Metro&#x27;s problem is gross and chronic mismanagement.  Not a single fatality or injury on Metro has been attributed to lack of money.  So they do not need more money or legislation to make it easier for them to acquire anything.  A common bogeyman among Metro apologists is &quot;lack of dedicated funding,&quot; even though no one has shown any link between this lack of dedicated funding and any of the problems Metro is facing.<p>The airlines are an excellent example of how regulation and safety consciousness can succeed in creating an extremely safe means of transportation.  Causes of mishaps are tracked down and fixed.  Meanwhile Metro kills people due to gross mismanagement.<p>I do not think &quot;more people die driving&quot; is an excuse for gross mismanagement in a government agency.