Readers Josh and John dressed up as the Metro system and the Silver Line for Halloween. They say that the costume was a huge hit, with almost every person they passed along U Street wanting to stop and get a picture. A Metro transit police officer also took a picture, and a train operator gave them a thumbs up.

Left: John (left) and Josh (right). Right: Josh’s concept sketch for the costume.

Josh labeled each station with a common frustration at that station, such as “Blocked by Caps fans” at Gallery Place to “Single tracking” at several more outlying stations.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.