Transit

“Red Line service will be unavailable at Farragut North, Metro Center, and Gallery Place stations with free shuttle buses replacing trains from December 18 through Saturday, December 30”

By Prince Of Petworth

From WMATA:

“On Monday, December 18, Metro will begin a two-week construction project on the Red Line to perform critical safety repairs to the tunnel and track infrastructure, upgrade signal and communications systems, and install new platform edge lights.

During construction, Red Line service will be unavailable at Farragut North, Metro Center, and Gallery Place stations with free shuttle buses replacing trains from December 18 through Saturday, December 30. While the Red Line is closed, service will continue to be available on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines on the lower level at Metro Center and Green and Yellow line service on the lower level at Gallery Place.

In addition, Judiciary Square Station will be closed from Friday, December 22, through Sunday, December 24.

To complete this work as safely and efficiently as possible, both tracks must be taken out of service. (more…)

“More rail service coming to Metro beginning Monday”

By Prince Of Petworth

From WMATA:

“More frequent service is coming to Metro beginning Monday, September 11, when the transit agency will roll out its eleventh service increase since last summer.

While ridership continues to grow, it remains below pre-pandemic levels, therefore Metro will monitor ridership trends and continue to assess the need for any future service adjustments based on ridership demand.

With ridership trending higher during the morning and evening commuting hours, Metro will boost peak service on the Red, Blue, Silver, Green, and Yellow lines to meet demand and ridership growth as more customers return to the office and other activities. Trains on those lines will run more frequently from approximately 7 a.m. – 9 a.m., and from approximately 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Exact times of peak service will vary by station.

Orange Line trains will continue operating every 10 minutes all-day, seven days a week, and every 15 minutes after 9:30 p.m.

Metro is now running more train service than at any time in its 47-year history. (more…)

“Extreme and unprovoked anger toward cyclists”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Sharing a scary interaction with a driver that apparently has a lot of anger towards cyclists. Curious if anyone else has had this experience. I was on my bike around 545am when the driver became very hostile toward me. Without any interaction or prompting, he starts screaming at the top of his lungs from inside the car “F*** YOU” repeatedly. This is my second encounter with the same driver. (more…)

In other creative modes of transport

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Deborah for sending:

“Necessity = Invention, Scooter Version

I spotted this scooter configuration downtown today carrying two boards and two people…genius. Couldn’t pay me to try it, though.”

“New [self-driving] robotaxi spotted in Park View”

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Katie for sending yesterday: “Spotted this driving around in Park View twice this morning. Apparently they are testing in DC.”

Cruise tweeted: “We’re thrilled to begin our manual data collection in both Seattle and Washington, D.C. this week.”

Techcrunch reported:

“Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, said Monday (more…)

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