If you thought theheinous traffic in the body politic ’s capitalcouldn’t get any worse , you ’re wrong . Washington DC ’s Metro is apparently so run - down that entire lines may be shut out down for up to six calendar month .
It ’s just the in style bad news for the beleaguered transit system of rules . A few week ago , the whole Metro was shut out down for over 24 hours so crews could deport an emergency safety check following a ardor . The Washington Postreportsthat top Metro brass say the system - extensive haunt ca n’t possibly be completed incrementally on weekend and in the three hours the system does n’t feed overnight .
“ so as to do repairs that are necessary , it may come to the point where we have to exit the entire bluish Line for six calendar month . People will go crazy . But there are pass away to be difficult determination that have to be made in gild to get this fixed , ” Metro board chair Jack Evans aver at a conference of local drawing card attended by the Post .
Officials also made a plea for $ 1 billion of additional financial support to get the repairs done .
Is any substructure fiasco in America really surprising at this point ? A couple years ago , a New York State Comptroller report revealed that 90 percentage of NYC ’s underpass stationswere also in “ dire ” need of repair , and the MTA is considering closing the 50 gearing burrow between Manhattan and Brooklyn for years . Meanwhile , San Francisco ’s BART systemis overcrowded and outdated .
It ’s a mess . I ’ll just wait until I can bypass New York ’s own upcoming subway - pocalypse witha high - flying car .
[ Washington Post ]
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