by Marlene Berlin What was it like at the Van Ness Metro station on the first day of the west entrance’s closure? There was no warning signage at Windom Place for Connecticut Avenue pedestrians heading toward the station from the north. Many had already been funneled to the west side due to the closed sidewalk […]
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Van Ness west entrance closing June 22 for 3-year escalator replacement
by Marlene Berlin DDOT has signed off on WMATA’s original plan to replace four escalators at the Van Ness Metro station. And so, WMATA says work will begin one week from today, on Monday, June 22nd. That means the west entrance to the station will close for most, if not all, of the project’s three-year […]
ANC 3F June 16th agenda: Van Ness escalator rehab; honoring Karen Perry
Metro is returning to ANC 3F to give our commissioners and our community an update on where it’s three-year escalator replacement project at Van Ness now stands. Work was to begin May 4th, until DDOT delayed the project amid community concerns about pedestrian and traffic safety impacts. During a May 29th walkthrough of the site, […]
Van Ness Metro updates: No weekend closures; intermittent west entrance openings possible
by Marlene Berlin There will be no weekend closures for Van Ness Metro station during a three-year project to replace four escalators. And the west entrance will not necessarily close for the full length of the project. On Friday, May 29th, WMATA and DDOT officials met with ANC 3F commissioners, a representative of the DC […]
Metro taking ANC 3F on Van Ness walkthrough today to explain 3-year project
by Marlene Berlin WMATA is meeting with ANC 3F commissioners today at the Van Ness Metro station to walk them through its planned escalator replacement project. The work could close the west entrance to the station for most, if not all, of the project’s expected three-year length. And when Metro’s plans came to light in […]
No new date for delayed 3-year Van Ness escalator project – yet
Metro and DDOT sent representatives to last night’s ANC 3F meeting to talk about the now-delayed Van Ness escalator replacement project. Some notes: No new date has been set for the work. “We’re ready to start right now,” said Cedric Watson, WMATA’s project manager for elevator and escalator capital projects. But Metro’s waiting for the […]
UDC engineering students propose Metro escalator fixes
by Carol F. Stoel Metro is preparing to undertake a three-year project to replace four Van Ness escalators that are at the end of their 35-year lifespan – and have broken down frequently during that period. What if the escalators could be redesigned to extend their useful life, and keep breakdowns and downtime at a […]
ANC 3F May 19th agenda: Van Ness escalator update; Van Ness Main Street funding
Metro is sending a representative to ANC 3F’s May meeting to update the community on its now-delayed escalator replacement project at Van Ness. How long until the west entrance closes for the work? Perhaps we’ll learn more at Tuesday’s meeting – or sooner. ANC 3F will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19th, at Forest […]
The Northwest Current’s take: A Metro mess in Van Ness
The Northwest Current is the latest to weigh in on the Metro missteps that led to the stalled closure of the Van Ness station’s west entrance with an editorial in the May 6th issue (download the paper here). Current Newspapers has given us permission to reproduce it here: Metro’s community outreach about its three-year closure […]
The DC media fill holes in Van Ness Metro entrance coverage
Metro’s plans to close the west entrance at Van Ness have drawn the media’s attention to our little corner of Washington. At first, most outlets took Metro at its word that the Van Ness entrance would be closed Monday. The Washington Post and WTOP stories published online that morning were written as though it had […]