Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

Police in Montgomery County issued nearly 140 traffic citations Friday night during a campaign to enforce the nighttime use of seat belts. From about 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday, officers stationed themselves at entrance and exit ramps of Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway. Officers...

Liz Essley

Published: Sun, May 12, 2013

Metro is looking for ways to get its employees to smoke less and exercise more. The transit agency is starting a program funded by the federal government to help employees improve their health through lifestyle changes. "National data has confirmed that 80 percent of heart disease, 40...

Liz Essley

Published: Sun, May 12, 2013

Metro announced six-minute wait times and a "cool" blue design for the Washington area's first bus rapid transit system, scheduled to open in Northern Virginia next spring. The five-mile corridor between the Pentagon City and Braddock Road Metro stations will have four miles of lanes dedicated...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Fri, May 10, 2013

A 77-year-old Silver Spring woman was fatally struck by a vehicle when she was sitting on a bench at a Wheaton bus shelter, police said. About 4:30 p.m. Thursday, a 1996 Ford Explorer was traveling eastbound on Veirs Mill Road and then made a U-turn onto the road's westbound lanes at the...

Liz Essley

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

Metro won't be paying D.C. Councilman Jim Graham's legal bills. The transit agency's board of directors denied a petition Thursday from Graham, the board's former chairman, to pay for his private legal counsel in a $100 million lawsuit over a Metro land deal. An independent review...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

A 17-year-old boy has been killed in a single-car crash in Prince George's County, police said. The teen was driving in the 11900 block of Brandywine Road in Clinton at about 3 p.m. Wednesday when he lost control of his Acura, left the roadway and struck a tree. The teen was pronounced dead at...

Liz Essley

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Two mothers filed suit against three Metro Transit Police officers on Wednesday, saying the police brutally beat their 14-year-old children and then improperly charged them with crimes in two separate incidents. "We hope [Metro will pay attention. It seems clear to us their officers need...

Alan Blinder

Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

Seeking an aggressive expansion of the District's Circulator bus system, a D.C. councilwoman on Wednesday proposed significant fare hikes that could double the cost of traveling along the five lines that crisscross Washington. The recommendations from Ward 3 Councilwoman Mary Cheh, who chairs...

Liz Essley

Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

Fifteen percent of Metro employees don't feel free to report safety problems without fear of retaliation, a new Metro survey says. The survey shows Metro still has work to do in building an agencywide safety mindset in the wake of the 2009 Red Line crash and a string of four worker deaths in...

Liz Essley

Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

Apple iPhones are Metro thieves' favorite target: The devices accounted for 67 percent of the items snatched and pickpocketed on the transit system in the first three months of the year. Nearly 100 Apple iPhones were stolen on Metro trains and buses from January to March out of a total of 144...