WMATA Alerts
by shawnr (community developer)popularity rank: 10
description: This widget displays the WMATA Metro Rail Alerts RSS feed for the Washington DC Metro. UPDATE: Main text is now scrollable; tap near top and bottom of text for scrolling up and down. I am not affiliated with WMATA, but this widget uses their public Metro Rail Alerts Feed. Also see the new WMATA Metro Bus Alerts widget, just uploaded for 2009.
preview of 'WMATA Alerts' app
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Comments
goshel
– January 12 2010
Very useful!
shawnr
– July 21 2009
@Gpeng : This message has been consistent on the WMATA website since June 22. If there is no other alert, then the only one you see is the system-wide advisory. However, if there are other alerts, the widget will rotate through them like normal. There is nothing broken in the widget or WMATA RSS feeds, as far as I can tell. It's all due to the persistent advisory WMATA has issued since the June 22 collision on the Red line. (Also, the June 29 date for this alert reflects the day WMATA put the static item into their RSS feed. Other alerts for other lines come and go in the RSS feed, but this one stays the same date.)
GPENG
– July 21 2009
Widget has been indicating system-wide distruption for a while now, it seems to be broken.
rehbergs
– June 23 2009
This excellent widget was most helpful during the tragedy of June 22.
shawnr
– January 01 2009
Thanks for the comment @suzi9874. I've been on vacation since right after they re-launched the WMATA site and hadn't seen the break yet. I fixed it and it's nice that WMATA provided us with a headline and description, so I've adjusted the display just a bit. Let me know if you have any other issues with the widget!
suzi9874
– December 29 2008
Widget no longer works (due to redesign of WMATA's website)
sdfg413
– May 29 2008
Three cheers for the D.C. Chumby community! This is just what I need. Thanks.
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