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OK, you may be getting sick and tired of DCist writing about transit. Please blame Jo Becker and Lyndsey Layton and their cohorts at the Post for bringing into the public record so much great information about the ailments of the region’s transit system — ailments we’ve been looking at in one way or another since DCist launched last summer.

Today, the Post’s in-depth series comes to a close with part four, which focuses on how the transit agency pumps “millions into programs that have little to do with transporting passengers.” The series has dominated transit discussions across the region for the past few days and WMATA and its chief, Richard White, have most definitely taken a public relations hit after starting to rebuild public confidence in their abilities since last year’s troubles on the rails. Like we’ve said before, we don’t envy White’s job. And we’re happy that for the vast majority of our commutes, metrorail and metrobus get us where we need to be when we need to be there (give or take a few minutes here or there). But the Post has raised many serious questions about the management and oversight of the transit system, one that is so critical to the operation of our city and the federal government.

The Post has thrown out a lot of numbers, stats and other information at us the past few days. To DCist, the problems raised in the series were instantly made tangible by yesterday’s commute to work.