WMATA

  • Where's WMATA's Facebook Page?

    8/11/10 5:05 PM

    Not that many of you were wondering, but here's an incredible story about where it went via All Facebook:"Logan Ludwig is 13 years old. Like other kids, he likes to play Guitar Hero and hang out with his friends on Facebook. 58 days ago he found out that his grandfather, a decorated police officer of 19 years, was dying of stage 4 lung cancer.


  • Blue and Yellow Lines delayed due to power outage

    8/11/10 9:50 AM

    A power outage outside the King Street station on the Blue and Yellow Lines are causing delays in both directions on both lines.

  • When's WMATA going to be on Intervention?

    8/11/10 9:31 AM

    A Metrobus driver was allegedly involved in a minor hit and run. The driver dinged a car, basically. A lot of us have done that, but this driver's instinct was to bolt!


  • The Morning Walk: Teen killed by car in District Heights

    8/11/10 9:00 AM Comment

    A pedestrian report of a groping incident and a Metrobus hit and run are included in this morning's walk.

  • WMATA announces plans to make data more accessible

    8/10/10 2:46 PM

     WMATA has good news for software geeks, transit nerds, and anybody who rides public transit and owns a computer.

  • NTSB v WMATA in Board on Board Battle

    8/10/10 11:43 AM

    NTSB and WMATA boards meet to discuss safety.

  • On Metro hate

    8/10/10 11:27 AM

    Rob Pitingolo is an urbanist blogger from Cleveland who recently moved to Arlington, and has been contributing to GGW. Yesterday on his blog, Extraordinary Observations, he curiously noted that so many Washingtonians complain so loudly about the Metro, despite it being one of the best transit systems in America by any objective measure.

  • Metro warned of subway threat

    8/10/10 11:05 AM

    Metro says the information has a low level of credibility.

  • Breakfast links: What a mess

    8/10/10 10:16 AM

    The morning roundup includes DC's murder rate and and more Metro fare hike issues.


  • Fare hikes' silver lining: freebies

    8/10/10 9:02 AM

    Yesterday, we posed the half joking question "When's the fare increase to recoup the money they failed to collect from the fare increase?"

  • NTSB, Metro board meeting now

    8/9/10 3:12 PM

    Listen live via WMATA or track the meeting with Dr. Gridlock's liveblog.

     

  • Breakfast links: The bike Rorschach test

    8/9/10 9:05 AM

    Eric Fidler's morning roundup includes sprawl in Prince William County and WMATA's API data unveiling.


  • Unusual summit slated between Metro, NTSB

    8/9/10 12:55 AM

    The National Transportation Safety Board is making an unusual trip Monday to meet with Metro's board of directors and discuss the federal agency's findings from last summer's deadly train crash.

     

  • Metro-Venture presents the WMATA shower curtain

    8/8/10 9:27 PM

    I may have, dear readers, just embarked on the ne plus ultra of Metro-Ventures.  Four train stations in one day! 

  • Dr. Gridlock's Metro, driving tips for the week ahead

    8/8/10 9:23 PM

    The repair program on the Red Line moves into the middle of the District this weekend, creating complications for travelers, including those who might be on their way to the final matches of the Legg Mason tennis tournament in Rock Creek Park.


  • Peak of the peak fares, malfunctions add to riders' frustration

    8/8/10 9:22 PM

    Malfunctions, confusion, delays -- these were the things Metro managers hoped to avoid when they began planning last winter for this summer's fare increases.

  • Rider recounts 'frightening' teen fight on Metro

    8/8/10 9:21 PM

    Billy Fettweis of Capitol Hill was planning to catch Metro home after a late dinner at Gallery Place on Friday when he got caught up in a massive brawl that officials say involved as many as 70 people, led to three arrests and put four people in the hospital.


  • Photo: Mercury’s shoes

    8/8/10 9:11 PM

    Edited with Photogene and TiltShift Generator.

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