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Arrest made in shooting outside Metrorail station
Metro Transit police tweeted that 18-year-old Reginald Raquan Felix was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder and several lesser charges Sunday.
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Road closures, but limited Metro work as Cherry Blossoms wrap up
This final weekend with major events for the National Cherry Blossom Festival brings parade road closures on top of usual weekend detours for 5ks and also marks the last weekend of Metro’s limited track work for festival visitors.
7 days ago -
Budget rises for new Potomac Yard Metro station
Alexandria City Council unanimously approved raising the budget from $268 million to $320 million. The change was made in part to reflect the rising cost of materials and labor.
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Metro plans mobile fare app, faregate system upgrades
Metro hopes to allow riders to pay with their smartphones rather than a SmarTrip card as soon as next year.
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Northam seeks to raise hotel tax, real estate transfer taxes to pay for Metro
A tax on hotel stays in Northern Virginia would rise from 2 to 3 percent to somewhat reduce the amount of money that would be taken from other transportation projects to pay for Metro, under amendments proposed by Gov. Ralph Northam just before a Monday night deadline.
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Some Metrobuses suspended as safety inspections continue
Metro hopes adjustments to engine idle settings could prevent sudden bus shutdowns that have led to about 10 percent of the fleet being pulled from service.
1 week ago -
Metro ‘swing-gates’ due for upgrade after program reduces fare evasion
A $65,000 upgrade may be coming to your local station in an effort to reduce fare-skipping at Metro stations.
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Metro service hours could affect Nats fans this weekend
Crowds turning out to see the cherry blossoms in D.C. shouldn’t have any added complications on Metro. Visitors to Nats Park, however, need to be mindful about shorter service hours when games go late.
2 weeks ago -
EXCLUSIVE: Metro said this tunnel would open in 2016. Why is it still closed?
The street-level tunnel through a glitzy new building — directly across from the Rosslyn Metro station entrance — would significantly speed up bus trips.
2 weeks ago -
Abandoned DC streetcar bridge could be demolished
The 120-year-old Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle, in Northwest D.C.’s Glover-Archbold Park, was part of a line that was abandoned after D.C.’s streetcars stopped running in the 1960s.
2 weeks ago -
Judge upholds Metro’s decision to dump ads by right-wing provocateur — for now
A federal judge ruled that Metro will not have to repost ads promoting a book by a former Breitbart writer who has a history of making provocative and racially insensitive comments.
3 weeks ago -
Metro ridership continues to decline, Va. data shows
Updated 2017 weekday ridership numbers show an average of 612,652 linked trips a day across the entire Metrorail system last year, the fewest since 2000.
3 weeks ago -
Metro pulls 164 buses because some shut off while in motion
Metro pulled 164 buses out of service after some were found to shut off while in motion. Rush-hour 3Y route between East Falls Church, Rosslyn and McPherson Square would not run at all Thursday.
3 weeks ago -
Over half a million rode Metro during March for Our Lives
Over half a million people rode Metro on March 24, the day D.C. hosted March For Our Lives. Now Miriam’s Kitchen, a D.C. charity seeking to end chronic homelessness in D.C., is asking visitors who attended the march to mail in their used Metro cards so they can be redistributed to the homeless.
3 weeks ago -
Archdiocese appeal over Christmas ads on Metrobuses back in federal court
A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments, Monday, in the lawsuit brought by the Archdiocese of Washington against Metro after the transit agency rejected the archdiocese’s Christmas season ads from appearing on its buses.
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