Those badly parked cars hit by the Streetcar this weekend was, sadly, not an aberration. Thanks to Dani Paulson for sending. It was filmed about 8pm Sunday and it was the second car towed in 30 minutes. It was filmed from Copycat Co at 12th and H NE.
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And on the metro front – a reader sends from Navy Yard just after 5:15pm:
“I had to double check I wasn’t on the red line.”
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Image via MPD
From @DCPoliceDept:
“Emergency Water main break repair NB on N. Capitol St NE at Quincy Pl./Delays begin at K St NE.”
Update: @wolfpackwx tweets us the photo above:
“Here is why H St. NW is closed right now. Looks pretty bad. Newspaper bins scattered with signs down too @PoPville”
@dcfireems tweets:
“Pedestrian Struck – 400blk of H St. NW – 3 Pts. 1 Critical & 2 Serious/Non-life threatening injuries transported to hospital. #dctraffic”
Also heads up in Chinatown – many Street Closures:
“Accident w/injuries at 400 Mass Ave NW MPD & FEMS on scene Street Closures are: 400 – 500 blk. of H St 800 blk. of 4th St Cont.
* 4th St at H St – Both ways Seek an alternate route(s).
Accident Activity Update at 400 blk. of Massachusetts Ave NW Major crash on scene. ROP responding to assist. Metro bus notified.”
“Dear PoPville,
The west (northbound) entrance to the Georgia Ave Metro station has been closed for over a week now. No sign, no explanation. I wrote to them last week asking what was up but of course never received so much as an acknowledgement (they at least used to send a confirmation that they got your message). This morning around 8 a few workers were standing around shooting the breeze with a couple of cops.
Looking at this in the context of your reader’s report on this morning’s Red line mess that WMATA didn’t bother to explain to customers and a similar situation last week, an unfortunate pattern seems to be emerging where Metro is showing even less accountability to and respect for its customers than it did before. Who’s in charge over there?”
In a rant/revel last week a reader found this update from WMATA:
@meagansham 29m29 tweets us that insane photo above:
“Absolutely absurd riding conditions on @wmata red line at Union Station this morning @PoPville. No mention of delays.”
Photo by PoPville reader SWDC
Earlier Saturday night we heard about the poor parking job/streetcar collision. Turns out that was just the tip of the iceberg. @WillCThomas tweeted us the photo above:
“@PoPville powered down streetcar, a few cops, and some disabled cars at H & 12th NE. Any idea what’s going on?”
@alanhenney tweeted:
“**D.C. STREET CAR ON FIRE** 13th and H Sts NE. This is electrical on top. Conductor unable to exit thru door, using window. TOI: 11:45 p.m”
@DCHarvest tweeted another photo of a different collision:
“Uh oh! 5th & H. Rough day for streetcar.”
In an either laugh or cry situation might as well laugh – @HeidiObermeyer tweeted us the photo below:
“Street car caught fire near h & 12- @queenvicdc plays ring of fire by Johnny cash.”
@lizzysabs tweets us the photo above:
“DC #streetcar hit a car parked relatively far from the curb on snowy H St.”
Maureen_McCarty tweets us the photo below:
“Car parked at least a foot from curb results in streetcar disaster on H”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Pablo Raw
From WMATA:
“Reconstruction of the Metrorail system will continue over the weekend of February 20-22 with service adjustments on all six rail lines.
This weekend, Orange, Silver, Blue, Yellow and Green line trains will operate every 16 minutes. Red Line trains will run every 10-20 minutes. Bethesda station will be closed (more).”
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@kimberlymconrad tweets us the photo above around 8:45am:
“Lights out at L’Enfant Plaza”
Around 8am @iamkatesmash tweeted us:
“@PoPville power outage at l’enfant plaza station, turnstiles and escalators not working”
@edwinb_dc telling it like it is at 9:15am:
“Well L’Enfant is fucked. 9th street exit is closed. Power outage. #dcmetro @PoPville”
