#wmata Finance committee is voting today to use an additional $25.4 million in federal money for wage increases due to higher-than-expected inflation, the extra Juneteenth holiday, and Potomac Yard delay wmata.com/about/board/me…
The Board is questioning #wmata CFO about if Collective Bargaining Agreement wage increases fall under the system's 3% yearly operating subsidy increase. CFO Anosike says they are, and if federal funds weren't available Metro might've had to cut something to stay below it.
The #wmata Board now getting an update on the Blue/Orange/Silver capacity study. GM/staff note there is no preferred recommendation being presented today, but several possible routings. wmata.com/about/board/me…
#wmata staff say they have not adjusted ridership analysis in the Blue/Orange/Silver capacity study for pandemic/post-pandemic numbers. They say they don't yet have a good, reliable source of longer-term data to use, but will keep an eye on what happens the next 5-10yr & adjust
Any guesses where #wmata Board member Greg Slater is in a car going?
Letourneau: initial reax "surprised"; project not just a new Rosslyn tunnel (it's been much more than that for many years - ggwash.org/view/65920/met…)
Letourneau asking about narrowing scope to "just" Rosslyn bottleneck
Staff: interlining/capacity issue calls for a bigger solution
Letourneau: pricetag shock cld mean nothing gets done; wants at least something to help alleviate VA #wmata rail crowding. Smedberg concurs, spitballs his own solution mid-discussion.
Staff cite issues stubbing BL in Georgetown (fixes tunnel, but not serving primary destinations)
Off on SV II update:
~15K damaged fasteners have been replaced on the new phase; has been a prior issue
"Turnback logic" a new issue, affecting ~4k feet. Speeds needed to be reduced to fix a "safety hazard"
Unsurprisingly, the Virginia board members were looking out for Virginia's interests. Board parochialism is always something to watch in these big capital projects.
#wmata says substantial completion of SVII "most likely in November." Substantial Completion means MWAA giving control of the project to WMATA, with actual service opening still months away.
Leader says "so far so good" on hiring for SV II. #wmata
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On Kojo, #wmata GM/CEO says the agency was lagging behind the region in its vaccination rate, but he didn't say what the agency's current percentage is.
Sherwood: Gondola???
Wiedefeld: "Tom, I run buses and trains, not gondolas"
Wiedefeld: #wmata didn't investigate taller or more difficult-to-jump faregates; he says the system's architecture presents a limitation
I defer to @dcmetrohero on the accuracy of the data, but it appears #wmata@Metrobusinfo has missed about ~100-140 bus trips over the past 3 hours this morning across its network.
Red Line delays due to a signal problem near Silver Spring. Trains in both directions will experience delays. #wmata
Red Line delays are primarily affecting Glenmont-bound tracks, as train operators are still going to the roadway and clamping switches. This'll impact Shady Grove-bound service as the gap in trains propagates. #wmata
Possible Green Line delays; #wmata reports they had a temporary loss of power at West Hyattsville, at the same time a train operator reported another train was possibly smoking (perhaps stuck brakes).
GR/Branch Ave train 508 is offloading @ West Hyattsville through the front-most door.
On the bright side, Green/Yellow stations north of Fort Totten have reopened.
On the downside, trains are experiencing speed readout issues (meaning they're having to travel slower) between West Hyattsville and Prince George's Plaza. #wmata
At 8am, Yellow and Green line trains are running with delays, concentrated mainly between West Hyattsville and College Park. Expect trains towards Greenbelt to hold at stations as directed by the ROCC and travel slowly in between. #wmata
Sometimes when #wmata does major trackwork they also replace ballast, the rocks under the tracks, which requires slow speeds while it settles and adjusts.
Today's speed restrictions are a combination of that plus add'l ATC speed command issues.
"Metrorail reactivated the Alexandria Rail Yard (C99) Automatic Train Control (ATC) system over the safety-based objections of Metrorail's subject matter experts, the ATC Engineering Department" #wmata
WMSC has a slight bit of detail about the Potomac Yard ATC signaling design delay in today's latest findings. The initial design didn't align with #wmata standards, and the agency wasn't following them. Metro itself delayed the project to fix the deficiency.