Unsuck DC Metro: Pardon the Interruption

Friday, May 13, 2011

Pardon the Interruption

Just hours after the good news that Metro had decided to join Google Transit, Google's Blogger product crashed. Coincidence?

Yesterday's post comparing transit systems around the world (cached) will hopefully be restored soon, along with the many comments.

Today's planned post is also missing, so I'll post when/if it's restored.

We'll be blogging momentarily.

Other items:
Escalator at Foggy Bottom and Dupont to be shut down for a year (WaPo)
Metro is listening, and they want your name and address (WMATA)
Metrobus drivers schooled in cell phone use (NY Times)
Does your car make you fat? (Fast Company)

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abc · 723 weeks ago

What is google transit?

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@Hell_on_wheelz · 723 weeks ago

http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/transit/#md...

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Insulting Toads · 723 weeks ago

Wow.

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Ever and Anon · 723 weeks ago

Unsuck, there just is no mercy is there? We are still here with you, even if Google and Metro are trying to shush us away (accidentally or not).

(Can we claim this as a non-violent posting sit-in protest somehow?)

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unsuckdcmetro 92p · 723 weeks ago

Thanks. Will be bummed if yesterday's post with so many good comments gets lost along with today's planned post.

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krikket · 723 weeks ago

I did a test run on Google Transit for an upcoming trip from my apartment in Alexandria to my doctor's office in Arlington, near the Pentagon, which listed Metro buses and the trains only. According to Google Transit it will take me 1 hr 20 min. I'm used to taking a round-about route when I take public transportation, but thought was a bit much. No other public transit systems in the area were mentioned in the instructions.

I took out my RideOn & ART bus schedules, and the subway schedule, to find that it will take me 38 minutes. It appears that something's not quite right with their information yet. I pity the poor tourist who think that Google Transit will give them the best information.

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hrh king friday 13 · 723 weeks ago

Apparently, you believe in blogosphere slavery.

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Sam · 723 weeks ago

Still some issues. I just mapped the King Street area to L'Enfant Plaza and it recommends riding blue all the way around Rosslyn and Metro Center and getting off at Smithsonian and walking (even though the across the street from the L'Enfant Plaza station entrance).

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Anon · 723 weeks ago

Isn't that interesting that Metro wants riders to speak up but when employees want to speak and communicate problems which could be resolved; retailiation is the solution. Huh?

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an'on · 723 weeks ago

I see an article there about the escalators being closed at FB and Dupont for a year.... but the article doesn't say which escalators. Is it safe to assume that ALL of the escalators at ALL of the exits at each station will be closed? Simultaneously? For a year?