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WASHINGTON, USA - MARCH 16: Cyclists ride up 14th St during their morning commute in Washington, USA on March 16, 2016. On Tuesday afternoon WMATA announced that it would suspend all of it's Metro Rail service for 29 hours starting at midnight in order to conduct emergency repairs to the system after multiple fires caused by faulty connections. On average 700,000 people use the Metro on any given work day to get to and from work and they had to scramble to find alternate ways to work. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)