Archive for the ‘WMATA’ Category
Dupont Metro South Entrance Closing until November
dupont circlecourtesy of dracisk
If you use the South Entrance of the Dupont Circle Metro Station, well, I hope you like walking. You’ll be doing more of it, soon. Starting Wednesday, the South Entrance will be closed for 9 months while WMATA replaces the 185-foot spans that rise 85 feet to street level. The company [...]
Cracked rails on Red and Blue line snarl commute, threaten evening
YIP 228 – Things you don’t want to see in the Metrocourtesy of (afm)
Cracked rails on the Red and Blue line this morning in commute-heavy portions of the above-ground part of the rail system have snarled morning commutes. The breaks, near the Pentagon and near Takoma, were caused by the rapid cooling of the [...]
Your Metro Benefits Are (Probably) Going Down
(006/365)courtesy of kimberlyfaye
If your company participates in Metro’s SmartBenefits program, Congress has likely given you an unexpected pay cut. Those who participate in the program get pre-tax dollars put on their SmarTrip card each month, up to a maximum allowable limit that has been up to this point $230/month. Because Congress did not extend [...]
Metro’s Music Man
Photo Credit: Maryanne Drury
The same love felt in Billy Strayhorn’s ode to the of the rails of New York City in the jazz standard “Take the ‘A’ Train” is still alive and well today a few hundred miles south here in Washington. While the Duke Ellington orchestra is no longer around to send their musical [...]
Mastering Metrobus, or, S.T.R.E.A.M. (SmarTrip Rules Everything Around Me)
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courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’
I’ve been participating in the Zipcar Low Car Diet challenge this month, and something that I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten more transit-dependent is that a lot of intelligent, resourceful people are completely confounded by any bus that’s not the Circulator. If their destination is not close to a Metrorail [...]
Metro shows off new 7000-series cars
Rendering released by Metro
2013 doesn’t feel all that far off, and for those of us who were born in the 1970s, it certainly sounds an awful lot like we’re living in the future. The new 7000-series cars that Metro released concept drawings for today will debut in 2013. WMATA ordered 364 of the cars to [...]
Why Google Transit matters
Visiting Seattle this past weekend, I found myself jealous of the Emerald City, and not just for their fine food and coffee options, or for the warm weather and gentle rain. No, what I found most amazing about Seattle was the wealth of transit options I had in the palm of my hand through Google [...]
More »Metro set to “realign” Blue/Yellow lines, confuse riders
‘125/365-2 Courthouse tunnel’
courtesy of ‘eschweik’
Today, Metro announced plans to “realign” service on the Blue and Yellow lines (actually on the Orange line too, but we’ll get to that) as a way to relieve some of the pressure of people transferring between the Blue and Orange lines at Rosslyn, prepare for the Dulles Metro extension, and [...]
Metro Announces March Work Weekend on Orange/Blue Lines, 5 stations closed
Fresh off a 3-day closure of two stations in the heart of the city, WMATA announced this morning that they’ll be closing five stations at the end of the Orange Line, as well as splitting the Blue Line, to perform NTSB-mandated maintenance over the weekend of March 4th through 6th.
The Orange Line will not operate between [...]
Metro to close Federal Triangle, Smithsonian metro stations for President’s Day weekend
‘29 Jan 2011 – No 064: Me This Week’courtesy of ‘B Jones Jr’
Another Federal Holiday weekend, another set of closed stations on a day that not everyone gets off. Metro announced this afternoon that they will be closing Federal Triangle and Smithsonian for the weekend to comply with NTSB recommendations and make safety and reliability [...]
Sarles named Metro GM/CEO
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courtesy of ‘erin m’
Richard Sarles, who has been the Interim General Manager of Metro since the departure of John Catoe, was officially named the permanent General Manager today by Metro’s board this afternoon. He was also given the title Chief Executive Officer, signaling the board’s desire for a shift in role for Metro’s chief.
In speaking [...]
WMATA responds to 23 Dec incident
‘Steppin’ Out, WMATA Style’courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Metro has released a statement regarding the incident first reported on Unsuck DC Metro that has horrified many: six armed men reportedly boarded an Orange Line train on December 23rd, and allegedly robbed and beat passengers aboard that train, and according to some accounts, the Metro operator did not [...]
Weekend Metro Work to split Blue & Orange lines, close Foggy Bottom
‘Metro Fail’courtesy of ‘Karon’
Get ready for an ugly weekend of transportation. Starting at 10pm on Friday night, Metro will stop all Blue and Orange trains at Rosslyn and Farragut West and turn them around, meaning the only line across the Potomac this weekend is the Yellow line. Hanging at Metro Center and going to Court [...]
A difficult morning on Capitol Hill
‘good morning’
courtesy of ‘volcanojw’
If you can avoid Capitol Hill for the next few hours, you probably should.
A woman was found dead inside a burning car on the 800 block of A Street SE in the 5:00 hour this morning. The car was fully engulfed when DC Fire & EMS arrived, and it was only after [...]
Pressed into service as a Metrobus navigator
‘taking the bus’
courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
Or, One More Thing an iPad is Good For
There I was, waiting at the bus stop after work, staring at my phone while waiting for Nextbus to load. Nextbus said the H1 bus would arrive in 2 minutes, though the H1 tends to run on Inception time, so I figured that [...]
WMATA to start searching (some) bags at (some) stations
‘Barbcue!’
courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’
In response to recent threats to the system, WMATA has decided that the negative press that the TSA is getting is the sort of thing that they would like to have also, and today announced enhanced searching of individuals, including bag searches at random stations. One small problem with [...]
Blinking ornament in bomb-proof trashcan causes 90 minute fustercluck at Pentagon
‘Christmas 2008 – My Tree – 12-21-08′courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’
I understand being cautious in a world where new plots to assault Metro riders are announced daily (and that’s just by WMATA! *badum ching*) that you have to be cautious in a situation where you figure out that you might well have something a bit hazardous on [...]
The Show Goes On For #MetroCarols Despite Social Media Fallout
Here’s the end to our #MetroCarol story, but before we get to that- a snapshot of what happened.
I was delighted to get a Facebook Invite to an interesting event: a flash mob on the DC Metro. Jason McCool, an actor and music professor, and Melanie Spring, founder of web marketing firm Sisarina, wanted to organize [...]
