Apparently it was full of squatters and the situation was becoming a health hazard.

Throwing away working busses early in their life cycle to switch to electric is kinda the opposite of green. Use what we have till the wheels fall off and transition at the normal end of their life cycle. Which is exactly what it sounds like they're doing.

Same goes with cars. The lowest carbon footprint vehicle is a 1997 prius or camry, not a shiny new Tesla. Use existing vehicles until they die, but stop producing so many new ICE cars and slowly phase them out with natural life cycle.

Not to mention, until we figure out how to make high power, high capacity batteries without the use of Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, and other very very dirty to mine metals, EVs aren't all that green anyways. They also do significantly more damage to roads due to weight, causing them to have to be repaved more often. Another environmental downside.

The electrification of transportation is inevitable, but I'm not sold that throwing away working hardware for super heavy battery busses is the answer. Honestly a lot of MetroBus routes would be well suited to become Trolleybuses with overhead lines. All the benefits of EV, without the weight and heavy metal mining, but you have to install wire infra.

I’m taking a leap and guessing that the camera they use would make the monument blurred if they set the focus on the flowers. Plus the composition works well with the monument as the focus. I think a different composition would be required for it to work with the blossoms as the focus and have the monument as a background element.

It’s a fact it was worse in the late 80s early 90s. These days they’re shooting not hitting shit. Back then they were more methodical about what they were doing. You probably weren’t here back then to even know.

OP. You are a pretty good photographer. I would encourage you next time to get one where the flowers are more in focus.

Lol. Sure.

I like the burbs.

You mean no one has snuck into this hotel in the past to check out the rooms? The door facing the river was always propped open.

• Half of WMATA’s fleet will be zero emission in 10 years and five of its nine garages will support zero-emission vehicles by 2031.

• WMATA anticipates the lifecycle costs of transitioning to a fully zero-emission fleet through Fiscal Year 2055 to be $7.37 billion, which is $2.3 billion above what anticipated lifecycle costs of its internal combustion engine fleet would be through the same period.

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This is gorgeous.

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We're not arguing. We're having a discussion. Career advice subreddits don't have the benefit of locally-based knowledge and experience that the local subs (such as this one) offer. Consultant contract rate information from Houston, San Diego, Myrtle Beach, Hiawasee, etc. isn't going to be relevant here. That's why people turn to the local subs, for the local experience and knowledge. The fact that you provided solid information on the topic, through the local lens, supports this approach.

You're a good human being, take it easy on yourself (and others).

As somebody else who's been here for 11 years, can confirm, your soul is confiscated at 8.5 years. Am now bot.

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ThIs Is Dc’S cUlTuRe MoVe To ThE bUrBs If YoU cAn’T HaNdLe It!!?!

Meanwhile, MLK just looks mad about it all.

Ours jumped quite a bit, but it’s still lower than a lot of the comparable houses around us so I decided to let it go.

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That’s why I hangout in NoVA these days

You are assuming only early career folks would ask a question like this. I'm not.

There are many other reasons that someone would ask this question and would ask it here rather than google. Senior professionals change portfolios/jobs/sectors, senior professionals unfamiliar with going contract rates might want to confirm information before accepting a bid or finalizing their own proposal, SES moving out of the gov't, human resources at smaller companies/organizations might gather local rate information if their budget doesn't allow for a benchmark study, senior professionals having worked entirely in one sector and moving to consulting might not have rate info, or have moved cities and want local rate info ...the list goes on and on. Your assumption that anyone asking questions must be early career is a concerning indicator of senior staff you've been exposed to. Senior professionals don't know everything about everything and asking questions is not a sign of unintelligence, weakness, seniority, etc. We should all value questions and questioners, because the alternative is a bunch of uninformed people making decisions on who-knows-what!

The whole point of local subreddits is to build community and to lean on the shared experience and knowledge of that community. If a certain topic makes you "want to blow my brains out," please don't respond. I imagine that's a horrible way to feel and you shouldn't subject yourself to it - scroll by. I hope you don't blow your brains out, that would be a loss for our community.

Please just post this in all caps every day.

Mine (Shaw) increased 17% despite private companies estimating the value went down by 5%.

That and maybe the fact that WMATA has multi-jurisdictional funding sources where the two states don't cover their fair share?