WMATAstuff

3.3K posts

WMATAstuff banner
WMATAstuff

WMATAstuff

@wmatastuff

Katılım Ekim 2017
273 Takip Edilen444 Takipçiler
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@StacyCloyd @wmata @wmataGM Well, the wheels are metal and the track is metal! Any time you go around a curve with a tight radius, the flange of the wheel will make contact with the side of the rail to guide the train through the curve. This happens as a normal part of everyday operations.
WMATAstuff tweet media
English
0
0
1
87
Stacy Cloyd
Stacy Cloyd@StacyCloyd·
@wmatastuff @wmata @wmataGM Fascinating! Glad to have learned something new today. Metal on metal sounds less than ideal (literally, it sounds bad; is also seems like it would damage the cars eventually) but I am a train enjoyer, not a train expert!!
English
1
0
0
193
Stacy Cloyd
Stacy Cloyd@StacyCloyd·
The @wmata train I saw going over the Anacostia as I was biking along Benning Road was making a screeching noise and looked to be sparking along the tracks. Hopefully @wmataGM already knows about it but figured I'd share!
English
2
0
3
1.3K
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@StacyCloyd @wmata @wmataGM Nope! Just a function of metal on metal through a turn for the screeching, and the 3rd rail sparking is just from the car’s 3rd rail shoe sliding off the end or onto the end of a segment of 3rd rail which happens a lot during regular operation.
English
0
0
0
32
Stacy Cloyd
Stacy Cloyd@StacyCloyd·
@wmatastuff @wmata @wmataGM That's good to know, thanks! I was definitely a little concerned. Does it put a lot of wear and tear on the cars?
English
1
0
0
42
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@SwiftySanders @6dam_O @NYCMayor I would assume they have some sort of bus stop bulb-out or the lane shifts or something of that sort. The bus wouldn’t stop in the middle of the road.
English
1
0
1
234
Chris
Chris@SwiftySanders·
@6dam_O @NYCMayor I agree with that… i guess its not clear to me how I would get on and off the bus safely. Thats whats missing from the main renderings.
English
4
0
15
4.6K
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor·
Right now, 70% of the people on Fifth Avenue are pedestrians but they can only use less than HALF of the space! That's going to change under the plan we rolled out to completely transform Fifth Avenue into a WORLD-CLASS pedestrian-centered boulevard. Learn more: nyc.gov/office-of-the-…
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani tweet mediaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani tweet mediaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani tweet media
English
433
204
4.3K
1.8M
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@RayTrainToTrop @alanhenney @Amtrak @HelicoptersofDC My understanding is that this is more of a capital renewal project rather than maintenance. They said that drones were not feasible due to a variety of reasons which i can’t remember off the top of my head. I think the helicopters are more stable esp with passing trains/wind
English
0
0
2
77
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@yfreemark The problem is that this Home Depot and the Giant are always busy and very important to have. There is only one other home improvement store in the city - the Lowe’s on SD Ave. This area could benefit from just stacking the parking and building housing around it.
English
0
0
2
123
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@theHillisHome The 31/33 are being extended to union station, which resolves this for the most part…
English
0
0
3
92
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@beyonddc 14th cannot support artics because of a turn near Takoma and the platforms between Florida and Thomas circle aren’t long enough.
English
0
0
1
36
BeyondDC
BeyondDC@beyonddc·
Northern busyard on 14th St NW is the one that would really make a difference if bigger. If WMATA had unlimited room there you'd likely see more artics on 16th, 14th & Georgia Ave. It's currently being rebuilt but IDK what that means for artics.
BeyondDC tweet media
English
2
0
3
797
BeyondDC
BeyondDC@beyonddc·
Composition of bus fleets in big US agencies: • Seattle, Minneapolis & SF the highest use of artics. • New Jersey, Maryland & Houston big on commuter coaches. • DC, Atlanta & Orange County the most basic Via @NaqiyNY
BeyondDC tweet media
English
4
0
3
1.6K
The Washington Post
The Washington Post@washingtonpost·
The D.C. Metro system is planning a return to self-piloting trains in coming months, 15 years after automated trains were turned off in the wake of a deadly crash on the Red Line. wapo.st/3MSSUeG
English
6
18
38
42.3K
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@BostonHanSolo If you look at the STEER act (Charles Allen’s bill) it actually has a way to forgive up to a pretty significant amount of money in fines that just requires education of some sort etc.
English
0
0
0
55
Ryan Grannan-Doll
Ryan Grannan-Doll@BostonHanSolo·
Problem with excessive ticketing is it impacts the many poor/non-white people in DC and govt likely has one SLOW way to appeal. Fine money can be bill money.
English
4
0
0
4.5K
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@ajlamesa @2AvSagas @MarketUrbanism Yeah that’s what I figured- since I’ve heard about them using the readers in NYC before. Oh well. Not much you can do I guess, and also the average rider doesn’t know they can’t check metrocards 😁
English
2
0
1
227
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@ajlamesa @2AvSagas @MarketUrbanism In other places I’ve seen them use mobile readers to check if that metro card paid the fare… maybe once thr OMNY rollout is a little more substantial this couls be possible
English
1
0
11
365
Anthony LaMesa
Anthony LaMesa@ajlamesa·
@2AvSagas That would be nice, but as @MarketUrbanism noted, there’s no way to check people have paid a fare. They can just say they used a metro card.
English
4
0
10
1.4K
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@ANCJonah IIRC they brought a bunch of track equipment and let you sit in the cab of a train!
English
1
0
1
18
More Speed Tables
More Speed Tables@ANCJonah·
We need WMATA to do a Touch-a-Truck style event where the public can come see all of their vehicles that work on train tracks and maybe sit in them. Asking for my son. Not me at all. But I will sit with him.
Metro Forward@wmata

