VIA WJLA: Metro says it’s much closer to improving safety measures on the rails months after the deadliest crash in the system’s history. The issue in the spotlight is the electronic system designed to detect the location of trains on the track. Metro says it is about to test new safety system,after federal investigators discovered […]
(Washington, DC) — Metro has seen the year 2009 bring about a spike in the number of robberies around the system. The first eight-months of the year have seen a more than 40% increase in the number of robberies. “The DC Examiner” reports since 2005, it’s a 179% increase. The most non-vehicle-related crimes have happened […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: It’s a renter’s dream: a swimming pool, a washer-dryer right in the apartment and a 24-hour Giant across the street. And at the foot of Wildwood Towers, a high-rise building off Columbia Pike in Arlington County, a glorious, free parking space. The amenity that makes residents swoon is likely to disappear soon, […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – More Metro riders will soon be able to use their cell phones within the system. By midnight on Friday, riders who use AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and T-Mobile will join Verizon customers in having service at 20 of Metro’s busiest underground stations. They include: Ballston, Bethesda, Columbia Heights, Crystal City, Dupont […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C – Metro says full service has been restored and repairs have been completed on the Red Line at the site of June’s fatal train crash near the Fort Totten station. Still, there are still some safety concerns. Metro trains are still running in manual mode until problems with the signals are […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – Metro is planning to install cameras on rail cars after accepting a federal homeland security grant. The transit agency’s board of directors voted last week to accept nearly $28 million to pay for cameras. Most of the money will put additional cameras on buses, in ventilation shafts, at station entrances and […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: Metro’s Van Dorn Street station manager met the day’s last scheduled Blue Line train at 12:32 a.m. Friday. He escorted the riders out of the station, then locked up and headed home. The only problem was that the last train for the night hadn’t actually arrived yet. So just after 1 a.m., […]
VIA WJLA: The arrests of three people in connection with an alleged plot to detonate backpack bombs on New York City trains has prompted counterterrorism officials to warn mass-transit systems around the nation to step up patrols. Metro has scheduled an afternoon news conference to address the concerns. ABC 7 News will bring you the […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON – Metro says a teenager was hit by a six-car Yellow Line Metro train at the Columbia Heights station on Thursday afternoon, and the boy died of his injuries at a local hospital. It happened around 2 p.m. D.C. Fire & EMS spokesman Pete Piringer says the boy was hit by an […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington’s Metro subway system is asking riders to take precautions to avoid spreading swine flu, ranging from covering your mouth when sneezing to carrying tissues, hand-sanitizing gels, and disinfecting wipes. Metro says it also is using an environmentally friendly disinfectant cleaner to wipe down surfaces throughout the system. Metro Chief […]
