Back in 2011, when the weekend maintenance disruptions got more aggressive, we were told that the work on weekends and at night and midday would be enough to get the system back to a state of good repair.
Robert James ThomsonOver the decades, you got various companies involved in making escalators and you've got Metro varying between internal repair crews and contractors. They're dealing with old equipment, which of course is prone to break down, and the repair crews don't even know what's busted or who made the busted parts till they tear the things open. Then sometimes they have to go back to the shop and manufacture parts, because the original maker has gone out of business.
Robert James ThomsonDrivers tend to look for other drivers, rather than for pedestrians or cyclists.
Robert James ThomsonI'm surprised when I see someone doing the logical, commonsense thing: Walk facing the oncoming traffic.
Robert James Thomson