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  • Pedestrian struck in downtown D.C. dies of injuries

    By Kytja Weir | 06/04/13 12:00 PM

    A 53-year-old homeless man who was struck crossing Connecticut Avenue last month in downtown Washington has died, according to D.C. police. The man, Dereck Audrey, was run over on May 16 when he was crossing Connecticut Avenue at K Street NW. A 2013 Mercedes Benz E35 hit him around 10 p.m....

  • Arlington sidelines three buses after brake failure causes crash

    By Kytja Weir | 06/03/13 06:40 PM

    Arlington County pulled three buses from the road on Monday after the brakes on a hybrid bus failed, causing it to roll backward down a hill into other vehicles. The ART bus, a DesignLine USA model, was headed north on the 45 route along North Barton Street when it started to roll back near...

  • Flasher exposes self to girl at Silver Spring bus stop

    By Scott McCabe | 06/03/13 05:20 PM

    A 29-year-old man has been accused of exposing himself to a teenage girl at a Silver Spring bus stop. At about 8 p.m. Sunday, a 15-year-old girl was sitting at the Metrobus stop at the corner of University Boulevard West and Colesville Road in the Four Corners area when she noticed a man...

  • Washington-area intersections rack up collisions

    By Liz Essley | 06/02/13 06:45 PM

    Drivers navigating the Washington area know that some intersections can be particularly dangerous, even without the choking traffic that plagues the region. Motorists stumped by New York Avenue and Florida Avenue NE in D.C. can know they're not alone in nerve-wracking near-misses when crawling...

  • Driver arrested after hitting cyclist on W&OD trail

    By Kytja Weir | 06/02/13 03:40 PM

    A 28-year-old McLean woman has been charged with drunk driving and felony hit and run after police said she ran over a bicyclist on a bike trail with her car. A 65-year-old biker was left with serious injuries after he was hit on the W&OD Trail around 8:30 p.m. Saturday, according to...

  • Plane crashes into Herndon apartment building

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/31/13 10:25 AM

    A plane crashed into a Herndon apartment building after running on low fuel and experiencing electrical problems, police said. About 12:15 a.m. Friday, a two-seat, single-engine Cessna crash-landed into the top floor of a three-story apartment building in the 2200 block of Astoria Circle. The...

  • D.C. tops nation with largest daily surge in commuters

    By Kytja Weir | 05/30/13 06:55 PM

    Rush of commuters expands population 79% The District's population swells every weekday proportionately more than any other major city in the country, according to new census figures released Thursday. The city's population grew daily from about 584,000 people to 1.05 million people in 2010,...

  • Commuter trains attract riders even as numbers flag on Metro

    By Kytja Weir | 05/29/13 07:40 PM

    Commuters are continuing to flock to local train services even as Metrorail numbers are declining. MARC scored record ridership in April, topping a record reached in November, the Maryland Transit Administration said this week. Virginia Railway Express has attracted increasing ridership...

  • Metro ridership falling despite fat federal transit benefits

    By Kytja Weir | 05/29/13 07:40 PM

    Meanwhile, residents flock to bikes, commuter trains Metro ridership is flagging even though more people than ever are flocking to other modes of public transit such as bike share and local commuter trains. The transit agency's overall ridership for the fiscal year is down 3.6 percent...

  • Montgomery County program to transport seniors hits snags

    By Liz Essley | 05/29/13 06:45 PM

    A Montgomery County program to transport seniors and people with disabilities is being scammed by taxi drivers after switching to a new electronic system, county officials say. The county's "Call-N-Ride" program gives people older than 67 and adults with disabilities discounted rides in...


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