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  • Metro train operators run five red signals

    By Kytja Weir | 06/13/13 07:15 PM

    Metro train operators ran red signals on the system's rails five times in the past three months, an unusual spate of the incidents, Metro officials said Thursday. No crashes occurred and no one was hurt in the incidents, but the agency considers them serious safety violations. "Anytime...

  • Crime down at Montgomery County Metro stations

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/13/13 06:10 PM

    Crime at Montgomery County's Metro stops has fallen to 275 incidents from 354 last year, but officials are concerned with the large number of thefts of riders' smart phones and other electronics. Jeff Delinksi, deputy chief of the Metro Transit Police, told the County Council's Public Safety...

  • Metro expects to end year with $20 million surplus

    By Kytja Weir | 06/11/13 06:40 PM

    Metro is on track to end the year in the black, with as much as $25 million more than expected in its coffers. The transit agency likely will finish the fiscal year that ends on June 30 with a "positive position" of $20 million to $25 million, according to a report slated to be presented to...

  • Study: Distracted driving leads to millions of red-light violations

    By Liz Essley | 06/11/13 05:35 PM

    Typing a short text message or glancing in the mirror to adjust makeup often sends drivers sailing through red lights, a new analysis has found. Researchers with the National Coalition for Safer Roads and FocusDriven found that out of the 5,808 drivers who ran red lights in videos they...

  • Metro's track delays amount to more than expected

    By Kytja Weir | 06/10/13 06:30 PM

    Metro warned its riders that it would have delays on all five rail lines this past weekend for track work. But riders suffered through more than the planned delays. The agency also had at least seven major failures that caused even longer waits on the system. Many riders attending Washington...

  • Escalator outages partially reported by Metro

    By Kytja Weir | 06/10/13 05:45 PM

    When is an escalator outage on Metro listed as an actual outage? All four entrance escalators at the Tenleytown stop were out of service Monday morning. Metro reported the outage at 10:47 a.m. on Twitter, blaming a mechanical problem. Metro then tweeted at 11:59 a.m. that escalator service had...

  • Virginia man charged with loaded gun at Dulles airport

    By Scott McCabe | 06/10/13 05:20 PM

    A Virginia man was stopped at Washington Dulles International Airport for attempting to bring a loaded gun onto a plane. According to Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police, Albert N. Henderson Jr., 52, of Warrenton, was trying to board a flight to Houston on Sunday when a checkpoint...

  • Capital Bikeshare becoming an economic development tool

    By Kytja Weir | 06/09/13 05:55 PM

    Capital Bikeshare is doing more than moving people around on red bikes. It's also helping sell houses and apartments and draw people to businesses. The bike-sharing system, which has more than 175 docking stations across the District, Arlington and Alexandria, has become the latest tool to...

  • Montgomery County planners talk implementation of BRT

    By Kate Jacobson | 06/06/13 08:30 PM

    Montgomery County planners are debating whether a proposed bus rapid transit system should be implemented in two phases, or if the project should be done all at once. The debate started at a Montgomery County Planning Board meeting on Thursday, after Lead Planner Larry Cole said the public was...

  • Fairfax County seeks state cash for Silver Line station

    By Liz Essley | 06/06/13 05:55 PM

    Fairfax County is seeking state funds to help pay for its share of Silver Line costs -- a move that has at least one other funding partner upset. The county agreed in 2011 to pay for one Metrorail station and two garages as part of an agreement to help cut costs for the second phase of the $6...


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