I love DC RSAN. There’s a huge sense of urgency to the messages they send out (for obvious reasons) and that generally trumps any kind of copy editing. Case in point: Subject: Police Activated. Police activity in the area of 6th and Maryland Avenue SW, Independence Avenue is closed from 7th Street to 4th Street [...]
Posts Tagged ‘metro’
16 Dec
Metro to do random bag searches (for real this time)
Remember a while back when WMATA said that everyone’s bags and whatever they were bringing into metro stations was subject to search? Well, they’re doing it again…or perhaps, actually doing it for the first time – or so they say. Two years ago, Metro announced that it was going to start random bag searches, but [...]
12 Feb
And now, for your epic weekly disaster…
Today marks the first day of what can only be referred to as “reverse Snowmageddon”. Rather than fleeing the city in a panic back out to the suburbs, commuters from Maryland and Virginia flooded into the city, especially clogging roads like 495-N and I-66 E. What would normally have been a 30-45 minute commute turned [...]
10 Feb
snomg v 2.0
Most of you are probably hanging out at home today, or at least enjoying the snow (blizzard?) while it’s still snomg’ing outside. New photos of what’s going on out there, and a few from the last snowpocalypse… More later…
23 Jan
Losing an ID on a Metro Bus: The Journey of My ID Badge
Like many other Washingtonians, I have a badge reel clip and a badge holder. It’s pretty much glued to my hip pocket but this time, it managed to wriggle itself loose from my pants and go on a little journey of its own. Now, this is not the first time this has happened – a [...]
6 Jan
A Rather Unexpected Metro Experience
As many of you are probably aware, the Orange Line has been an absolute mess for the past few days – moreso than usual. So much so, in fact, that it has been either very difficult or even impossible to board the train at all at stations like Rosslyn and Courthouse, even in the afternoon. [...]
20 Nov
Metro Do’s and Don’ts: Part 2
It occurs to me, based on suggestions and comments from the readers here, that I failed to include some important points in the last post. They are as follows: DO: Lean up against poles inside the train, keeping other riders from using them for their intended purpose. Sing along with your music. We want to [...]
13 Nov
Metro Riders: Do’s and Don’ts on Metro
You can complain about WMATA all you want, but you really have to admit that they’ve SIGNIFICANTLY improved their website in the past six months. Granted, this change was long overdue, but it’s up and it’s finally somewhat intuitive. It’s finally relatively EASY to find information in about three clicks or less on their site [...]
