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Metro Attempting to Improve Accuracy of Predicted Wait Times Through Pilot
Remember that time you waited for a Metro train to arrive in five minutes—the wait displayed on one of those big station screens—but it didn't come until eight or nine? Remember the time before...
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Here’s What You Need to Know About Metro Service for This Weekend’s Storm
If you absolutely must get around D.C. this weekend, Metro wants you to know that you should likely expect delays. As the District government prepares for the area's first major snowstorm of 2016 (a...
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Metro Will Have Restored All Rail Lines But Silver Tuesday, Switch to...
Metro will run most service on all rail lines but the Silver beginning Tuesday, General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said at a press conference Monday afternoon, while buses will operate under a "severe"...
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Metro to Resume All Bus Routes, With Detours, on Thursday
As the District continues to remove snow from its streets, Metro will run all its bus routes under a "light" snow plan beginning Thursday morning, meaning some detours will steer buses away from...
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Metro: Bus and Rail Service Back to ‘Normal’ Friday
It will have taken one week, but on Friday Metro's transit services will return to "normal," according to the agency. Following two feet of snow and a days-long dig-out across the region, Metrorail...
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Who’s Responsible for Clearing Snow From Bus Stops?
A week after the beginning of D.C.’s massive blizzard, many bus stops and shelters remain partially blocked due to piles of snow left by plows and other removal efforts. Part of the problem is that...
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With Snow Expected, Metro Buses to Run on Reduced Service Tuesday [UPDATED]
Update 9:00 a.m.: As of Tuesday morning, Metro says it's running on its "regular weekday schedule," according to a release, because there are "no weather-related issues to report." Original Post:...
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Metro Ridership Continues to Drop. Why?
Metro ridership remains at its lowest level in a decade, a report prepared for the Finance and Administration Committee states. Across Metro's modes, riders took 9.5 million fewer trips between...
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Metro GM: ‘We Should Be, At a Minimum, the Best Transit System in the U.S.’
Metro's General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has grand ambitions for the troubled authority, wanting to make it "at a minimum, the best transit system in the U.S." Speaking at the National Press Club on...
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Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon to Cause Street Closures on Saturday, Metro to Open...
To those about to run the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon this Saturday, we salute you. To those who aren't, here's what you need to know about transit and the associated road closures throughout all four...
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Metro Announces New Measures to Make Bus Rides More Efficient
Taking the bus in D.C. could become a little more pleasant thanks to two technology-based initiatives Metro announced on Wednesday. The first is a new system called "BusETA"—now in beta—which will...
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On H Street–Benning Road, X2 Still Reigns Supreme
The D.C. streetcar has carried passengers for more than two weeks, but significantly more people are still taking the X2 bus along H Street and Benning Road NE. Since the District announced the...
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Metro May Have Lost More Than $2 Million in Revenue During Shutdown
Metro could have lost upwards of $2 million in fare and parking revenue last Wednesday during the complete closure of the rail system, which allowed for inspections on hundreds of cables as well as...
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Motorcyclist Dies After Metro Bus Crash Near United Medical Center
A motorcyclist died after he was involved in a collision with a Metro bus on the 1300 block of Southern Avenue SE on Wednesday night, according to D.C. police and the transit agency. Sometime before...
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Police: Metro Bus Hijacked, Pedestrian Killed
A Metro bus was hijacked this morning, according to D.C. police. A pedestrian who was struck by the bus has died. Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier says one adult man is in custody....
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