Here’s a two-parter. The board of the Washington, D.C. Metro has apparently made a big blunder — it’s shrunk the trains on weeknights after 10 p.m., forcing people to crowd into cars and even miss trains due to lack of space (and then wait 15-20 minutes for the next train). Not a good idea for a region that’s trying to promote itself as a thriving center of metropolitan nightlife. But fortunately, after lots of complaints, the board is rethinking its decision. As of last week, Metro workers were going to monitor trains to see if people were being left behind on platforms. “If it requires us to keep all or part of the system at four-car trains instead of breaking them down [into two-car trains], that’s what we’ll have to do,” according to Metro Chief Executive Richard A. White.

I don’t live in D.C., of course, but I’m curious as to how this turns out.