Metro
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The case of broken Metro railcar doors is hardly open and shut
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During the first quarter of 2012, Metro experienced 17% more delays due to railcar issues than in the first quarter of 2011, and many of these issues relate to the Metro railcar doors.
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Metro rider defaces WMATA's Rush+
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What the Rush+ is this all about? WMATA asks. One rider's public answer is full of doubt and frustration.
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Expect WMATA delays: 'Person struck by train at U Street station'
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A Metro train hit one of its riders sometime after 2 p.m. this afternoon at the U Street Metro station.
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WMATA now lists all rail problems and delays in a daily report
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Our transit agency suffers both a victory and a defeat in transparency today as it discloses a daily tally of problems while closing its doors in other, more troubling ways.
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A joyful noise comes to WMATA
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How would you react if a choir of Metro riders asked you to praise Lord Jesus?
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Yes, more people ride light rail and take the subway these days
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Cars are so last century, right? A new report says people are riding light rail more and Metroing more just as they're driving less.
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Walk Score ranks D.C. as one of America's top cities for transit
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We've got the Metro and plenty of buses. Is anyone really surprised?
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The WMATA fare hike discussions all come down to MetroAccess
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Paratransit riders launched a last-ditch effort to halt Metro's fare hikes today to no avail. Fares will rise across the board in July.
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Metro disaster? WMATA website now shows updates in bright red
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Now we've got the Breaking News Metro Problems Banner that pops up on the transit agency's homepage whenever an emergency hits the system.
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Transit secret: WMATA employees eat and drink on the Metro
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Should Metro workers resist the urge to drink coffee and snack on the transit system that forbids its riders from doing the same?
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When heart attacks strike, what should riders expect of Metro?
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The batteries failed in one of WMATA's 46 automated external defibrillators when a Yellow Line rider experienced a heart attack and died Monday. Years of neglect have slowed the transit agency's AED program.
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WMATA's new Rush+ is underfoot, literally
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The rush-hour train pattern will debut on June 18, and Metro is pulling out every trick in the books to get people to notice.
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Metro explains Rush+ in video form
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Have you reached your Rush+ saturation point yet? WMATA will begin the new train rush-hour pattern on June 18 and has begun pulling out every trick in the book to make you pay attention.
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WMATA's challenges go beyond age and deferred maintenance
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The average rider needs to trust the competence of the organization and its employees as much as the safety of the trains and rails.
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How Metro responds to violence on the trains
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On March 31, one Metro rider encountered an unstable passenger who took to the rails swinging. The assailant was arrested, but the rider is far from happy — why were WMATA's police so slow? Why didn't the intercoms help? He took to the Post's editorial pages to voice his fears.
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Taxi? Car? Metro? Transportation costs are crushing us
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Fare hikes and gas prices reduce the number of financially feasible commuting options as we creep toward summer.
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Metro will lose nearly $5 million a month if fares don't rise in July
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The transit agency will have 66 days from the Metro Board's approval of fare hikes to implementing the higher trip costs. WMATA will pay if it can't charge us more fast.
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The Silver Line receives eight Fairfax-approved station names
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Next stop: Innovation Center? Perhaps before we know it.
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