Metro Reasons: How are the Blue and Yellow shuttles handling the shutdown crowds?

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Metro’s shuttle buses are handling crowds well during the Yellow and Blue Line shutdown and ridership is higher than expected, upbeat Metro staff said when they briefed the agency’s Riders’ Advisory Council (RAC) last Wednesday. After an initial ridership surge, staff say the shuttles have ‘settled down’ to carrying 125,000 trips per week.

The six Yellow and Blue Line stations in Virginia south of National Airport closed on May 25 to allow Metro and its contractor, Kiewit, to rebuild station platforms and perform other work in the area. Five bus bridges were set up to temporarily replace train service until September 9, when the stations are currently scheduled to reopen.

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