And lack of communication. Specifically at the ballston station this morning. In terms of what platform they needed to be on to get to the trains and get to their job this morning. Now while metro officials could be seen inside and outside of the stations impacted by stage one of safetrack, metro riders tell us they couldnt get clear information on shuttle buses or which train to get on. Now this comes as the first weekday of the safetrack phase one, which has trains single tracking from ballston to east falls church. Crews replace the tracks at the Ballston Metro station in the middle of rush hour. Riders had to rush from one platform to another to catch the correct train into downtown. Right now we want to turn it over to the podium here. We understand that the metro officials jack evans getting ready to speak. Im here joined with the general manager paul wiedefeld. Im jack evans, chairman of the board of metro. We want to give you an update on really our third day, but the first wee
Closer to bethesda. If you are traveling in the area, beach drive is a good option. We have 16th street that are good options for you. You wont be able to use grubb road. Expect a lot of extra congestion if you travel through Silver Spring or live in Silver Spring. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Leon all right. Thank you. Speaking of congestion, one morning rush hour down. The first evening just beginning. In the last hour or so, metros general manager gave us an update on how the first weekday of the Safetrack Program is working out for everybody. We have Team Coverage of the Maintenance Plan and the impact on commuters on and off the rail. As well as the local businesses. Lets begin with transportation reporter Brianne Carter standing by outside the foggy bottom station where Paul Wiedefeld spoke a few minutes ago. Fill us in. Brianne well, we heard from the general manager who said yes a few tweaks need to be made but overall things went smoothly. There are still adjustment
Signs out here. Its all about those charges coming down and the reaction to it. I spoke to a minister who has a church not far from here, and i asked him what he makes of this. Heres what he said. It was the spirit that was hovering over everybody that was in a sense evil. There was a spirit that we were defeated. There was a spirit that we were being taken advantage of. And i think now what youre seeing is that the spirit of liberation, the spirit of freedom, the spirit of justice is being released. Thats the kind of spirit that you need in a community. Reporter you know, as happy as everyone is here and im seeing smiles. We were here monday night and saw nothing of the sort there still lies ahead the actual trial. Ive talked to some folks here who say yes this is great, but theyre tempering this with a bit of reality that justice as they see it has not been served yet. Yes, there are charges. A lot of people didnt expect that. They want to wait and see what happens if there is a tria
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