WMATA and MBTA late-night closures

[randomness]

Because our cities think bar and restaurant workers should take ride-sharing services, Washington DC joins Boston in ending late-night weekend service.

Unlike other nearby cities whose transit authorities provide overnight bus services when their rail transit stops, there are no replacement buses for this closure.

(Don't even talk to me about New York. They're clearly out of our league.)

Comments

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

Oh, OK. Missed the "nearby" constraint. Sorry.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

No problem! (and no apologies needed.)

There are a few systems that run all night. Quartz did a piece on London's tube service extension that talked about them:

All night service of any type is a rarity on the metropolitan subway systems of the world. New York City’s MTA is joined by Copenhagen’s driverless all-night Metro in offering true all-night, underground train service, while Berlin’s U-bahn (Underground train) replaces its trains with buses for overnight service. Most major metropolitan transit systems, including those in Singapore, Boston, Tapei, Tokyo, Seoul, and Washington, D.C. shut down from 11:30pm-12am until 5am-6am.

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Correction: Vienna also offers late night subway service. Our original criteria were that each system be primarily underground and that the late service option offer access to the majority of major subway routes. An expanded definition would include even more systems, like Chicago, Barcelona, and Stockholm.