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Tag: Federal Transit Administration

Metro riders exit a Red Line train at the Gallery Place-Chinatown station in D.C. on Nov. 2. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Late-Night Hours for Metrorail May Not Happen

by William J. Ford January 30, 2019October 31, 2020

If Metrorail reverts to staying open beyond midnight on the weekends, it could cost $45 million to maintain service, officials for the transit agency said.

Posted inCommunity

Metro Workers Face Discipline for Near-Miss on Track

by William J. Ford May 31, 2017October 30, 2020
**FILE** Passengers at Metro's L'Enfant Plaza Station in southwest D.C. wait for a train on March 9 after another malfunctioned inside the station. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Five Metro Stations to Close for a Month

by William J. Ford May 3, 2017October 30, 2020
Riders arrive at the Prince George's Plaza Metro station on April 21. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Feds Warn Metro: Clean Up Act or Risk Funding

by William J. Ford April 25, 2017October 30, 2020
Passengers at L'Enfant Plaza in southwest D.C. had to exit a Silver Line train on March 9 after it malfunctioned and board an Orange Line train a few minutes later. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Feds: Metro Rushed Unprepared Into SafeTrack Project

by William J. Ford March 14, 2017October 30, 2020
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld
Posted inCommunity, William J. Ford

Metro GM: More Than 20 in Track Inspection Dept. Fired for Falsified Records

by William J. Ford January 26, 2017October 30, 2020
Metro station
Posted inCommunity

Feds Issue Directive on Metro Signal Overruns

by William J. Ford January 17, 2017October 30, 2020
Photo courtesy of purplelinemd.com
Posted inPrince George's County

Purple Line Project Dealt Another Setback

by William J. Ford December 1, 2016October 30, 2020
D.C. Council member and Metro board chairman Jack Evans speaks to reporters after Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld presented a fiscal 2018 budget proposal to the board's finance committee at the agency's headquarters in northwest D.C. on Nov. 3. /Photo by William J. Ford
Posted inEducation, Local

Evans: D.C. Will Give More to Metro if Md., Va., Does, Too

by William J. Ford November 10, 2016October 30, 2020
Passengers prepare to board a Blue Line train at the Van Dorn Street station in Alexandria, Virginia, on Aug. 28 as the eighth phase of Metro's SafeTrack maintenance project continues. Photo by William J. Ford
Posted inCommunity

Feds Rap Metro for Runaway Unattended Trains

by William J. Ford August 31, 2016October 30, 2020

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