Metro
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Metro looking for live performers
Metro's Art in Transit program is holding auditions for live performances at Metro stations. They're looking for performers of all genres, including singers, dancers, musicians and poets.
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Is the Green Line back in service?
Metro says service on the Green Line has returned to normal following a partial derailment in Prince George's County.
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"Rush Plus" Begins; DC Politcs; Treating Migraines; "Heist"
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with "Dr. Gridlock" of the Washington Post, Dr. Ivica Ducic, Frances Causey and Alan Blinder of the Washington Examiner
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A close reading of a D.C. commute
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Sometimes public transportation takes triple the time driving takes. D.C. may have to shorten the gap between these commuting times if it wants to achieve its car-free goals.
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“Rush Plus” explained; The Sandusky trial
CommentToday on NewsTalk we spoke with WTOP's Adam Tuss, and a panel of legal experts on the Sandusky trial.
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See what remains of D.C.'s graffiti along the WMATA Red Line
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Photographs and a new documentary help capture the aesthetics of a transit line that looks more and more different as the months pass.
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WMATA's Rush+ service changes will begin in under two weeks
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Train frequencies will change on June 18, and Metro has pulled out all the stops to let riders know what's going on. See the pamphlets, photos, and more.
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Here's the 28 Metro stations with anti-sexual harassment PSAs
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WMATA responded fast to claims that the transit agency wasn't doing enough to combat sexual harassment and now offers new ways to report harassment and campaign outreach in more than two dozen stations.
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'The Red Line D.C.' documentary contextualizes fading Metro graffiti
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The two-part documentary has wrapped production and is ready for screening just as Washington, D.C. has begun to scrub the graffiti that gave the project life.
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Loudoun residents resist the Dulles Metro expansion with giant pig
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The Silver Line's second phase has attracted plenty of supporters and detractors ... and the detractors have even unveiled a character known as the Tax Pig at events and on Facebook.
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D.C. is America's number-two travel destination this summer
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Beware, commuters, the tourists are coming! The American Public Transportation Association revealed that about 104 million Americans — a third of the country — plan to travel to a big city this summer.
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Metro strains to talk but struggles for clarity among many channels
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How has WMATA kept up its blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts for the past year? Let's review how the transit agency delivered on its promises for a "two-way" conversation 12 months ago.
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Expect 16 snazzy new MetroAccess vehicles on the road next month
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Starting next month, WMATA is rolling out 16 of these new MetroAccess vans with some big promises. The new model will be called the "Mobility Vehicle 1," or the MV1, each of which costs about $50,000.
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WMATA gears up for revamping the Bethesda Metro station entrance
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The transit agency hopes to rehabilitate an elevator in a four-month project beginning in late May and replace the escalators in 2014. But what about the entrance is so bad? Let's revisit the Bethesda audit of 2010 and remember the institutional failures that plagued the equipment.
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Metro finishes its new Foggy Bottom entrance, more than 10 months later
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Foggy Bottom commuters, enjoy the staircase and canopy ... you've certainly been hearing about them for long enough by now.
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WMATA's College Park Bike & Ride officially opens tomorrow morning
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Do you bike to the Metro? The transit agency has debuted a brand new (and more secure) form of parking your bike down in College Park.
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Metro opens doors
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WMATA admits a Red Line train's doors opened while the train was in motion this morning. What will that mean for Rush+?
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Have Metro's 2012 delays driven commuters to take the bus?
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Single-tracking, offloads, and escalator problems? No thanks. More District commuters have begun to take the bus in the last few months.
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