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SHA will widen the roadway from four to six lanes between Interstates 695 and 195. The $23 million project will begin in May and take approximately three years, said Chuck Gischlar, an SHA spokesman. Meanwhile, planning is underway to widen the parkway between Route 100 and I-195, but there's no money for it yet. The state already widened the other portion it controls -- between Baltimore and I-695.
Train and Bus Troubles
Dear Dr. Gridlock:
It is rush hour, 6:30 p.m. on Monday. A large and restless crowd is on the platform at Metro Center. For almost 15 minutes, no information displays on the monitors, no trains pass (four the other way), no announcements are made and the manager loitering on the platform knows nothing.
Peter Levine
Washington
I received lots of complaints from Blue and Orange Line riders about the crowding and delays that occurred after 4 p.m. Monday when a train reported smoke in the tunnel near Federal Triangle.
The smoke report forced Metro to turn back trains in the middle of the downtown tunnel just as the afternoon rush was beginning. Because a main artery was severed at a critical point, it took the train controllers a long time -- especially from homebound riders' point of view -- to restore normal service and ease crowding, even after the trains started moving again.
Compounding the problem for riders, said Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel, was a computer failure that knocked out train information displays in the stations.
