Off with a bang!

So today started off pretty well from a commuting standpoint. I did not find myself rushing out the door at the last minute as in most days, traffic was light on the way to the station and the rapid even came on time!! 3/4 of the way into the trip however our train had slowed to snails pace. Upon reaching the next STOP, well, stop is exactly what we did. After sitting idle for a handful of minutes on the tracks, the driver announced we would be held up just a few minutes due to traffic up ahead. Traffic, on the rapid? Isn't that the point most of us ride the rapid? To avoid traffic? As we resumed our snails pace, the driver modified her announcement, we'll be moving slowly due to a malfunctioning train up ahead. AGAIN!?! This malfunctioning business has been going on for about 3 weeks now. Considering the Cleveland Regional Transit Authority has huge posters in the windows of its headquarters claiming to be the country's number 1 public transit, one would assume that they'd have this malfunctioning crap under wraps by now. Maybe not. So today I can't decide if it's worse to be held up because your train has malfunctioned, or if it's worse to be held up because the train in front of you has malfunctioned. I bet this doesn't happen in Rome!