Measure twice, cut once

The DC Metro has provided us with a great example of how not to do an engineering project. According to this Washington Post article, Metro spent half a million dollars renovating a bus terminal at the Friendship Heights station. Unfortunately, Metro did not take into consideration the fact that its newer buses are taller than the old ones. As a result, the new bus terminal is mostly unusable. Now Metro is looking at ways to walk away from its half-miliion dollar investment.