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17 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
It is so icy in Frederick that both this Frederick County TransIT bus and our four wheel drive Storm Trak 7 vehicle got stuck at the same time. We are now free but the bus is still stuck.
Here he’s trying but having no luck getting the bus free #Frederick
Revving the engine even harder - no luck #stuckbus
Freedom!!! #nolongerstuckbus ImageImage

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18 Dec
BREAKING: Metro says an FBI agent shot a Red Line passenger Tuesday morning after the man approached him and they had a “verbal exchange.”
Metro Transit Police chief calls the shooting an active criminal investigation. #wmata
Metro says the man approached the FBI agent on a train that was approaching Medical Center in Bethesda.
Metro says cameras on the 7000 series train appear to show the FBI agent firing multiple shots that hit the man after exchanging words with him. #wmata
Per Metro both the FBI agent & the shooting victim got off at Medical Center. A passenger called 911 & the station manager alerted rail operations & requested medics at 6:44 AM Tuesday.
Victim was taken to the hospital at 7:06 AM & is currently in “stable condition“ per #wmata
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18 Dec
Starting tomorrow the Franconia-Springfield Metro station will close for 16 days and folks will have to catch shuttle buses in the area to the left. Van Dorn Street will also close. Metro says it is doing work modernizing its automatic train control system. #wmata
The same two stations were shut down for months in 2019 for platform work. We asked Metro why they didn’t do the ATC work then, they say it requires highly specialized equipment that wasn’t ready & available then. They say they did do some civil engineering work in 2019. #wmata
#wmata says ridership at Franconia-Springfield & Van Dorn Street is down more than 80% compared with before the pandemic, and ridership also is traditionally lower than normal during the holidays, so that’s why they are doing the 16 day shutdown now.
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10 Dec
BREAKING: Metro official just said based on latest time estimates from airports authority, Silver Line Phase 2 opening would be fall next year.
But #wmata warns many uncertainties remain. Already-delayed opening keeps getting pushed back more - spring to summer to now fall.
Metro official says among the remaining issues concerning her the most- problems with track fasteners that hold rails in place & concerns over water seeping into platforms.
#wmata says it won't accept Silver Line Phase 2 from the airports authority until its concerns are resolved
The budget proposed by Metro‘s general manager last week included money to open Silver Line Phase 2 in July of next year. With low pandemic ridership and a budget crunch there may not be tremendous pressure to open it by summer or even fall. #wmata
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9 Dec
Today the superintendent of Falls Church schools said all students should feel valued & he supports a board vote Tuesday to change the names of George Mason High & Thomas Jefferson Elem.
The move is controversial, in an October survey it was opposed by a more than 2 to 1 margin.
The school board voted unanimously to change the names because the two men were slaveholders. Opponents accuse the board of ignoring the majority of the community’s wishes.
Although we’ve seen names of Confederates dropped from local schools & recently Alexandria voted to drop the name of segregationist TC Williams from its high school, this appears to be the first local district to remove names of founding fathers- both of which are honored in DC.
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16 Nov
BREAKING: Metro now proposing far less severe budget cuts than before.
#wmata proposes continuing to keep rail stations open until 11 PM each day; previous proposal had been 9 PM.
Metro also no longer proposing bringing back “turnbacks“ on Red/Yellow lines.
Board votes Thursday.
On the bad side for riders, Metro’s board had voted to reduce weekend rail fares to a flat two dollar fee, plus increase the bus/rail transfer discount, plus reduce seven day bus pass costs - now #wmata is proposing scrapping those discounts to save money.
For bus riders #wmata plans to make customers board at the front and pay again starting in January.
Metro is proposing to largely keep bus service at the reduced levels it is currently at.
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11 Jun
BREAKING: Metro announces dates of future shutdowns for platform work.
In mid-February to mid-May 2021 they plan to shut down Arlington Cemetery and Addison Road.
In Summer 2021 they'll shut down Greenbelt, College Park, Prince George's Plaza & West Hyattsville.
Metro also plans to shut down every station east of Stadium Armory on the Orange Line in summer 2022 - Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, Landover, New Carrollton.
Metro plans to do platform work at National Airport from Fall 2022 to Spring 2023, but without closing the station.
They say parts of it may close at times but two tracks will always stay open and passengers will be able to get on and get off there while the work is done.
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