Metro to get glow-in-the-dark evacuation signs

Published April 9, 2013 4:00am ET



Metro is planning to install glow-in-the-dark signs on its trains this spring telling riders to stay onboard in case of an emergency.

The signs come after January’s Green Line meltdown, when hundreds of riders self-evacuated from hot, stuffy trains after they lost power in a tunnel under the Anacostia River.

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