I don't see traffic fines as a substitute for a commuter tax.

I don't see any possible excuse for any driver anywhere to endanger people.

Over the decades, you got various companies involved in making escalators and you've got Metro varying between internal repair crews and contractors. They're dealing with old equipment, which of course is prone to break down, and the repair crews don't even know what's busted or who made the busted parts till they tear the things open. Then sometimes they have to go back to the shop and manufacture parts, because the original maker has gone out of business.

If the Metro general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, says those extra hours for maintenance are necessary to help fix the system and make it safer, then that gets top priority.

Drivers tend to look for other drivers, rather than for pedestrians or cyclists.

The cars themselves are getting smarter and will be increasingly able to assist drivers - to the point where the cars will be completely automated.

SafeTrack - I keep saying this - is not going to fix Metro. It's a speeded up track work program, compressing three years of already planned work on the track bed into about a year.