Metro officials consider ripping out the carpets

By Liz Essley

Published March 17, 2013 4:00am ET

Metro officials consider ripping out the carpets — The new 7000 series of Metro cars, the first of which is expected to arrive in July 2015, will feature rubber, no-slip floors rather than the carpet found in other cars. (Photo: Examiner file) | Andrew Harnik

Dirt from shoes. Snow and rain and yuck. Spilled drinks and sticky gum.

Metro’s burgundy carpets are evolving to a bland brown thanks to a daily dose of gross. And now Metro’s top officials are thinking about ripping them out and replacing them with a speckled black, hard surface.

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