tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post2942355375761264452..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: Post Report - Metro Was Not Following Its Own Escalator / Elevator Maintenance StandardsArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-80910486544508393172010-11-06T20:30:23.278-04:002010-11-06T20:30:23.278-04:00So now WMATA has hired a big buck consulting firm ...So now WMATA has hired a big buck consulting firm named "Vertical Transportation Excellence" that will issue a report telling WMATA that it needs to inspect escalators and elevators regularly.Ken - 22205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-90740990675687776732010-11-06T20:26:08.600-04:002010-11-06T20:26:08.600-04:00Yes, Harley...they're BAAACK. Same Bush-Cheney...Yes, Harley...they're BAAACK. Same Bush-Cheney-DeLay pirate crew that sold you that subprime mortgage in 2005 and then lent you 100% of the equity of your McMansion back in 2007.Send All Republicans to Prison -- for Lifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-11884207419825922652010-11-06T20:18:14.234-04:002010-11-06T20:18:14.234-04:00Yes, we know. But did you expect us to endure doub...Yes, we know. But did you expect us to endure double-digit unemployment forever without doing or saying anything?Harley D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-90274409200675620762010-11-06T20:12:18.967-04:002010-11-06T20:12:18.967-04:00Washington Post Company? You mean the publishing s...Washington Post Company? You mean the publishing subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-46941772334844912702010-11-06T20:06:38.722-04:002010-11-06T20:06:38.722-04:00More 'gotcha' journalism from the Post. Zi...More 'gotcha' journalism from the Post. Zimmerman is worth more alive than dead to the Post which has earned huge profits from 're-segregation through gentrification'. Just as Bin Laden is worth more alive than dead to the CIA, NSA, and DOD.Pentagon Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-57434641905618017492010-11-06T19:58:03.771-04:002010-11-06T19:58:03.771-04:00Neocons (Newt, Cheney, Palin, Cantor, etc.) are ou...Neocons (Newt, Cheney, Palin, Cantor, etc.) are out to totally co-opt the Tea Party.T.A.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-18307169042827646082010-11-06T19:53:06.125-04:002010-11-06T19:53:06.125-04:00I love Americans, but you are stuck in a 2-party s...I love Americans, but you are stuck in a 2-party system where the politicians from both parties steal you blind, when they are not taxing you to death to fight wars in the Third World.Dawn - Torontonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-68268918919380770052010-11-06T19:33:55.235-04:002010-11-06T19:33:55.235-04:00If the Post weren't such a shill for Smart Gro...If the Post weren't such a shill for Smart Growth Gentrification, Zimmerman, Graham, and about a dozen other WMATA politricksters would be asleep right now at the Allenwood Federal Prison Farm waiting to milk the dairy herd at 4 AM.another former Metro ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-80837364973534868082010-11-06T19:14:03.670-04:002010-11-06T19:14:03.670-04:00WMATA will be paying millions in personal injury d...WMATA will be paying millions in personal injury damages to the 16 Metro riders who were injured last weekend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-76494971364118944412010-11-06T19:10:12.299-04:002010-11-06T19:10:12.299-04:00I was riding down a Metro escalator in 1980 and wa...I was riding down a Metro escalator in 1980 and was wearing running shoes. The sole of my running shoe became caught between the plates of the moving escalator and the stationery side panel. The running shoe was torn off my foot. That happened 30 years ago. Metro escalators are nothing but problems. How much has WMATA paid out in personal injury settlements since 1975 resulting from escalator injuries?Lindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-15669484723760735792010-11-06T19:01:58.831-04:002010-11-06T19:01:58.831-04:00Meanwhile, Metro Board member Zimmerman is totally...Meanwhile, Metro Board member Zimmerman is totally concerned with Metro station cosmetics.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-53076259561831165452010-11-06T18:57:38.980-04:002010-11-06T18:57:38.980-04:00If WMATA followed its own escalator and elevator m...If WMATA followed its own escalator and elevator maintenance standards half of WMATA's budget would be spent on elevator and escaator maintenance.Kevin L.noreply@blogger.com