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WMATA Notebook: 20121119

Last Updated: 8:32 AM

• UnSuck contributor offers up 3 things WMATA can do for free.
• WMATA doesn’t finish weekend work before Monday opening:
  

  Blue Line: Trains are single tracking btwn Stadium Armory & Addison Road due to track work. Expect delays in both directions.

  — @wmata (@wmata) November 19, 2012

• Trouble, trouble, trouble… New Dupont South escalators hardly doing any escalating:
  
• Bugs, bugs, bugs… WMATA HQ is infested with bedbugs! (via @Kytja) 
• 18 year old killed by other teens over a jacket at Woodley Park Metro. (via @ABC7News)

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WMATA Notebook: 20121106

Last Updated: 2:15 PM

2:15 PM:

Metro track fire reported on the Orange Line along I-66 in Arlington. ACFD heading to scene.

— Arlington News (@ARLnowDOTcom) November 6, 2012

1:30 PM:

Orange Line: Expect residual delays to Vienna due to an earlier train malfunction outside of Cheverly.

— @wmata (@wmata) November 6, 2012

9:45 AM:

@maggieclark320 @dariustahir thanks for the report! We had a power feeder trip, causing some station lights to go dark. #wmata

— @wmata (@wmata) November 6, 2012

@unsuckdcmetro lights out at Woodley Park @wmata twitter.com/MeisnereCMP/st…

— Robert Meisnere (@MeisnereCMP) November 6, 2012

• Stopping Optional - Metro strands a schoolgirl (repeatedly). (via @unsuckdcmetro)

8:01 AM:

Mt. Vernon Square-bound Yellow Line train offloading at Braddock Road. Next train directly behind. 8:01A#wmata

— @wmata (@wmata) November 6, 2012

7:59 AM:

Shady Grove-bound Red Line train offloading at Rhode Island Ave. Next two trains directly behind. 7:59A #wmata

— @wmata (@wmata) November 6, 2012

7:11 AM:

Glenmont-bound Red Line train offloading at White Flint. Next two trains directly behind. Expect delays. 7:11A

— @wmata (@wmata) November 6, 2012

6:37 AM:

Org/Blu Line:Trains single tracking btwn Foggy Bottom & Farragut West. Disabled train at Farragut West. Expect delays both directions.

— @wmata (@wmata) November 6, 2012

• Oops… WMATA doesn’t know how to tell time. (via @kytja)
• Oops… WMATA offers $14M contract to only 1 company (against federal rules). (via @kytja)

***REMINDER: WMATA Riders’ Advisory Council meeting tomorrow night. You’re invited!***

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WMATA Notebook: 20121105

Last Updated: 1:53 PM

1:51 PM:

Orange Line: Trains are single tracking btwn East Falls Church & West Falls Church due to track work. Expect delays in both directions.

— @wmata (@wmata) November 5, 2012

10:29 AM:

Red Line: Expect delays to Shady Grove due to a signal problem at Fort Totten.

— @wmata (@wmata) November 5, 2012

• @WMATA now says Rush+ Blue Line service headways are 6-12-6-12 (was previously 6-6-6-12).
  

  @dcwesttex #rushplus frequency is 6-12-6-12. You may transfer from YL to a BL/OR or try the 10E morning bus option from Pentagon.

  — @wmata (@wmata) November 5, 2012

• More WMATA lies. (via @unsuckdcmetro)

7:19 AM:

Blue & Yellow Line customers traveling through National Airport may experience minor delays due to a signal problem. Trains are moving 7:18A

— @wmata (@wmata) November 5, 2012

• King Street. 6:45 AM. Monday morning rush. (can’t you tell?)
  

  6:45 AM Monday morning. Here we go, #WMATA. @fixwmata twitter.com/ra3eleven/stat…

  — ra3eleven (@ra3eleven) November 5, 2012

5:30 AM:

Blu/Org Line: Trains single tracking btwn Eastern Market& Stadium. Disabled piece of track equipment outside Stadium-Armory. Expect delays

— @wmata (@wmata) November 5, 2012

5:25 AM:

Orange Line: Expect residual delays to Vienna/Fairfax due to an earlier train malfunction at Minnesota Avenue.

