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3 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
D.C.'s DPW was down about 40 drivers to operate snowplows going into the first shift of the day. COVID + driver shortages (have also affected transit, trucking, and more), limited the # of available employees. D.C. brought in contracted workers to fill in.
dcist.com/story/22/01/03…
You can track DPW snow plows here:
Montgomery County also reporting a snow plow operator shortage: "Due to a high number of COVID-19 cases, there is a regional shortage of snowplow operators and contractors available to address this storm event."
"MCDOT will focus on keeping major roads clear and ensuring access to public safety and health facilities and will treat all County maintained roads as soon as possible. Residents may need to wait longer than typical for neighborhood streets to be treated..."

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6 Dec 21
D.C. CM Mary Cheh kicking off a roundtable around DPW's booting and towing program, which she says is lax. 500k eligible vehicles to be booted, but only 2 teams booting 50 cars a day.

Watch here: dc.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…
More info: dccouncil.us/event/transpor…
Cheh says:
3,000 vehicles have 20+ tickets
500 vehicles have 40+
1 Virginia car has 180 moving violations, 226 tickets total (including parking)

"These are tickets for dangerous driving behaviors and they are still on our roads... DPW is doing almost nothing to catch them."
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4 Nov 21
Inbox: Silver Line Phase II is substantially complete, according to MWAA, which is building the line for Metro.

Now it would get handed over to Metro for months of testing before Metro decides when to open it for service.
Metro has said it does not expect the 7000-series train outage to affect the opening date of the Silver Line Phase II extension.

Metro hasn't set firm opening date but has been estimated to be March-ish. You need more trains to run the 11.5-mile extension.
I should clarify. The last estimate (before delays on substantial completion) was March. I think Metro landed on six-ish months for testing and readiness, which would put it to about May now. But again, Metro has set no date. Just spitballing here.
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4 Nov 21
It's Metro board time.

The safety message is about deers.

Metro has had 23 deer strikes since July, which is an increase over the usual.

Those deer strikes cause usually an 11-minute delay and cause damage to traincars.
.@lohplaces has been sworn into the WMATA board as a primary member from D.C.
NEW: Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld says Metro is submitting its plan to fix the 7000-series trains TODAY.
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3 Nov 21
Metro's Wednesday update:
- 38 trains (2 operating as gap trains)
- Metro moving first set of rail cars out of Shady Grove yard tomorrow, rest over next several days
- That should slightly improve service, reliability
- Riders may see some 7000-series trains moving through the system over next few days. They're just moving them around, not in-service.
- Metro says the pause on work on the Rockville canopy restoration to move trains out of Shady Grove yard will cause delays on that project. Now, will open in mid-January instead of this year.
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28 Oct 21
WMATA CFO Dennis Anosike says Metro revenue is outperforming the guesses it made in its budget for the year. Metro seeing 4-5 million more trips than it predicted (though I remember they played it pretty conservative just in case).
Metro's finance dept is pitching two different scenarios to the board: a regular and conservative estimate. The top line gray line assumes people return to work, telework decreases. The blue line assumes that happens much more slowly.
Metro will again rely on a big chunk of federal money to bridge their budget gap: $705 million. But that federal COVID relief money will likely run out sometime in FY2024. And that is going to be a big problem if ridership doesn't return.
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27 Oct 21
Metro has its daily 7000-series train update presser today at 2:15.
Metro spokesperson Ian Jannetta says work is still ongoing to get track open between Shady Grove yard and Twinbrook to get trains out of that yard. Construction blocking those moves right now.
Says trains could be moved next week. About five a day.
Metro says it is working to submit its testing plan to Metrorail Safety Commission. The test is trying to figure out how often they need to check vehicles to make sure they catch anything before they happen.
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