1 day ago- Metro officials, who have been largely successful in improving on-time train performance over the past several months, are gearing up to get the agency's famously unpredictable buses to run on schedule.
6 days ago- Metro’s Green and Yellow line riders should brace for heavy delays over the next four weekends as the transit agency completes a track repair designed to correct a problem that led to a train derailment last year.
7 days ago- Metro has made significant progress in preventing passenger injuries since the start of General Manager John Catoe’s first full fiscal year at the helm of the transit agency.
8 days ago- Metro’s January fare increase has so far generated enough money for the transit agency that officials do not want to increase parking fees an additional 25 cents in July.
12 days ago- Metro operators have opened the doors before the trains have fully reached the platform at least 13 times this year, including five times since operators began a new policy of opening the doors manually 16 days ago, Metro officials acknowledged.
15 days ago- Red Line riders were frustrated Friday morning when a sick passenger put rush-hour service at a standstill, but statistics show the situation is not uncommon.
18 days ago- Metro officials Thursday recommended constructing underground walkways between stations and building inter-line rail connections to help the agency solve an impending capacity crisis.
20 days ago- Metro is testing four types of rubber and stone railcar floors as the transit agency moves away from using carpeting, which officials say is expensive and difficult to maintain.
21 days ago- Metro’s weekday ridership, three months after its fare increase, is still up slightly from last year, but far below the surprising 6 percent jump the agency saw in January and February.
28 days ago- Metro will spend $250,000 to accommodate the crushing crowds expected to swarm the transit system this week during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Washington.