Posts Tagged ‘Metro’
Does riding Metro count as my exercise for the day?
‘The working escalator’ courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’ It’s no surprise that there’s a correlation between rates of people driving to work and higher rates of obesity, but GOOD has created a fun new graphic that shows it in an interesting way. This map of the US shows rates of walking, biking, and taking transit to work [...]
More »DHS Warns of Terror Threat to Metro
” courtesy of ‘erin m’ NBC4 reports that the DHS warned WMATA on Sunday of a potential terror threat to the Metro system. According to a DHS memo, an individual obtained a Turkish visa to come to the States and perpetrate a bombing on a Metro station. The memo stated that this information has “low [...]
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Hottest Day of the Year by Matt.Dunn Ah, DC, your perseverance never ceases to amaze me. Just when I start thinking that you’re a bunch of wimps, you go and do something to prove me wrong. It seems that no matter what gets thrown your way, you fight back. You’re fighters, not lovers, and on [...]
More »Would You Climb Up A Metro Escalator?
‘La luz al final’ courtesy of ‘ndutzan’ Here’s an interesting find I read from my co-worker Meggiepoo: a man climbing up the escalator partitions at the Bethesda Metro Station after a Caps game back in May 2009. The video was found and posted over at Unsuck DC Metro and makes me wonder if he was [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Stand to the Right!
‘Stand on the right?’ courtesy of ‘karthikkito’ It’s probably the number one gripe about tourists: they stand on both sides of the escalators on Metro, blocking the left side that is generally understood to be for walking. We Washingtonians understand that you stand to the right and walk on the left– there are even Facebook [...]
More »Metro’s got the Mondays
It’s been a fun (i.e. not fun) morning on Metro, with backups from multiple sick customers on Orange/Blue and Green/Yellow Lines at Rosslyn and L’Enfant Plaza, broken escalators at Dupont Circle, and the standard parade of nonworking air conditioners. Update: Oh, and a switch malfunction at Rosslyn. And a family stuck in the Cleveland Park [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: London Edition
‘All Aboard’courtesy of Samer Farha “Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” — Samuel Johnson I recently spent a week working in London, [...]
More »Foggy Bottom Escalator Backup
(Thanks to peroty for the mobile photo and heads-up) If you’re aiming to get into or out of Foggy Bottom Metro station on the Orange Line this morning, be warned that at the moment two escalators are closed, and the only open escalator is going up. This, and one broken platform escalator, make getting out [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: An Uphill Battle For WMATA One Year After Crash
‘Horton #23 (26/365)’ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Earlier Samer wrote about how his commute changed when he was able to drive to work, for me it has been a luxury I’ve enjoyed for most of my time here in the DC area. I called it a luxury because I had a parking [...]
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fare increase? by maria jpeg izaurralde With Metro’s new fare increase, you gotta do what you gotta do to make ends meet. Whether it’s getting a third job as oil rig repairman, as a mental coach for Stephen Strasburg, or as a medicinal marijuana distributor, it’s time for the tough to get going. I mean [...]
More »Metro to Spend Almost $1b on Giant Kawasaki Motorcycles!!
‘Motocross #11′ courtesy of ‘Vincent Luigi Molino’ Metro announced today that they have approved a contract worth $886m for Kawasaki! The money will go towards 428 giant, super duper fast motorcycles that can hold an enormous amount of people each. Of all of the ideas to improve the rail system, I think going with giant [...]
More »Orange Line Double Whammy
The Orange Line is abuzz with delays. A train has been offloaded for mechanical difficulties at East Falls Church, and another train at Ballston appears to have begun emitting smoke. This would happen right at the peak of rush hour just when hordes of hungover Washingtonians need to be at work for Seis de Mayo. [...]
More »Red Line Delays Due to Track Fire
An “arcing insulator” has caused a fire on the Red Line tracks (Shady Grove direction), outside Dupont Circle. At the same time, a track circuit issue is giving Metro problems at Farragut North. Single-tracking is currently in effect between Dupont and Van Ness. Expect major delays in both directions this afternoon. Official WMATA release here. [...]
More »Metro Looking to Dig More Into Riders’ Pockets
‘Metro Emergency Button’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Wondering what’s next up the track for WMATA riders? More fare hikes, for one. WTOP’s Adam Tuss gives a solid rundown of today’s WMATA Board of Directors/Finance, Oversight and Administration Commitee meeting to suggest budget guidance; topping the list is the apparent “resignation” that riders will [...]
More »Talkin’ Transit: Wishful Thinking
‘tunnel vision*’ courtesy of ‘mofo’ Metro has a new (interim) general manager, and what follows is my “welcome to DC, please fix Metro” letter. Some of it is needed work, but admittedly, some of my wishes are wishful thinking. Dear Mr. Sarles, Welcome to Washington. I hope the city and the mild weather we’ve been [...]
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