Liz Essley
Staff Writer - Transportation
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WMATA plans $70 million in expansions at Gallery Place, Union Station
Liz Essley
Published: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Metro plans to set aside nearly $70 million over the next six years to expand two of its busiest stations to ease packed platforms and dangerous crowds. Tens of thousands of riders trek through Union Station and Gallery Place-Chinatown every weekday -- an average of 33,250 and 26,587,...
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Metro to make Bethesda 'station of the future'
Liz Essley
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Metro's Bethesda station is set to get a $10 million facelift as Metro makes it the "model station of the future." Metro officials announced Thursday that they would test station upgrades and a new interior design by installing them at the Red Line station. Improvements that get good reviews...
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Metro says it doesn't have a solution for long Blue Line waits
Liz Essley
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
Metro officials said Thursday that they have no way to ease the 12-minute waits between trains that thousands of Blue Line riders will suffer once the Silver Line opens. "I'm sorry we don't have another solution, but we simply have not been able to find one that makes financial or time sense,"...
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Wednesday ranks as Metro's 4th busiest day
Liz Essley
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
More than 870,000 trips were taken on the Metro system Wednesday, making it the fourth busiest day in the transit agency's history, Metro said. A Capitol Hill rally, cherry blossoms and the tourists flocking to see them, a Nationals Game and a Wizards game got the credit for the ridership...
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State investigating Loudoun County complaints about Dulles Greenway's high tolls
Liz Essley
Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Loudoun County residents are telling Virginia's utility watchdog that tolls on the Dulles Greenway are too high and are pushing drivers to other clogged roads. The Virginia State Corporation Commission, which regulates state utilities and the privately owned 14-mile Greenway, is holding public...
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Metro expected to be crowded Wednesday afternoon
Liz Essley
Published: Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Be prepared for crowded Metro railcars and platforms this afternoon. The agency says it's expecting a busy Wednesday, with a rally at the Capitol, a Washington Nationals game, cherry blossom visitors and a Wizards game on the docket. Metro is warning riders that they may see more crowds on...
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New Twinbrook Metro garage has cracks
Liz Essley
Updated: Wed, Apr 10, 2013
A new parking garage at the Twinbrook Metro station has "extensive cracks" and will need to be repaired before Metro accepts the work from its contractor. Metro has been trying get the contractor for the 426-space garage to fix the problems for several months, the transit agency said in...
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Metro to get glow-in-the-dark evacuation signs
Liz Essley
Published: Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Metro is planning to install glow-in-the-dark signs on its trains this spring telling riders to stay onboard in case of an emergency. The signs come after January's Green Line meltdown, when hundreds of riders self-evacuated from hot, stuffy trains after they lost power in a tunnel under the...
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