Tag: Transportation

Public to help pick D.C. cab color

Liz Essley · October 10, 2012 4:00 am

No more looking out the window to see where you are. The new rail cars feature electronic station maps that light up to show where the train is along the line. Interior LED signs will also list which station is next. The exterior of the car features two destination signs, not just one, to make it easier for riders to see which train to board. (Kytja Weir/Examiner)

Metro’s new rail cars will have cameras, vinyl floors, ‘sensitive’ doors

Kytja Weir · October 10, 2012 4:00 am

Baltimore-Washington Parkway to close near airport for two weekends in October

Liz Essley · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

The Dulles Rail project continues along the Dulles Toll Road at Tysons Corner earlier this year. (File photo)

Metro: Dulles rail delays could cost millions

Liz Essley · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

Metro riders at the Gallery Place-Chinatown station (Examiner file photo)

Metro ridership begins slow recovery

Kytja Weir · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

Taxis (Examiner file photo)

Trying to find a cab in D.C.? There’s a new app for that

Liz Essley · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

Metro riders on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, the inauguration of President Barack Obama. (Examiner file photo)

Metro wants to cash in on Inauguration Day

Kytja Weir · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

Handicapped parking space (Examiner file photo)

D.C. red-top meters will cost extra $150,000

Liz Essley · October 8, 2012 4:00 am

Debbie Polhemus of D.C. counteracts a controversial ad at the Takoma Metro stop using Post-It notes. Metro was ordered by a federal court Friday that it could no longer delay posting the ads, despite concerns about the four ads attracting terrorism or inciting fights. Polhemus' message included: "If you see something hateful say something peaceful." (Kytja Weir/Examiner)

Controversial Metro ad gets makeover within hours

Kytja Weir · October 8, 2012 4:00 am

The ad

Judge orders Metro to post controversial ads

Kytja Weir · October 5, 2012 4:00 am

Councilwoman asks for Montgomery County bike lanes

Liz Essley · October 4, 2012 4:00 am

Bumpy tiles at the Smithsonian Metro station (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

One-fourth of Metro platforms lack bumpy tiles for the blind

Kytja Weir · October 4, 2012 4:00 am