Tag: DC Metro

Metro riders who use the Silver Line's future stop at Washington Dulles International Airport may have to pay an extra surcharge on top of their regular fare. (Photo: Examiner file)

Silver Line test train hits objects in path

Liz Essley · March 20, 2013 4:00 am

Metro taps two insiders for key management positions

Liz Essley · March 19, 2013 4:00 am

One in seven Metrobuses doesn't have the technology to alert riders to when it is arriving, and some operators don't turn on the technology that they do have, according to Metro documents. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Metro: 15% of buses don’t have arrival-app technology

Liz Essley · March 19, 2013 4:00 am

Silver Spring Transit Center, Silver Spring, MD, Tues, Jan 10, 2012

Report: Silver Spring Transit Center dangerous

Kate Jacobson · March 19, 2013 4:00 am

Cars fill the Southern Avenue station parking lot on July 12, 2007. Michael Riccio/ for the Examiner

Commuters troll for spots in Metro’s stuffed lots

Liz Essley · March 18, 2013 4:00 am

Cars fill the Southern Avenue station parking lot on July 12, 2007. Michael Riccio/ for the Examiner

Metro plans to develop lots but keep parking spots

Liz Essley · March 18, 2013 4:00 am

A Metro train arriving at McPherson Square station last year.

Metro works to improve lighting in 10 stations

Liz Essley · March 17, 2013 4:00 am

The new 7000 series of Metro cars, the first of which is expected to arrive in July 2015, will feature rubber, no-slip floors rather than the carpet found in other cars. (Photo: Examiner file)

Metro officials consider ripping out the carpets

Liz Essley · March 17, 2013 4:00 am

A District teenager who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on a Metro station platform and an Orange Line train has been arrested, officials said. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

D.C. teen arrested in pair of Metro sexual assaults

Naomi Jagoda · March 15, 2013 4:00 am

Metro has averaged about six bus crashes per day, but rider and employee injuries have dropped. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Metrobuses crashing more often

Liz Essley · March 14, 2013 4:00 am

Metro train comes close to hitting two workers

Liz Essley · March 13, 2013 4:00 am

Prince George's County Councilman Mel Franklin said two transit bills this year may have better luck than a pair of similar bills last year. (Photo: Examiner file)

Prince George’s Council resurrects transit-oriented development bills

Matt Connolly · March 12, 2013 4:00 am