Ghost Trains & Flaming Escalators: How WMATA Became the Planet’s Favorite Infrastructure Horror Show
Washington Metro: The World Watches While America’s Subway Becomes a Global Cautionary Tale by Ignacio “Nacho” Valdez, International Correspondent-at-Large Rome has the Colosseum, Paris has the Louvre, and Washington, D.C. has WMATA: a living exhibit where commuters shuffle past melted cables, gaping platform pits, and the occasional flaming escalator—all while the planet takes notes. In…