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Report: 'Much Brighter' Bethesda Metro Could Come Online By Mid-2015

The Washington Post reports on Metro's $10 million plan to test future design concepts at the Bethesda station.

New prototype design concepts at the Bethesda Metro will cost $10 million, and the "much brighter" station could come online by mid-2015, The Washington Post reports.

Patch broke the news last month that Bethesda has been selected for the "Model Station of the Future" pilot project. The concepts tested at Bethesda may be used system-wide in the future, according to a Metro statement.

Metro General Manager Richard Sarles told The Washington Post that the design changes would update elements of Metro's "outdated ’70s brown look" in favor of an "updated, 21st-century look.”

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The new look at Bethesda, which was chosen because of its pending escalator replacement project and design elements that make the station difficult to illuminate, could include a stainless steel and light gray color palette, upgraded lighting and signage, and smaller station manager kiosks with digitial panels, according to the report.

Read the full report at The Washington Post.

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