Updated: 04/09/2010 @ 18:38
[Reposted from Metro ADA eNews] DCPTI comments at the end
Mt. Vernon Square Station will be closed from 9 p.m., Sunday, April 11 through Tuesday, April 13; Metrobus, MetroAccess riders expect lengthy waits, detours
The Mt. Vernon Square/7th St-Convention Center Metrorail Station (Yellow and Green Lines) will close at 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 11, and will reopen at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, April 14 due to security concerns associated with the international Nuclear Security Summit scheduled during that time at the Washington Convention Center. Trains will be able to pass through the station, but passengers will not be allowed to access the station. Read more... (1014 words, estimated 4:03 mins reading time)
Lena Sun of the Washington Post writes that the Metro Board has approved a plan to spend up to $1 million hiring “professional” mystery riders, who will go out and assess MetroRail and MetroBus services.
This isn’t a new idea. As the Post notes, it’s been done before, albeit using trained volunteers – and is something we at DC ParaTransit Info has mentioned before.
Done properly, it can produce relatively unbiased metrics about the service, as opposed to the idea of using customer feedback. Customer feedback tends to only concentrate on negatives – how many people actually take the time to call or write to WMATA to tell them they’re doing a good job? Read more... (476 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)
Updated 4-16-2008 @ 8:26am
WMATA is geared up for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to DC this week, with fixed-route service changes to cope with the expected crowds. This includes running rush-hour scheduling from 5am to 7pm on both Wednesday April 16th and Thursday April 17th.
Several fixed routes will be affected by rolling road closures over the course of the visit. The WMATA web site estimates that up to 16 fixed route bus services may be affected. MetroRail especially is likely to become very crowded, with large numbers of people from outside the area riding the system over the course of this once-in-a-lifetime event. Read more... (662 words, estimated 2:39 mins reading time)
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