“Dear PoPville,

Is WMATA using Chat GPT to respond back to customer complaints about “Better Bus” issues? I thought maybe these were genuine responses but then my friend pointed out they were likely just Chat GPT and WMATA was actually not responding to me (the machine was :/). Two response examples attached. I hope I didn’t fall for AI… (more…)



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“Dear PoPville,

Feeling grateful for my dc neighbors! Today (Wed.) I lost my left airpod after getting whacked by the train door at Pentagon City trying to make it onto the metro 😭 I checked with the station manager at l’enfant when making my transfer and someone had turned it in! Whoever you are, if you’re reading this, you rock and I hope you have an awesome day! I got it back!


“Dear PoPville,

It’s bad enough we are all in 5 days a week, but now our commute times have increased drastically. Below is what I sent to WMATA. Anyone else impacted is encouraged to reuse the content to advocate for more efficient shuttle services!

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I am writing to express my profound dissatisfaction and concern regarding the current shuttle bus plan for the Green Line shutdown, which is scheduled from August 2nd to August 31st. As a federal employee who relies on the Green Line to commute to the Suitland Federal Center, the designated shuttle service is inadequate and has created a significant and unnecessary hardship for hundreds, if not thousands, of employees. (more…)



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Should you have a memorable metro ride, train or bus, please shoot me an email at [email protected] thanks!

“Dear PoPville,

I was waiting at Metro center at like 10:30pm last Thursday night for the Orange Line train and a guy said something to me. He got right up in my face when I didn’t reply so I finally took out one of my earbuds and said “what?!” He said “You have a spider on your back!!” It was a weird vibe and (more…)



photo by Jordan Barab

Should you have a memorable metro ride, train or bus, please shoot me an email at [email protected] thanks!

“Dear PoPville,

In today’s Metro ride news…

A guy got on at a stop at the very last minute…slid into the car sideways and everything. I actually looked at him and smiled in admiration at his skill/luck, though he didn’t notice.

So then he (more…)


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