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Apologists for Metro's failed leadership team have another disaster to explain away: WMATA sent out an ominous press release yesterday, which says they will be taking the Bethesda Metro station street-to-mezzanine level elevator "out of service for approximately four months," starting late this month.
Great news for a station that is barely usable anymore, with escalators that constantly fail. Of course, in the Orwellian world of Metro's leadership, and their go-along-to-get-along fans in the press, that is calculated as "90% reliability." Yeah, right!
Yes, we know that elevators need work over time. But why did they wait until it required a full overhaul, and when the escalators are failing?
Free shuttle service will be available, WMATA says. Riders who need a shuttle should ask the station manager, or call 202-962-1825.
Here's the best part: if the up and down escalators fail during the elevator's four-month shutdown, the Bethesda Metro station "will need to temporarily close for safety reasons."
How can you have a station in a major town like Bethesda be virtually inaccessible via escalators on a regular basis?
At a corporation, leaders get fired for a performance like this.
Metro is a great system, and it and we deserve better than this.
The new southern elevator entrance to the Bethesda station cannot be built a minute too soon.
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