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What to know about Metro's Tuesday delays 10/19/2021 06:05pm • Metrorail's reduced service pattern will continue through the weekend as investigators probe the derailment of a 7000-series Blue Line car. The rapid transit system has cut train frequency through at least Sunday after pulling its 7000-series cars from service on orders from its safety watchdog. It’s time for disability to be part of the inclusive workplace conversation 09/23/2021 12:29pm • This content is sponsored by Melwood. Discussions on diversity, equity and inclusion have intensified in the last year amid recent events that reinforced the critical need in the U.S. to address these issues. As companies and organizations embark on or continue their efforts to educate themselves 'Car free' DC is Wednesday 09/21/2021 08:15am • An international event wants those in the D.C. area to think twice before they pick up their car keys Wednesday. "Car Free Day" takes place every Sept. 22. People are encouraged to get around without driving solo. That means taking the train, bus, bicycle, carpool, vanpool, subway or walking. Tel USM students are largely following vaccine mandates, but some question lack of system-wide policies 09/10/2021 02:09pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. More than 90% of students, faculty and staff at most of Maryland’s colleges have complied with COVID-19 vaccine mandates this fall semester, Tuesday rain, storms will intensify overnight as remnants of Ida arrive 08/31/2021 10:30pm • After a wet Tuesday, the remnants of Hurricane Ida will dump even more rain on an already-water-logged area -- and bring the risk of both flooding and flash flooding. "The rain would be enough of a problem during a drought, but we have saturated ground and swollen creeks already, so there is no r Hybrid work model? Many companies still say no 08/30/2021 09:50am • With many high-profile companies embracing a hybrid work model for employees going forward, it gives the impression that companies in general are considering it, but a recent survey of senior hiring managers found a surprisingly high number of companies want their employees fully back in the office Working from home? You’re not working as much as you think 08/16/2021 11:04am • Professionals with typical desk jobs who are now working from home need breaks from their computer screens, but when asked how much time they spend on those breaks during a typical work day, most at-home workers aren’t aware of how much time they’re not working. The average answer, according DC-area colleges detail vaccination, return-to-campus plans for fall 08/06/2021 05:55am • Major D.C.-area universities are releasing their return-to-campus plans for the upcoming fall semester, signaling a return to in-person instruction more than a year after coronavirus restrictions drove students to online learning. American University American University is requiring all students a Traffic continues to grow on DC-area highways following pandemic plunge 08/04/2021 10:50pm • New data shows traffic on the D.C. region's highways in May was not back to pre-pandemic levels, but it was getting close in some parts of the area. "I'm surprised by how fast, or how much that traffic volumes have recovered," said Tim Canan, Planning Data and Research Program Director for the Me Union employees at U.Md. want to keep telework policy 07/13/2021 09:05pm • Thousands of employees at the University of Maryland are pushing to keep a broad telework policy in place until September. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1072 rallied outside of the university's main administration building on Tuesday, and delive Traveling this Fourth of July? Tips to help you through the traffic crush 06/30/2021 10:38pm • It's hard to predict just how intense the July Fourth getaway traffic will be around the D.C. region this year, but some tried-and-true strategies can help ease drivers' pain. Because last summer was lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, AAA Mid-Atlantic expects more than 1.3 million people in our area Plan to widen Beltway and Interstate 270 suffers major defeat in key vote 06/16/2021 06:48pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A regional transportation panel dealt a potentially crippling blow to one of the Hogan administration’s top priorities — the widening on WSSC water service back; Rockville Pike repairs underway 06/11/2021 07:42am • Water service is back for 119 WSSC Water customers after a 16-inch water main burst on Rockville Pike/Md. 355 Thursday afternoon. All nighter! New piece of 16-inch water main is in. Crews had to cut & replace 19 feet of pipe! Commuters, expect delays on Rockville Pike at Cedar Ln. in Bethesda Task force makes more suggestions for Prince George's Co. pandemic recovery 06/08/2021 05:45pm • A task force formed in May has made several new suggestions for how Prince George’s County can best recover from the pandemic. Tuesday’s report, titled "A Redefined Future," is the third from the Prince George’s Forward task force, and its focus is on longer-term action. The task force’s Metro ponders how to best lure riders back after the pandemic 06/03/2021 08:49am • While some industries are seeing more of a post-pandemic rebound than others, Metro is still seeing only a fraction of the riders it used to before everything went upside down last year. With federal funding stabilizing its financial future for the next couple of years, the transit system has to