Washington D.C - The Capital Transportation Wasteland

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I moved down here (Arlington to be Specific) in '010 from New York City. I have a car and I also bike and use the metro system.
The question I have is simple..
How is possible that the drivers, traffic and public transit here are so absolutely god dam fucking terrible?

I thought nothing can beat NYC in traffic woes but then I realize how wrong I was, I can't imagine people having to commute to the Suburbs out in NoVa taking 2hrs to go 20 miles deal with that. On top of that the drivers particularly Maryland residents are pants on head retarded and tend to fit either the class of "refugees/immigrants", Clueless, new to the city and permanently oblivious and the aggressive "i'm a very important government worker and I CANNOT BE LATE!" Types. In the time I've lived here I've been rear ended twice both times I was fully stopped in traffic or at an intersection.

I like the fact there's a huge system of bike paths you can take almost anywhere in the area and that's a huge bonus. However once you get onto the open road drivers particularly Maryland drivers tend to go into autistic fits when they see a cyclist and/or swerve into the other side of the road even if you're practically riding on the fucking curb.

Las but not least the metro here is fucked and honestly run by welfare leeches and is wrangled over and neglected by three different jurisdictions (VA, MD and D.C). There was a months long "Safe Track" maintenance program which at any given time shut down half the system for weeks. The fares are expensive and distance based almost to the point where it's cheaper to drive even on a toll road and not take the train. It used to be a super clean, model system for the capital but obviously those days are over.
People who live here, how do you deal with it and know full well that it's not going to get any better?