>> right now i'm here at the franconia springfield station in virginia. lot of metro rail riders are shocked by the news. in fact i told one woman about it and she said, what, is it a snowstorm coming? and he said it's sunny outside and there's snow on the horizon, it's not weather-related, it's related to safety inspections. let's roll some video. i feel bad telling people about this news. the sun is out and when they get off the train after getting off work. i tell them metro is shut down on wednesday starting tonight at midnight. one woman said no way, you got to be kidding. hundreds of thousands of people ride metrorail every day from northern virginia into d.c. many said they're upset about the news. >> i think it's a disaster, for national security. i'm a fed, i work for the government. i know they're going to encourage telework and all that some of us need access to classified systems. gridlock, accidents. no place to park. a terrorist couldn't have planned a better plot. it's a terrible. >> that's exactly the type of thing you hear from a lot of c

when passing through one of the busiest stations, franconia-springfield. time will be a valuable commodity wednesday when the real service comes to a screeching halt because of emergency safety inspections. >> i think they should do this on saturday when nobody has to work. normallyfear that is parked cars will flood highways through the region, turning roadways into parking lots. >> it will be real bad. it will be backed up traffic on 95. jay: the demand for metro bus service is expected to be overwhelming. am believes on timely public transportation so we can get to dialysis treatments on time after work. he worries with traffic tieups expected, will this affect more than just his patience? >> i really cannot makiss >> i'm going to try to avoid the chaos. jay: metro will have every available bus on the road. jurisdictions are offering additional services. ridesharing companies are offering various deals. capital by chair is offering free membership wednesday. carpooling and hopefully teleworking is a option. the forget about slugging along the 395 corrid

people tell me they take the metro rail from the pentagon city metro station as far away as the franconia springfield station. this news is a big inconvenience. >> what are you going to do? >> i don't know if i'll have to drive to work. i'll have to drive or take the bus. >> that means more cars will be on the road. >> i hope they get it taken care of as quickly and efficiently as possible. >> they're just going to have to monitor this thing, and they're going to be looking at the nbc washington app. one woman showed it to me and said she's looking at it for updates. >>> this is going to leave a huge void for a lot of people, there are some alternatives to try to patch something together. here are some of the options you have, if you have to come into work. because you're not with the federal government. mark will be running normal schedules tomorrow, mark plans to add extra trains for the added capacity. metro bus will be running with extra service to get the kids into schools. other bus systems are adding some additional service. the ride sharing uber and lift, those services, they are offering dis

she is live in virginia, at the franconia springfield station with more on what riders there are saying. peg? >> oh, yeah. everyone has heard about it. most people have. this is andre. and you actually work in northern virginia at the u.s. patent office. and he lives downtown. but you use metro every day, right? >> yes, every day. >> what do you think? it's closing at midnight for at least 29 hours. >> i wish they gave us more notice. but if it makes it safer in the long run, i'm for it. but it's a little late notice, i think. a lot of people are scrambling. >> and you will be. how are you going to get to work tomorrow? >> hopefully they'll give us guidelines. hopefully they will get us home from work, or i'll have to uber it. >> i talked to several people who said they are going to uber it. uber might be lo >> right. and i'm sure a lot of people will be using it so it will be overpriced. hopefully they'll give us a late arrival time. come in a little later and beat the traffic. >> thank you. >> we have adam right here. you're a federal contractor. and you just heard about it. what do y

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