INTERVIEW – ADAM TUSS – Transportation Reporter/Anchor NBC Washington @AdamTuss – discussed the metro door malfunction and the looming metro summer shutdown.

• Metro removed all of its 3000-series cars after a report of a door malfunction, reducing the number of rail cars by 15%. (WAMU) – Metro is investigating the cause of an open door malfunction on a moving 3000-series train, and General Manager Paul Wiedefeld says they won’t be back on the tracks until the issue is fixed. He expects to get to the root cause “fairly shortly.” Wiedefeld ordered the 274 cars out of service late Monday night after Metro couldn’t identify the cause of the problem by 11 p.m. onday afternoon, staff found a video of the incident in a popular D.C. transit Facebook group. The video, by rider Claudia Sol, shows one train door open on car 3090. The train was traveling from Dunn Loring to Vienna on the Orange Line around 1 p.m. Sunday. Sol posted the video Monday. Wiedefeld said surveillance video showed the door open for just seconds. “This is what safety culture looks like,” Wiedefeld said. “We received info, escalated it and acted properly to mitigate the risk. “If that means customers have shorter trains or have a minute or two tacked on to their commute, I would much rather take criticism for that than answer questions if something was much worse.”
• Adam Tuss @AdamTuss 11h11 hours ago: BREAK-Metro says it became aware of door issue yesterday, even though incident happened Sunday. Rail car not in service yesterday. Incident happened at Dunn Loring and passengers were on board. Still waiting to hear if it happened while train was at platform or in motion.
• Preview: Metro’s complete summer shutdown south of Reagan Airport begins on Saturday. A woman quit her job because of the upcoming Metro shutdown. It’s coming. Six Blue and Yellow Line Metro stations in Virginia close this Saturday for the entire summer.
• OPM Approves Increased Telework During Metro’s Virginia Shutdown. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo today to agency chief human capital officers (CHCOs) encouraging increased workplace flexibilities for employees impacted by the closure of six Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) stations over the summer. “The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is strongly encouraging agencies to allow affected employees to utilize various workplace flexibilities throughout the upcoming Project, including telework and alternative work schedules,” wrote OPM Acting Director Margaret Weichert in a memo to agency CHCOs.