#YourMetro team is tackling the Green Line this weekend! More than 350 crossties are being replaced & thousands of screw lags. Crossties, the pieces of wood that hold the two running rails together, require specialized equipment seen here. Shoutout to our talented crews! #wmata

English
1
0
18
1.2K
Dan Vock
Dan Vock@danvock·
I’ve been bike commuting in D.C. for kids’ camps the last few weeks, which has been great. But I’m still amazed (aghast) that the bike lanes on 11th St NW aren’t protected. It’s like a bike highway but you’re cruising close to garbage trucks and Metro buses. 😬 @DDOTDC @WABADC
English
5
1
21
3.4K
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@karolkarpinski Ah, and those are still there- and will be back once the escalator replacement project is done. I think the cardinal directions work better in the core, and there’s no harm in having them there in addition to the terminus on a different sign…
English
1
0
0
40
Karol Karpinski
Karol Karpinski@karolkarpinski·
@wmatastuff The old versions worked just fine: ‘Franconia/Huntington’ on one side, ‘Largo/Mt Vernon Sq via Downtown DC’ on the other side.
English
1
0
0
33
Karol Karpinski
Karol Karpinski@karolkarpinski·
Dear @wmata, I don’t know when you decided to become New York, but these new wayfinding signs make no sense when your system map looks like this:
Karol Karpinski tweet mediaKarol Karpinski tweet media
English
3
0
16
851
WMATAstuff
WMATAstuff@wmatastuff·
@karolkarpinski I’m sorry but what? Where have you been where you don’t look at a map to figure out where you’re going? What should the sign say here?
English
0
0
0
12
Karol Karpinski
Karol Karpinski@karolkarpinski·
@wmatastuff You keep referring to ‘the map’. The beauty of well-run public transport systems is that ‘the map’ is not necessary to find your way if you know the line and the station.
English
1
0
1
44

Keşfet

@StacyCloyd @wmata @wmataGM @SwiftySanders @6dam_O @NYCMayor @RayTrainToTrop @alanhenney