Traffic, Metro shifts for Sunday's Army 10-Miler
By: Kytja Weir
Examiner Staff Writer
October 2, 2009
This Sunday's Army 10-Miler race will shift traffic and buses on some local roads and affect Metro.
Roads along the race course in Arlington and the District will be intermittently closed from about 7:30 a.m. until about noon. The closures will force Metrobuses to relocate from the Pentagon station to Pentagon City until about 2 p.m.
Meanwhile, Red and Orange line riders may need to add up to 30 minutes to their trips as trains share single tracks amid track work.
But Metro plans to open its train system an hour early, with doors opening at 6 a.m. to accommodate the racers and spectators. The transit agency also plans to run extra Blue Line trains until the 8 a.m. start of the race and again at 11:15 a.m. until 12:40 p.m.
The Army is paying about $40,000 for the early opening and extra service, Metro spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said.
Metro encourages race participants to use a SmarTrip card or a plastic cover over paper farecards because sweat has demagnetized paper cards in the past.
