May 22, 2013 | 03:25 PM

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Kytja Weir

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Kytja Weir is The Washington Examiner's transportation reporter, covering Metro and local transit.

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False alarm announcement evacuates McPherson Metro

Kytja Weir

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Metro riders had a surprising scare Wednesday morning when the public address system told riders to evacuate the station. Turns out there was no emergency, said Metro spokeswoman Morgan Dye. The announcement ran by mistake just after 10 a.m. at the station that serves the Orange and Blue...

Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen

Kytja Weir

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...

Potomac Yard Metro station delayed again

Kytja Weir

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Plans to build a Metro station at Alexandria's Potomac Yard have hit another snag, pushing back the opening of a potential station there to 2017 at the earliest.

Getting around town on Memorial Day weekend

Kytja Weir

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Local transit and bus service will change a bit this weekend for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

WMATA fires two workers for stealing

Kytja Weir

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

A Metro worker was fired after investigators discovered the person had falsified time sheets worth thousands of dollars in extra payments. The worker, one of two employees fired after recent investigations into stealing from the transit agency, had been working as a contractor for Metro at the...