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**FILE** A Metro employee spray-paints a crosswalk at the transit agency's Prince George’s Plaza rail station, which reopened Sept. 7. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro Board Expected to Approve $4.8B Budget

by William J. Ford March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

Metro’s board of directors will meet Thursday and is expected to approve a $4.8 billion fiscal 2023 budget that includes proposals reviewed in the fall to reduce rail and bus fares and increase train service.

A Green Line train departs Prince George's Plaza Metrorail station on Sept. 7. Prince George's County Council Chair Calvin Hawkins II, Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) and Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld toured the station as it reopened that day. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Metro’s Post-Derailment Return to Normal Remains Uncertain

by William J. Ford October 27, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inCommunity

Metro Proposal to Ban ‘Repeat Offender’ Commuters Expected By Month’s End

by William J. Ford July 22, 2021December 21, 2021
Riders prepare to board a Green Line train at the Branch Avenue Metro station. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, William J. Ford

Metro Board Members Suggest Shutting Down Rail System to Improve Operations Center

by William J. Ford September 15, 2020December 21, 2021
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

Metrorail Operators Still Not Properly Trained, Adequately Staffed: Report

by William J. Ford September 8, 2020December 21, 2021
**FILE** The Morgan Boulevard Metro station in Landover, Maryland, is shown here in July 2019. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, William J. Ford

Metro Closes 17 More Stations as Coronavirus Crisis Curbs Ridership

by William J. Ford March 27, 2020December 21, 2021
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
D.C. Councilman Jack Evans, who chairs Metro's board of directors, holds a press briefing after the transit agency's Dec. 13 board meeting. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity, William J. Ford

No Decision Made on Extending Late-Night Metrorail Hours

by William J. Ford December 13, 2018October 31, 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

Lawyers Discuss Future of Metro Board Makeup

by William J. Ford May 2, 2018October 31, 2020
A rendering of Maryland's Purple Line light-rail project (Courtesy of traylor.com)
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Appeals Court Allows Purple Line to Proceed

by WI Guest Author December 20, 2017October 31, 2020

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