— @wmata (@wmata) November 5, 2012

• WMATA paid train operators and bus drivers who stayed home during Sandy; is subject to flooding and has no plan; doesn’t know how much Sandy cost in loss revenue (a week later). (via @kytja)

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WMATA Notebook: 20121104

Sunday Edition:

• WMATA lied (again):
  
  

  @wmata just called @wtoptraffic center — Metro is not staying open until 3 a.m., despite what they announced earlier this week #WMATA

  — WTOP(@WTOP) November 4, 2012

  
  

  @unsuckdcmetro they told us trains would run the extra hour last night, last train was prior to 2am, stranding tons of people on U st #wmata

  — Jennie Conroy (@DrJLCPhD) November 4, 2012

• The Washington Post: “Metro Rush Plus rides: Your experience may vary with Blue, Yellow lines”

WMATA Notebook: 20121102

Last Update: 4:05 PM

Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at NoMa w/mechanical problem. Minor delays possible. 4:24

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

Glenmont-bound Red Line train offloading at NoMa. Next trains at Union Station, Judiciary Square and Gallery Place. 4:01P #wmata

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train offloading at Cheverly. Next train at Stadium-Armory. 3:16P

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

• WMATA open an extra hour due to Father Time Sunday morning.

@fixwmata no I didn’t see it just smoke smell and people running with fire extinguishers

— BarbSidelnik (@BarbaraSidelnik) November 2, 2012

@fixwmata already on the new train they just said get off the train is on fire there was smoke the usual metro burnt smell and then it left

— BarbSidelnik (@BarbaraSidelnik) November 2, 2012

@fixwmata train on fire @vanness twitter.com/BarbaraSidelni…

— BarbSidelnik (@BarbaraSidelnik) November 2, 2012

Silver Spring-bound Red Line train offloading at Van Ness. Next Red Line trains at Tenleytown & Bethesda. 12:51P #wmata

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

• Tom Toles takes a shot at WMATA PR. (via @washingtonpost)
  

  

   

New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train offloaded at Clarendon. Next train at Virginia Square. Trains are moving 8:36A

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

• Communication problems continue to plague Metro. (via @unsuckdcmetro)

Mt. Vernon-bound Yellow Line train at King Street w/brake problem offloading at King Street. Blue Line train directly behind. 7:59A

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

Shady Grove-bound Red Line train offloading at Gallery Place. Next 2 trains are directly behind. 7:32A

— @wmata (@wmata) November 2, 2012

• WMATA single-tracked around Friendship Heights for 7 hours last night (starting around 5 PM). Still no word on the exact problem.
  NBC Washington’s Coverage 
• Motion Sick: WMATA is still a long way from operating in automatic mode - but that won’t stop them from bragging. (via @kytja)

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WMATA Notebook: 20121101

Last Updated: 6:55 PM

• Yet another Red Line meltdown due to another track problem.
  

  Bethesda station looks pretty no? #WMATA twitter.com/fotolinda/stat…

  — Linda Epstein (@fotolinda) November 1, 2012

  
  

  @wmata redline at gallery place twitter.com/HarleyLC/statu…

  — Mademoiselle Harley™ (@HarleyLC) November 1, 2012

  
  

  gallery place, red line to shady grove platform overcrowded #WMATA twitter.com/hannahcommutes…

  — Hannah (@hannahcommutes) November 1, 2012

  
  

  @wmata fail. DuPont circle metro @unsuckdcmetro twitter.com/Mags4059/statu…

  — Maggie Cieslowski (@Mags4059) November 1, 2012

• Did WMATA intentionally rip us off? (via @unsuckdcmetro)
• 67 bus drivers can’t be wrong: snoozing on the job and caught on video! (via @kytja)

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WMATA Notebook: 20121031

Last Update: 1:30 PM

• WMATA’s newest employee is super excited about free rides and wants to know “Why You Mad Ho?”
  

