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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Escalator/Elevator Maintenance Board Meeting July 22, 2010

072210 Escalator Maintenance - WMATA · • Idfdf lt/ltit diIncreased funds for escalator/elevator maintenance and repair −FY10 total operating and capital budget expenditure $41.58M

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Page 1: 072210 Escalator Maintenance - WMATA · • Idfdf lt/ltit diIncreased funds for escalator/elevator maintenance and repair −FY10 total operating and capital budget expenditure $41.58M

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

Escalator/Elevator Maintenance

Board Meeting

July 22, 2010

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Metro’s Vertical Transportation

• 588 escalators

Metro s Vertical Transportation

− Installed between 1976 and 2004

− 7 manufacturers; 4 no longer in business

• 275 Elevators

− Installed between 1976 and 2004

− 13 manufacturers; 9 no longer in business

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Escalators State of Good Repair

• Aging units with 443 escalators and 139 elevators over 25 years oldover 25 years old

• Exposed to extreme conditions− Weather/Environment 116 uncovered

− High levels of traffic

− Inappropriate usage (running, dragging luggage, strollers, etc)

− Long hours of operation

• Parts availability− Special fabrication for manufacturers no longer inSpecial fabrication for manufacturers no longer in

business

− One of a kind escalators due to length (Wheaton)

No standardized size/length installed• No standardized size/length installed

• Stairs not available adjacent to all escalators3

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Escalator Availability

• May 2010 availability 89.5%PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, 

• 77% of unscheduled maintenance was automatic shutoffs from safety switches

,3.14%UNSCHEDULED 

MAINTENANCE, 6.98%

• Inspection by mechanic required prior to putting unit back into service

SAFETY, 0.34%

REHAB/CIP, 0.01%

MAJOR REPAIR, 0.03%

Most common safety switch reset required is the Comb impact switch

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Efforts UnderwayEfforts Underway

• Independent outside expert performing assessment of maintenance program – target completion September 2010

I d f d f l t / l t i t d i• Increased funds for escalator/elevator maintenance and repair− FY10 total operating and capital budget expenditure $41.58M

− FY11 total operating and capital budget $47.48M

• Dedicated nearly $5M in FY11 capital budget to repair DuPont (Q Street) and Wheaton escalators

• Red Line and Blue/Orange Line segment contracts− 144 escalator and 31 elevator rehabilitations

− 6 escalator replacements (DuPont – 19th Street and Foggy Bottom)

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Efforts UnderwayEfforts Underway

• Increased and redistributed response teams in alignment with daily ridership trends

• Consolidated the escalator/elevator command center with the Operations Control Center for improved response time

P t i ith th T it El t /E l t T i i• Partnering with the Transit Elevator/Escalator Training Consortium− Review/establish best practices− Development of a nationally recognized apprenticeship

program

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State of Good RepairState of Good Repair

• Over the next several years as we work to achieve a state of good repair, customers will continue to see outagescustomers will continue to see outages

• Routine maintenance and inspection is required on a monthly basis and will continue to result in approximately a 3% outage at any given time

• Metro’s ultimate goal after achieving a• Metro s ultimate goal after achieving a state of good repair is to have no more than 43 escalators out of service at any given timegiven time

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