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#wmata construction personnel have requested their track rights for the massive Yellow/Blue Line shutdown.
107 days starts....now.
107 days starts....now.
Good advice! Try your best not to drive alone; it'll slow down buses and the shuttles and mean everybody gets to their destination later than they want. #wmata
It's the first rush hour of the #wmata Yellow/Blue Line shutdown. I'm keeping an eye on any potential train delays as they travel south into National Airport. 
Not only is the National Airport terminal operation a potential source of delays, but also Greenbelt: today is the first rush hour that all Yellow Line trains run all the way up instead of ending @ Mt. Vernon Square.
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Stay safe and dry out there! #wmata
Seeing some congestion on GW Parkway, King Street, and 395 North which could slow down #wmata bus shuttles. Overall things seems to be going about as expected so far.
Greenbelt terminal is staying busy today.
Delays into National Airport seem to be steady at around 15 minutes. All Yellow and Blue Line trains are sharing one track which is causing some backups.
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Not the greatest, but I'm not surprised at first-day kinks needing to be worked out.
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They're supposed to be taking HOV. #wmata
Curious what training Academy gave to their bus operators. #wmata
Another contracted shuttle bus has ended up in the non-HOV 395 lanes. #wmata staff I've talked to say they're *supposed* to be taking HOV.
(This was not advertised well, if at all, but yes there's an extra stop here for all that might find it convenient) #wmata
An @AcademyBus operator running the Huntington-Pentagon express route got lost and ended up at Anacostia, which is not something I saw in the cards for today. #wmata
Yellow/Blue riders: how are the buses moving in between stations? Lots of traffic & slow going or reasonable speeds?
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Yellow and Blue Line trains are continuing to accumulate up to ~15 minutes of delays between Arlington Cemetery and National Airport. Turning trains around every 4 minutes at National is still pretty new for #wmata and it's showing.
There was a time not too long ago when #wmata didn't hold these kinds of meetings after incidents.
.@AcademyBus is the company running express shuttles from Pentagon down to Huntington and Franconia, where passengers reported some drivers either getting lost or using non-HOV lanes on 395. The #wmata and DASH local shuttles seemed to have run smoothly.
@AcademyBus Afternoon delays for trains approaching National Airport are back. Add about 15-20 minutes to your trip if you're going all the way, less if you're getting off at stations prior.
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Yeah.......so 395 South is bad tonight. This is definitely going to impact #wmata bus shuttles as well. Per @wtoptraffic crash after Duke St exit blocks the R HOV lane.
#wmata is pretty close to running 100% 8-car trains on the Yellow and Blue lines but not quite all the way there.
I understand some of the complexities involved but it would have been super nice for real time bus info to be available when the shutdown started...
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Southbound delays are steady and holding. Expect up to 15 extra minutes of travel time if your destination is National, less if you get off before.
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#wmata press releases said Yellow and Blue Line trains would operate on a "normal schedule" north of National Airport (wmata.com/about/news/Met…)
Trains today have been accumulating 15-20 minutes of delays between Arlington Cemetery and National. BL > YL impacted.
Trains today have been accumulating 15-20 minutes of delays between Arlington Cemetery and National. BL > YL impacted.
It's 8:30pm, and there are still delays for Blue and Yellow Line trains entering National Airport. They're less than during rush, but still surprising 1.5hr later when trains are scheduled to run only every 12 minutes.
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The Alexandria City Council is now hearing an update about the #wmata Platform Improvement Project
* Some elevated trip times
* Shuttle buses mostly on time
* ~150 bus shuttles used, 9 added for afternoon rush
* ~2,200 riders on Blue Line shuttles in AM
* Some elevated trip times
* Shuttle buses mostly on time
* ~150 bus shuttles used, 9 added for afternoon rush
* ~2,200 riders on Blue Line shuttles in AM
* Airport reps tell Alexandria Tuesdays aren't incredibly high travel days, Friday likely to have more traffic in/around the Airport, which may impact Blue Line shuttles.
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Alexandria: real-time updates won't be available for the #wmata contracted bus shuttles (they don't have the transponders needed + integration w/DASH&WMATA systems). Staff say traffic cams available @ trafficview.org
* Alexandria posting daily updates on the shutdown project here: alexandriava.gov/goalex/info/de…
* Councilman Aguirre asks staff to get them stats on shuttle ops, incl # buses that got lost. Staff mentions shuttle on-time performance to show up about a day after
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* Councilman Aguirre asks staff to get them stats on shuttle ops, incl # buses that got lost. Staff mentions shuttle on-time performance to show up about a day after
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* Alexandria brought up bus bunching w/#wmata
* Saw some higher than expected headways during peak-of-the-peak at some Yellow Line stations
* Additional Bikeshare rebalancing being done during the shutdown in Alexandria
* ALX says MWAA working w/CaBi for possible station @ DCA
* Saw some higher than expected headways during peak-of-the-peak at some Yellow Line stations
* Additional Bikeshare rebalancing being done during the shutdown in Alexandria
* ALX says MWAA working w/CaBi for possible station @ DCA
* Af'noon regional conference call: #wmata says construction still on schedule for Sept 8 completion
* "Given what we were faced with I think it was a successful day" - @justindotnet - says heard people discovering new travel options
* "Given what we were faced with I think it was a successful day" - @justindotnet - says heard people discovering new travel options
At 6:17am we have no delays entering National Airport, but watch this space, they'll likely begin showing up as we enter deeper into morning rush.
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It's weekday #2 of the summer shutdown, and there's quite a line at Huntington. #wmata
I guess we're doing intermittent bus shuttle updates today. #wmata
Buses in traffic are delayed by other traffic. #wmata
We've hit 15 minute delays for trains attempting to enter National Airport #wmata
How was your morning #wmata commute? Saw some long lines, but there were fewer tweets in general. Did more people abandon the shuttle buses?
Progress! #wmata
Alexandria says trip times in the #wmata Blue/Yellow Line shutdown area were 12-25% higher than this time last week. 136 people took the Water Taxi. "Shuttles generally operated smoothly and on time" with an exception at Braddock Road.
Programming note: beginning tomorrow I'll be branching off daily threads for the summer Yellow/Blue Line off of this primary thread. A thread of threads, if you will. I hope it'll make following these tweets easier.
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Alexandria; travel times in the city 10-30% higher than normal, but "Shuttles were functioning well at all Metrorail Stations and passengers were generally accommodated on the first arriving bus."
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102 days left until the end of the #wmata Yellow/Blue Line shutdown.
#wmata is making greater use of all three tracks at National Airport instead of just the center, resulting in delays only hovering around 5 minutes for southbound trains.
Reported delays in the Yellow/Blue Line shutdown area. #wmata
Pretty sure this shouldn't be happening 3 weekdays into the shutdown. #wmata
Also three weekdays into the shutdown and at least one express shuttle still isn't using the HOV lanes. #wmata
@Metrobusinfo Do you plan to release ridership stats for the Yellow/Blue Line shutdown shuttles? Seeing extra complaints today about worse traffic in/around Alexandria which could correlate with reduced shuttle ridership.
@Metrobusinfo 395 NB regular lanes between Seminary & King are gridlock, but NB HOV lanes are nearly empty. Hope all express shuttles are taking HOV today. #wmata
@Metrobusinfo The MetroWay on Route 1 looks great, but unfortunately none of the temporary bus shuttles are using it. And there are no MetroWay vehicles in view at the moment. #wmata
I found a bus. #wmata
Here #wmata confirms all express shuttles are supposed to be using the 395 HOV lanes.
