Metro light rail, this is hard for me to write.

I like you. I really do. I enjoy your crisp air conditioning, your clangy bells, the way you zip through that University-Stadium intersection like you own it.

I just don’t want to take you to work anymore, because I am a Wuss.

You are running one-car trains all summer to save money. You’ve got the taxpayer’s back. I respect that. Still, I don’t want to stand nostril-to-armpit with my fellow sweaty passengers when it’s 118 outside. Paying more for trains that run less frequently.

I don’t blame your business decision; it’s necessary. It’s proper. You’re keeping the train affordable for those who need it to be.

It’s just that at the end of the day, Tokyo Subway conditions are really taxing in the heat. Sorry. See you this fall?