Site Revamp

Just a quick note that the site is currently undergoing a major overhaul of both the front and back ends, to improve its performance and usability.  Whilst we’re working on it, some features may change, but the site itself will stay up, allowing visitors to continue to read as we gear up for WMATA‘s 2012 budget discussions, as well as other local accessible transit topics.

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January 26th, 2012 | Category: Asides | Leave a comment

A response to an Examiner.com article

One of the difficulties facing the MetroAccess ridership is a lack of understanding on the part of a large proportion of the public of how MetroAccess actually works.  It’s worse when bad information is published, such as an article we noticed today posted on Examiner.com.

We’d like to take this opportunity to try and clear up some of the articles mistakes.

Established to help physically-challenged persons with transportation in sections of DC and some suburban areas of both MD and VA

Not exactly.  Read more... (1272 words, estimated 5:05 mins reading time)

April 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Asides | Leave a comment

ATU Local 689 Isn’t Helping Either

Washington Examiner: Metro racks up $1M in legal fees so far in union wage dispute

This is one of the biggest issues I’ve had with WMATA‘s claims of being in the middle of a budget crisis.

It’s not that they’re spending $1 million to date trying to get the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 to reduce its pay raise and benefits a little for the next four years.  Read more... (238 words and 1 image, estimated 57 secs reading time)

April 7th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Asides | One comment

Maryland Isn’t Helping

Washington Post: Md. budget puts D.C. area Metro funding in doubt

Easy solution – Metro turns right around when it reaches the Maryland border … I wonder how much that would save??

(Thanks to Unsuck DC Metro for the linkage)

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April 7th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Asides | Leave a comment

RSS WMATA Metrorail Outages

  • Red Line February 4, 2012 3:52 am
    Disruption at New York Ave. Red Line: Trains are single tracking btwn New York Ave & Rhode Island Ave due to scheduled track work. Expect delays in both directions. […]
  • Red Line February 4, 2012 3:25 am
    Disruption at Friendship Hghts. Red Line: Trains are single tracking btwn Friendship Heights & Van Ness due to scheduled track work. Expect delays in both directions. […]
  • Blue Line February 4, 2012 3:04 am
    Disruption at Foggy Bottom. Blue Line: Buses replace trains btwn Pentagon and Foggy Bottom stations until Sunday's closing. Bus service is provided. […]
  • Orange Line February 4, 2012 3:03 am
    Disruption at Foggy Bottom. Orange Line: Buses replace trains btwn Court House and Foggy Bottom stations until Sunday's closing. Bus service is provided. […]
  • Blue-Orange Lines February 4, 2012 3:02 am
    Disruption at Rosslyn. Orange/Blue Line: Rosslyn & Arlington Cemetery stations are closed for track work until Sunday's closing. Bus service is provided. […]

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