  

• The Yin and Yang of Metro. (via @unsuckdcmetro)
• All WMATA rail and bus service is operating normally this morning. Sorry, that’s the best they can do.
• ICYMI: The new Dupont South escalators aren’t doing so well…
  

  New escalator at Dupont broken already. #WMATAtwitpic.com/b8ugyc

  — FixWMATA (@FixWMATA) October 30, 2012

  
  

  The #WMATA website says 2 of the new Dupont South escalators are out now. twitpic.com/b8wlvw

  — FixWMATA (@FixWMATA) October 31, 2012

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WMATA Notebook: 20121028

Last Updated: 1:40 AM

***DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY ALL WMATA OPERATIONS WILL BE CLOSED TODAY (MONDAY) AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!!***

For the latest info from WMATA bookmark this page: WMATA/SANDY

Stay safe my friends.

• For the first time (in anyone’s memory) New York’s MTA, Washington’s WMATA, and Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor are ALL closed with pre-planning. (via @buzzfeed)

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WMATA Notebook: 20121027

Weekend Edition

Last Updated: 12:30 PM Sunday

• Rosslyn saw heavy crowds on Sunday:
  

  WTF #wmata?? Only allowing single file on the escalators at #Rosslyn? “can’t let them be overwhelmed?” ridiculous

  — Bryan Rodda (@bryan_in_dc) October 28, 2012

  Major overcrowding at Rosslyn Metro station as Marine Corps Marathon concludes @unsuckdcmetro twitter.com/ARLnowDOTcom/s…

  — Arlington News (@ARLnowDOTcom) October 28, 2012

  The scene at Rosslyn trying to LEAVE the station! #wmata twitter.com/terpgrrl/statu…

  — Jenn Sigwart (@terpgrrl) October 28, 2012

• WMATA said they’d open early for the Marine Corps Marathon - they never said anything about running trains.
  

  @wmata issue is you dont understand how many ppl come for this race - more than rush hour in DC. Packed w/no train. twitter.com/krispachla/sta…

  — Kristofer Pachla (@krispachla) October 28, 2012

• Perfectly good pizza wasted.
  

  On today’s #WMATA morning menu: pizza instagr.am/p/RU_0U_J26g/

  — brownpau (@brownpau) October 28, 2012

  

• Police chase ends with 2 wrecked Metro buses and 10 injured. (via @WTOP)
• WMATA GM Sarles tells WTOP that they’re spending $800 million this year to rebuild MetroRail…. but going forward it will only be $1 million a year. Huh?
  UPDATE: Turns out @WTOP reporters don’t read their own articles… $1 million has been updated (without correction notice) to $1 billion:
  
   
• What do WMATA platform pylons dress as for Halloween? People, of course.
  

  There’s a guy here dressed as a metro pylon img.ly/oXUS

  — Bernie (@nardo78) October 27, 2012

  

• GreaterGreaterWashington founder David Alper had a mouthful to say about WMATA at Georgetown’s Graduate Student Organization meeting.
• Mitt catches the “Momentum” (not to be confused with Obama’s “Forward”). How does WMATA predict the candidate slogans?
  

   

Weekend Track Work Notes:

*MetroRail will open at 5 AM on Sunday (except for Arlington which opens at 8).

Red Line: 2 single-track areas (between Twinbrook and Grosvenor and between Forest Glen and Takoma) have trains running every 24 minutes. Between 9 AM and 9 PM trains run every 10-12 minutes between Grosvenor and Fort Totten. Got it?

Orange Line: Single-tracking between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly has trains running every 20 minutes all weekend.

Blue Line: On Saturday there will be single-tracking between Franconia-Springfield and Van Dorn Street resulting in Blue Line trains every 20 minutes. On Sunday it’s on a normal weekend schedule.

Green Line: Single-tracking between Greenbelt and College Park means add 10 minutes to your commute.

Yellow Line: The Yellow Line will run to Fort Totten all weekend.

Also - there’s a hurricane coming.

