Showing posts with label out of service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label out of service. Show all posts
Friday, January 03, 2014
BETHESDA METRO MEZZANINE ESCALATOR OUT FOR REPAIRS (PHOTOS)
Friday, December 28, 2012
BETHESDA METRO ELEVATOR REOPENING POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 4, 2013 (PHOTO)
According to WMATA, elevator service at the Bethesda Metro station will not be restored until January 4, a week later than promised.
Last night, I saw Metro employees working at the site (see photo below), but apparently it was not enough.
Friday, September 28, 2012
CORDELL AVENUE GARAGE ELEVATOR 1 OUT OF SERVICE - BETHESDA PARKING UPDATE
Heads up for users of the St. Elmo-Cordell public parking garage, which is currently undergoing repairs: Elevator #1 is currently out of service for electrical repairs. Elevator #2 is still working.
Friday, May 18, 2012
WORDS YOU NEVER WANT IN THE SAME SENTENCE: "BETHESDA METRO" "ELEVATOR CLOSED FOR 4 MONTHS" "SHUTTLE BUS"
(Insert scream here)
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.
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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