Liz Essley

Updated: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

Metro's top rail executive is stepping down. Dave Kubicek is resigning from his job as deputy general manager for rail operations after six years at the transit agency, according to an internal memo. He was the top aide to General Manager Richard Sarles. Kubicek, whose resignation is...

Andy Brownfield

Published: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow illegal immigrants to have driver's licenses, which would make the Free State one of a handful to allow them to legally get licensed. The measures would repeal a Maryland law passed in 2009 that outlawed driver's...

Liz Essley

Published: Wed, Feb 27, 2013

Metro's railcars are breaking down far more often than the transit agency would like, causing delays and frustrating riders stuck waiting for trains. Metro's railcars on average made it only 46,274 miles between breakdowns that caused at least a three-minute delay in 2012, falling short of the...

Liz Essley

Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

Commuters on MARC's Penn Line trains will see changes to the schedule starting March 25, Maryland officials announced Tuesday, with some trains leaving earlier than normal. The Maryland Transit Administration tweaked the schedule so that more trains would arrive at their designated arrival...

Liz Essley

Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

Commuters stuck in traffic on Virginia's Interstate 66 soon will have a better estimate of how late they'll be to work. Virginia will begin installing electronic signs and other devices this spring in an attempt to speed up traffic and give drivers more information along I-66, Gov. Bob...

Liz Essley

Published: Tue, Feb 26, 2013

Orange Line riders faced extra-long waits for trains and crowded platforms during the Tuesday morning rush hour as Metro crews did emergency work on their tracks. Trains single-tracked between East Falls Church and West Falls Church all morning as workers repaired signal equipment, which Metro...

Taylor Holland

Updated: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

Air travelers will see fewer flights and longer wait times in airport security lines if Congress fails to reach a spending deal by week's end, Virginia lawmakers warned Monday. That's because the so-called sequester would force the Federal Aviation Administration to cut $600 million from its...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

A 25-year-old Centreville man faces multiple charges after his SUV tailgated and struck another vehicle and then fled the scene, Fairfax County police officials said. Early Sunday morning,Juan Carlos Gudiel was driving a 2000 Ford Explorer that was following too closely behind a 2003 Honda on...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

A bicyclist has been struck by a vehicle in Southwest D.C., police say. The incident happened at about 6:20 a.m. Monday at Sixth Street and Maryland Avenue SW. The cyclist, a man, was taken to a hospital, police spokeswoman Officer Tisha Gant said. The striking vehicle stayed at the scene....

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, Feb 25, 2013

A motorist whose sports-utility vehicle drove off the Arlington Memorial Bridge into the Potomac River is expected to live, U.S. Park Police said. Sgt. Paul Brooks said the male driver was taken to a local hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening. The accident...