Eye on Your Metro Commute reports the downtown transit tunnel is closed “per standard safety procedures due to an alarm condition that is being investigated.” Buses are running on surface streets instead. A reader who was at the scene writes, “The firefighters looked confused and the rent-a-cop guys were super stressed.” Update: There was smoke, but no fire (literally). But the tunnel’s still closed.Update 2: It’s open!
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