For immediate release: April 14, 2021
Metro encourages Green and Yellow line customers to plan ahead for May 1-9 track work
Metro anima a los usuarios de las líneas verde y amarilla a planificar con antelación su viaje por los trabajos en las vías que tendrán lugar del 1 al 9 de mayo
Metro is reminding Green and Yellow line customers to plan ahead for scheduled track work May 1-9 that will require free shuttle buses to replace trains at four stations over one weekend and the weeklong closure of West Hyattsville. The work will upgrade the interlocking system at Fort Totten, which allows trains to safely cross from one track to another.
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Metro s proposed budget calls for up to 22 Metrorail station closures in 2022 if the transit agency doesn t receive more federal funding. (Emily Leayman/Patch)
WASHINGTON, DC The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 calls for up to 22 Metro station closures and some bus route cuts if additional federal funding is not provided.
The changes could be effective on Jan. 1, 2022 if the current proposal is adopted by Metro s Board of Directors. According to a statement on Metro s website, the transit agency is facing a budget shortfall due to diminished ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic. A federal relief package in December 2020 provided funds to help Metro avoid layoffs, continue providing essential service and preparing for the ridership to return. Metro says that federal funding and actions such as limiting contractors and reducing Metro s workforce by attrition cannot make up for the entire budget gap for fiscal year
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Busy street scene in front of flagship Woodward & Lothrop store at 11th St. & F St., NW, c. 1913. (Source: Library of Congress)
In the 19th century, before chains like Macy’s and Sears-Roebuck, Washington, D.C. had Woodward & Lothrop. Known affectionately as “Woodies,” it was among the first department stores in the District, and remained the leading retailer in the city for nearly a century. It pioneered modern retailing from returns policies down to the department store choir, revolutionizing the way goods were sold and the culture of department stores. And to set the record straight while people bemoan stores putting Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving today, Woodies was already doing it in the 1880s. It was ahead of its time in every respect.