try taking the beltway during rush hour.
@TheRailwayDrone6 ай бұрын
DC metro is the worst. They constantly have to shut down or single-track different lines due to maintenance. Sometimes you're better off driving.
@S-CB-SL-Animations6 ай бұрын
Or most.
@blue9multimediagroup4 ай бұрын
That's everywhere that requires maintenance so it's not unique to WMATA
@TheRailwayDrone4 ай бұрын
@@blue9multimediagroup No. It is not. I've been around the world many times and they have better ways of doing maintenance than what we do here.