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WMATA Notebook: 20121025

Last Updated: 16:45 AM

• Even though WMATA GM Sarles once said “I don’t want to hide problems. That’s the worst thing you can do.” that’s EXACTLY what they continue to do over and over again. Today’s example: WMATA will not be releasing video of bus accidents. (via @nbcwashington)
• As WMATA board applauds reopening of Dupont South one of the escalators there breaks:
  

  New escalators at DuPont south not working. @wmata @unsuckdcmetro #fail twitter.com/MeisnereCMP/st…

  — Robert Meisnere (@MeisnereCMP) October 25, 2012

• “Now, I elevate”. (via @kyanimal)
  

  ha! @fixwmata @unsuckdcmetro twitter.com/KYANimal/statu…

  — Kyan Brady (@KYANimal) October 25, 2012

• The “District of Columbia Subway Transit System” (likely runs better than WMATA). (via @dcist)
• More transparency fail from WMATA (via @unsuckdcmetro)
• The board overseeing the WMATA Silver Line extension is being investigated by the FBI (via @lizessley)
• WMATA’s RAC and AAC members get their day with the 7000 series mock-up… tell paying riders they’ll get their chance… in 2014 (maybe).
  

  Checking out the new #wmata 7000 series w/ #rac & #aac members twitter.com/josephlkitchen…

  — Joseph Kitchen (@josephlkitchen) October 24, 2012

  
  

  don’t worry, @fixwmata, you’ll get your chance in 2014. ;-) trust us: huge improvement cc @wmata @josephlkitchen twitter.com/BanjoReplicas/…

  — Carl (@BanjoReplicas) October 25, 2012

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WMATA Notebook: 20121024

Last Update: 10:50 AM

• The revolution has begun and apparently Dan Stessel is not impressed. (via @wcp)
• Auditors find more problems with Metro contract (via @kytja)
• Bad Data, Bad Decisions? (via @unsuckdcmetro)

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WMATA Notebook: 20121023

Last Updated: 6:00 PM

(it’s been a busy week at work so I haven’t been able to keep up with everything going on, sorry!)

Now hear this…

The most accurate @wmata sign ever twitter.com/lachlan/status…

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 23, 2012

• WMATA compares themselves to 1980’s NYC MTA… yikes!
  

  @brandon_j_smith @davidlat so do our trains. NYC has track work and upkeep too. And in the 80s, they were in just as much need of rebuilding

  — @wmata (@wmata) October 23, 2012

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WMATA Notebook: 20121022

Last Updated: 6:00 AM

• For the first time in over 8 months there are no escalator outages at Dupont. 
• Bethesda elevator project officially pushed to November.
• @Kytja takes a look at WMATA’s so-called existing cell-service… surprise, much to be desired.
• WMATA tried to use Livestream for the Dupont ribbon-cutting:
  

  We’re testing something new… livestream of the #dupont event. Visit bit.ly/liveeventtest, give it a try. Need to log in to #livestream first

  — @wmata (@wmata) October 21, 2012

  
  It didn’t work out so well…
  

  The #livestream may be processing or encounter difficulties streaming… but hey, something new for our tweeps. bit.ly/liveeventtest #dupont

  — @wmata (@wmata) October 21, 2012

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WMATA Notebook: 20121019

Last Update: 6:45 AM

• The last time WMATA gave us a “placeholder” date for Dupont South it was for 10/19 (as of 6 AM it still is HERE).  Will today be the day? My sources say “no”.
   

Weekend Track Work:

Red Line: Buses replace trains between Grosvenor and Friendship Heights.

Orange Line: Buses replace trains between East Falls Church and West Falls Church.

Green Line: Single-tracking between Greenbelt and College Park.

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WMATA Notebook: 20121018

Last Updated: 8:34 AM

• Is it time for a revolution? (Answer: YES) (via @wmatarage and @unsuckdcmetro)
• Sounds like MetroRail went to crap last night during single-tracking. Were you there? Comment below and tell me what you saw.
• Oops: escalator repairmen at Ballston accidentally start a fire under an escalator.
• Can you hear her now? @Kytja tells us about delayed cell service inside WMATA stations and tunnels.

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