Tag: Metro and Traffic

Metro train operator caught on camera checking cell phone

Metro train operator caught on camera checking cell phone

Liz Essley · April 12, 2013 4:00 am

The arrival of the Silver Line, expected late this year, means that Metro's Rosslyn tunnel will be stuffed with Silver, Orange and Blue line cars, and Metro staff proposed a service plan Thursday that would mean 12-minute waits between rush-hour Blue Line trains. (Photo: Examiner file)

Metro says it doesn’t have a solution for long Blue Line waits

Liz Essley · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Girl struck by vehicle in Northeast D.C.

Girl struck by vehicle in Northeast D.C.

Naomi Jagoda · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Surrounded by officials and supporters, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley backs Metro's 16 mile Purple Line which will link Bethesda and New Carrollton on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. The Maryland Transit Authority on Thursday issued a request for information from businesses asking how they think a public-private partnership could help get the Purple Line built. (Photo: Examiner file)

Maryland looking at public-private partnerships for Purple Line

Andy Brownfield · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Wednesday ranks as Metro’s 4th busiest day

Liz Essley · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

Metro's Bethesda station is set to get a $10 million facelift as Metro makes it the "model station of the future."

Metro to make Bethesda ‘station of the future’

Liz Essley · April 11, 2013 4:00 am

A new parking garage at the Twinbrook Metro station has "extensive cracks" and will need to be repaired before Metro accepts the work from its contractor. (Photo: Examiner file)

New Twinbrook Metro garage has cracks

Liz Essley · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Metro expected to be crowded Wednesday afternoon

Liz Essley · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Loudoun County residents are telling Virginia's utility watchdog that tolls on the Dulles Greenway are too high and are pushing drivers to other clogged roads. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State investigating Loudoun County complaints about Dulles Greenway’s high tolls

Liz Essley · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

Metro to host anti-harassment event Wednesday

Metro to host anti-harassment event Wednesday

Liz Essley · April 10, 2013 4:00 am

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

Silver Spring Transit Center opening more than a year away

Kate Jacobson · April 9, 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)

Troublesome Metro railcars to be replaced

Liz Essley · April 9, 2013 4:00 am