If you live any distance beyond the Capital Beltway you probably did not notice it, but an important part of government in Washington shut down on Wednesday, March 16. That’s when the Metro subway system’s recently installed general manager Paul Wiedefeld ordered a one-day shutdown of the entire 117-mile system for emergency inspection of track-based power cables.
The result was not quite as dire as many feared. Some Metro commuters took a day off, others climbed into buses or cars early to weather expected traffic jams. The federal government and the city’s lawyers and lobbyists continued to function.
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