Metro’s chronic escalator outages — including 68 as of this week — has riders up in arms.

For anyone familiar with the DC Metro escalators, this comes as no surprise. Matter of fact, we’d be surprised if the damn things worked.

According to data from Metro, the problem appears to be worsening. For example, the current rate of escalator outages, though only a snapshot, is higher than the average of 7 percent cited by Metro officials at a public hearing last year.

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h/t S George