Posts tagged Elevators
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Want a lift? How about three? Metro’s elevators leave some riders behind
Metro has elevators in all 98 of its stations, which is a huge win for mobility justice that sets the system apart from its peers. There’s a “but,” though: some of the most crucial stations are still very hard to navigate by wheelchair, and when elevators go out, wheelchair users are left without options. Keep reading…
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Metro was almost built without elevators. Here’s how we avoided that mistake.
Accommodations for passengers in wheelchairs were not the norm when Metrorail was first planned, but the system has — and always has had— elevators in all of its stations. This is the story of how that came to be. Keep reading…
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10 things I learned carting a stroller on transit for two years
I became a father in 2016. Shortly thereafter, thanks to the magic of a baby stroller, I began to navigate and experience transit differently. Here are 10 things I learned from that experience, Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make taxicabs great again
Overhaul of the taxicab overhaul; Apartments are shrinking; New proposal for paid leave; Adjacent states worlds apart in business; TOPA-turvy in Chinatown; Elevator downer; The cool down begins; Peds on the Seine; London’s housing solution. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: White is the new Orange
The votes are in; Libby Garvey in Arlington; Mobile app makes party changes; Building stays industrial near Metro; Medical Center access is expensive; Putting the brakes on dirt bikes; Revote for Local 689?; Tough day for travel; Get outta town. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Avoiding meltdowns, nuclear and commuter
Security summit traffic; Exelon deal or no deal; Trail-oriented is the new black; At the Monument, take the stairs; Lap of non-luxury; Fake grass, real problems; The struggle (to pay rent) is real; A boom with a view; Ever-expanding highways; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Priority and population
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These Metro stations have backup elevators
If you’ve ever needed an elevator to get in or out of a Metro station but the one at the station you were using wasn’t working, you probably had to ride a shuttle to or from the next-closest station with a working one. Some stations, however, have redundant elevators, meaning there is more than one elevator for every possible trip, including every platform and mezzanine,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: HOT stuff
HOT Lanes open on I-95; Virginia studying I-66 HOT lanes; When to hold the primary?; Hogan still wants to spend less; Learning about gentrification and its effects; Why CaBi’s better than CiBi; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro railcar plays double duty as pedestrian bridge at National Airport
There’s good news and bad news at the National Airport Metro station. The bad news is an elevator is out of service, leaving one of the train platforms without elevator access. The good news is WMATA came up with a delightfully clever solution: Park a Metro railcar on the extra track between the two platforms, and use it as a pedestrian bridge to access the platform with the working… Keep reading…