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Road Closures for Monday’s Memorial Day Parade

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Josh Bassett

From MPD:

“The Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Transportation would like to inform the public of street closures in conjunction with “2016 National Memorial Day Parade” that occurs on Monday, May 30, 2016.

The following street closures will be in effect on Monday, May 30, 2016 from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm:

§ 7th Street, NW/SW between Constitution Ave., NW and Independence Ave., SW

Parade Route

The following streets will be closed from 9:00am to 5:00pm (more…)

This Long Weekend’s Metro Track Work – Three stations will be closed this weekend

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Andrew Pasko-Reader

From WMATA:

“Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over Memorial Day weekend, May 27-30 with service adjustments on all six lines. Trains will operate as follows:

Three stations will be closed this weekend: Vienna, Dunn Loring and West Falls Church.
There will be no Orange Line trains this weekend. Silver Line service will operate between Wiehle-Reston East and New Carrollton.
Riders traveling to/from Orange Line stations must board a Silver Line train to make their trip.
Riders traveling to/from Blue/Silver stations between Largo Town Center and Benning Road must use only Blue Line trains.
Red Line trains will operate every 8-16 minutes.
Yellow and Green line trains operate every 12-15 minutes.
Silver and Blue Line trains operate every 20 minutes.

Memorial Day service information
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, Metrorail will open at 7 a.m. and close at midnight. Trains will operate on a Sunday schedule. Off-peak fares will be in effect all day, and parking will be free at all Metrorail parking facilities.”

Update: Rescued!! “The mewing was heartbreaking”

By Prince Of Petworth

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Update from WARL:

“With the help of @wmata, our Animal Control Officers saved 6-week-old Totten of rail tracks #wmata”

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Matt Calvert

“Dear PoPville,

I’m writing in the hopes that someone knows the (hopefully happy?) end to this story.

I was at Fort Totten this morning to catch the yellow line to the airport when several of us heard plaintive mews of distress from a little, fuzzy kitten hiding behind the third rail. Several folks tried in the stretches between trains to coax the kitten within reach to no avail. Someone notified the station manager and was apparently told there was nothing he could do because it was rush hour. Another metro employee came by soon after and was more sympathetic (I wish I had gotten a name or number). He was on the radio quickly and the next trains crawled through at a snails pace to give the kitten time to get out of the way. After one train passed, I saw the top of another cat’s ears poke up between the grates directly behind the third rail. I couldn’t see well enough to know whether or was another kitten or a mother cat, but I assume it was a kitten because my guess is the mother would have responded to the other kitten’s cries.

I had to leave to catch my plane, but I’m hoping someone knows if they were able to rescue the kittens! The mewing was heartbreaking.”

United House of Prayer Annual Memorial Day Parade is Saturday

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Lucas Keene

From MPD:

“The Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Transportation would like to inform the public of street closures in conjunction with the “United House of Prayer Annual Memorial Day Parade” on Saturday, May 28, 2016.

The parade will form and disband at United House of Prayer for All People located at 6th Street and M Street, Northwest (more…)

Rolling Thunder Rolls on Sunday

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Gerda De Corte

For this who wish to check it out or avoid it – heads up!

From MPD:

“On Sunday, May 29, 2016, the 2016 Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be several street closures that motorists should take into consideration:

Assembly Area

The rally area will be at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on the north and south parking lots, which will be open at 7:00 am.

The staging area will be in front of the Lincoln Memorial at Ohio and Independence Avenue, S.W.

Parade Route

The following roads will be closed from approximately 11:00 am to 3:00 pm:

Memorial Bridge
Constitution Avenue, NW from 23rd Street, NW to 3rd Street, NW
3rd Street, SW from Constitution Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue, SW
Maryland Avenue, SW from 3rd Street, SW to Independence Avenue, SW
Independence Avenue, SW from 3rd Street, SW to West Potomac Park, SW

The motorcycle ride will form in North Pentagon Parking Lot and will proceed over the following route: (more…)

Big Time Red Line Blues

By Prince Of Petworth

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By now you’ve felt the pain. All I want to say is you are not alone. You have my blessing to start drinking early today.

As of 9:00am:

“Red Line continues to single track btwn Grosvenor & Friendship Hts. No longer single tracking at Woodley. Expect 45-mins delays 9:00a #wmata”

Good News and Bad News for Dupont Metro Riders

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user James Jackson

Now that monsoon season is nearly over our temps are expected to get back to normal, we should hit 80 tomorrow, 85 on Wed. and 87 on Thurs. according to the Weather Channel…and Anthony Adragna reports: “Dupont Circle may be air-conditioned again by JULY!”

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This Weekend’s Metro Track Work

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Beau Finley

From WMATA:

“Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of May 21-22 with service adjustments on four of six lines. Trains will operate as follows:

Yellow and Green Line trains will operate at regular weekend intervals.
Free shuttle buses replace Orange Line trains between Stadium-Armory & Minnesota Ave on Saturday and Stadium-Armory & New Carrollton on Sunday. See below for details.
Free shuttle buses replace Blue line trains between Stadium-Armory and Capitol Heights.
Red Line trains will operate every 24 minutes.
Silver Line trains will operate every 12 minutes between Wiehle-Reston East and East Falls Church only.

Red Line
Trains every 24 minutes | 8:00 p.m. Friday until closing Sunday (more…)

Metro GM releases final ‘SafeTrack’ plan – First “Safety Surge” Starts June 4th

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown

From WMATA:

“Metro General Manager/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld today publicly released the final SafeTrack plan — a comprehensive maintenance effort that will accelerate three years worth of work into approximately one year. The plan significantly expands maintenance time on weekends, weeknights and midday hours and includes 15 “Safety Surges”–long-duration track outages for major projects in key parts of the system. The plan addresses Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) safety recommendations and deferred maintenance backlogs while restoring track infrastructure to good health.

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Following review and collaboration with FTA, as well as consideration of traffic mitigation and alternate travel options by the Department of Transportation (DOT) agencies in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, regional law enforcement, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and General Services Administration (GSA), the implementation of SafeTrack will commence immediately. (more…)

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