(Washington, DC) — The Metro transit agency has removed 94 of its buses from service following at least two bus fires in recent days. The latest fire happened yesterday morning on Route 50 in Maryland. No one was hurt. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says the buses that have been sidelined are the Orion-Six series. Just […]
Metro will hold a public forum tonight to discuss its 2013 budget plans, which include the possibility of fare hikes.
Metrorail track work moves into Arlington for the Presidents Day weekend, with station closures on the Orange Line.
WASHINGTON – Metro has discovered numerous escalator brake issues since the transit agency started inspecting its fleet, officials say. Metro officials say 568 escalators had their brakes inspected as of Wednesday, and 40 have had their brakes replaced. Ten brake units were oily and have been repaired, while 16 escalators were taken out of service. […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The extra dime per trip that Metro began to charge riders this spring isn’t making up for the emergency budget shortfall it was supposed to help solve, according to a new Metro report. In fact, the agency says it has an even bigger hole than it forecast. Instead of a $40 […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: In January, Metro waited more than a day to notify the oversight group charged with monitoring its safety that a maintenance vehicle carrying 20 workers slid on an icy Red Line track into a stopped truck. The communications gaffe violated safety protocols, one more concern after months of safety problems forced […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Metro experienced another near miss Wednesday morning when one Red Line train operator had to push his emergency brake to avoiding hitting another train ahead of it. The incident is ringing alarm bells for how the agency’s safety system failed to stop the trains from getting so close again, but also […]
VIA MYFOXDC: Customers can expect lengthy delays of up to 30 minutes this weekend (May 7-9) as old track components are replaced on the Red and Orange lines, causing inbound and outbound trains to take turns sharing one track on portions of the rail system. Red Line Track Upgrades Metrorail customers traveling between the Grosvenor-Strathmore […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Metro on Wednesday fired a bus driver who struck a pedestrian last month in Southeast D.C. The incident occurred on April 13, shortly before 8:50 p.m., as the W2 Route Metrobus was turning right from Irving Street onto Alabama Avenue, according to Metro. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital; the […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The District, Maryland and Virginia are nearly doubling their funding of a safety oversight group that monitors Metro, plus bolstering and reorganizing its staffing, after a federal audit found major weaknesses in the organization. The little-known Tri-State Oversight Committee laid out the plans in a response due Tuesday to a scathing […]
