Getting to work was awful, and tonight getting back home was no picnic, either. At least it’s a three day weekend.
Could anything else go wrong on outgoing Metro General Manager John Catoe’s watch? Catoe leaves office on April 2, which may be time enough for Metro to have another major, every-one’s-commute-affected catastrophe.
Today started out with Metrorail only serving the closer-to-the-city stations, leaving those in the outer suburbs to fend for themselves. Many people chose to drive, causing highways to turn into parking lots.
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Update at 12:10 PM – It’s noon and the traffic still looks like it did at 9:30, when the picture to the left was taken. At this point don’t you just turn around and head home?
Update at 10:10 AM – Metro trains on the Orange Line are running about once every 45 minutes, resulting in a huge crowd of waiting passengers at Ballston station, according to a reader via Twitter.
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Clarendon’s Screwtop Wine Bar received a flattering write-up in today’s Washington Post.
One local’s conclusion about the two-month-old wine bar and cheese shop? Screwtop is “just what the neighborhood needed.”
Those hoping to ride the Blue, Orange or Yellow line from Arlington toward Alexandria or Fairfax County are out of luck. Metro has announced that it is running limited rail and bus service today.
Trains are running between the following stations: