Report: Bethesda Metro Elevator Could Be Open Next Week
Escalator project to launch in early 2014; could take longer than eight months to complete, The Gazette reports.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Report: Bethesda Metro Elevator Could Be Open Next Week
Escalator project to launch in early 2014; could take longer than eight months to complete, The Gazette reports.
The Bethesda Metro station elevator, which has been closed for a rehabilitation project since May, could be open by next week, The Gazette reports. The project was initially expected to take four months. Metro crews ran into delays acquiring parts for the project, and new state elevator codes also contributed to the delay, according to the report. Next up for the station? A replacement project for the station's oft-bemoaned escalators, expected to launch in early 2014. The escalator replacement could take longer than the Dupont Circle escalator project, which spanned eight months, The Gazette reported. Read the full story at The Gazette. Has the Bethesda Metro elevator project affected your commute? Will you be glad to see it go back into …
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Mother Injured Taking Stroller Up Bethesda Metro Escalator
The Washington Examiner reports the woman was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the Tuesday incident.
A woman was injured Tuesday morning when she attempted to take a stroller with her twin sons up the Bethesda Metro escalator, the Washington Examiner reports. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to the report. The woman fell as she was holding the stroller, a Metro spokeswoman told the Examiner. She was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the boys' father declined medical attention for the children. Metro discourages riders from taking strollers or bicycles on the escalators, but the elevator at Bethesda is closed for a rehabilitation project until October, which may have prompted the woman to attempt to navigate the escalator with the stroller, the Examiner reports. Free shuttle bus …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Bethesda Metro Elevator To Close For Rehabilitation
Elevator will be out of service for four months beginning in late May.
The entrance elevator at the Bethesda Metro station will be taken out of service beginning in late May as Metro conducts a major rehabilitation. The elevator, which has not seen a major rehab since the Bethesda station opened in 1984, will be closed for four months during the project, according to Metro. Metro technicians will replace components of the elevator -- including the cab, motor, and control systems -- ahead of a major rehabilitation of the station's entrance escalators planned for 2014. Metro has come under increasing fire for escalator breakdowns at Bethesda. Also planned to improve rider circulation ahead of the 2014 escalator rehabilitation is the construction of new stairway between the platform and the mezzanine, according …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
90 Percent Availability Reported For Bethesda Escalators
Bethesda Metro escalators in service more often than the system-wide average, the Washington Examiner reports.
The escalators at the Bethesda Metro station were in service more often than four other Metro stations with the system’s longest escalators between October and March, according to agency statistics analyzed by The Washington Examiner. Metro has increasingtly drawn fire from advocates and community leaders for downtime at the Bethesda escalators, which will see a major rehabilitation in 2014. Recently, Montgomery County council members urged Metro General Manager Richard Sarles to speed up the planned repairs. But the escalators at Bethesda, which at 212 feet are the second longest in the Metro system, were in service 90 percent of the time in the six-month period, the Examiner reported. That’s compared to 67 percent availability at …
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Monday, May 7, 2012
MoCo Officials: Speed Up Bethesda Escalator Repairs
Councilmembers highlight Bethesda station woes in recent letter to Metro general manager, the Washington Examiner reports.
Montgomery County councilmembers highlighted the need for repairs to the Bethesda Metro station escalators in a Thursday letter to Metro General Manager Richard Sarles, the Washington Examiner reports. The escalators, which riders and advocates have bemoaned for their numerous outages, are due for rehabilitation in 2014. But in the letter, Council President Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1), County Councilwoman Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) and County Councilman Hans Reimer (D-At Large) asked Metro to speed up the timetable for the repairs, the Examiner reported. The officials also asked for answers about how Metro is mitigating the effects of escalator outages, according to The Examiner. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel responded in an email to The …
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