Posts tagged Metro Shutdown
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Metro Reasons: Where did the Yellow and Green lines’ eight-car trains go?
The number of eight-car trains on the Yellow and Green lines has fallen in recent months, according to data from Metro analyzed by MetroHero. Both lines are budgeted for 100% eight-car trains, according to the agency’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, but have been below that since the start of the Platform Improvement Project shutdown. Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: 16 days of severe service cuts on the Orange, Silver, Blue lines start Saturday
Metro is one week away from reducing service on the Orange, Silver, and Blue lines by up to 80% for two weeks, beginning August 11 and ending on the 26th. Riders will want to figure out now how they will get around the trackwork before it starts up next week. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
WMATA management shakeup; SafeTrack’s low-income impact; SafeTrack prep; Mixed-use for Herndon; Changes for Bethesda, too; Hotel supply and demand; More real estate sticker shock; Language shift is no accident; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The living isn’t cheap
Six figures for two bedrooms; Watch the boom; Strip mall tease; Filling the Metro gap; Arlington by the numbers; Another avoidable death; False car alarm; Death by TSA; And…. Keep reading…
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How can we help people get around during SafeTrack?
Metro’s SafeTrack plan (plus any FTA-mandated changes) will mean weeks with no service, or month-long single-tracking, on big sections of the rail system. Our region will need to help people get around in other ways that avoid crippling traffic. How do we do that? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Be safe or shut down
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Breakfast links: The long road to safety
“Tough medicine”; Another safety lapse; Left behind in Loudoun; McLean’s density dispute; DC’s new constitution?; Seattle’s fight for growth; Swing set drama; How the shelters look; And…. Keep reading…
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Metro’s shutdown plan deserves our support. Now local governments must step up.
It’s sad that Metro has gotten so decrepit that months-long shutdowns and single-tracking are necessary. But they are. And kudos to Metro for admitting this and coming up with a detailed plan to fix it. Keep reading…
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Fifteen big shutdowns, and many smaller ones, will get Metro repairs on track
The plan is finally here. Metro is launching a plan it calls “SafeTrack” to replace significant portions of the system’s rails, fix numerous safety problems, and bring the system closer to a state of good repair. Riders will face weeks-long periods of single-tracking and station shutdowns for the next year. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pulling out the stops
A massive maintenance plan; Shaw says yes to housing; A new branch for the MBT; Art pops up in DC; NPS paves the way; New housing for Chinatown; Hot in here. Keep reading…