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As Red Line riders head to work on the second weekday of Metro’s tenth surge, a Northeast bike shop is offering free coffee to those who choose to commute by bike.
The Bike Rack is giving Filter coffee to cyclists who travel along the Metropolitan Branch Trail tomorrow. Employees will have a stand set up on the trail near the shop (located at 716 Monroe Street) from 7:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.
The Bike Rack and Filter Coffeehouse came together under one Brookland roof last year.
Good luck Red Line #safetrack commuters. And remember, tomorrow will be better because: free coffee for bike commuters @ Met Branch Trail!
— bikerackdc (@bikerackdc) October 31, 2016
Surge 10 kicked off over the weekend by shutting down Brookland and Rhode Island Avenue stations until November 22. It’s one of the “largest rider impacts of all of the surges that we have done and will do,” Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said last week, explaining that it will affect about 200,000 peak trips every day.
This morning, there were some crowded stations and trains, as well as delays on the Red and Green Lines, according to The Washington Post. Meanwhile, some commuters said it took them up to an hour on Metro’s shuttle buses to get from Fort Totten to NoMa.
Metro officials are encouraging Red Line passengers to take alternative modes of transportation like carpooling and biking, if possible.
