Entire DC subway system to shut down for inspections
WASHINGTON — It’s already being branded Metromageddon.
Hundreds of thousands of Washington, D.C., workers were preparing for a potentially soul-sucking commute with the rail system serving the nation’s capital facing a full-day shutdown Wednesday for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables.
The federal government took some of the pressure off the city’s traffic-choked highways by announcing Tuesday that workers have the option to take the day off or telecommute. The announcement from the Office of Personnel Management came under pressure from several members of Congress who said their constituents would have no way to get to work
