Photo by Constructed Space.

Photo by Constructed Space.

Updated with latest information about MetroAccess and the Circulator.

It might finally be time to trade your sweatpants for slacks—Metro will be up and running Tuesday starting at 5 a.m., with the exception of the Silver Line.

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld announced that he “can’t commit” to reopening the Silver Line at a press conference this afternoon. Metro officials have warned all day that the newest line was hardest hit by the snow, and would take the most work to clear.

Wiedefeld said trains would arrive about every 12 minutes on Tuesday.

Tuesday will also bring more bus routes into the mix, as service changes from “lifeline” to “severe,” Wiedefeld said.

“Under the severe service plan, Metrobus service will be available on 79 regional routes…only the major routes will have bus service, and only on the busiest portions of each route,” Metro said in a release. This list has the routes available under the severe service plan.

Unlike today, customers will have to pay for parking and fares on Tuesday.

Wiedefeld noted that the snowstorm definitely has a financial impact for the transportation agency, including loss of revenue, though declined to give a figure because the “meter’s still ticking on that.”

MetroAccess will open at noon on Tuesday, though “some locations may be unavailable for door-to-door service where parking lots or roads have not been cleared,” according to a Metro release.

The D.C. Circulator will have service on three routes on Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., according to the District Department of Transportation. Those routes are:
Georgetown to Union Station
Woodley Park to Adams Morgan to McPherson Square
Potomac Avenue to Skyland

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