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Jackie Jeter (left), president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, speaks with reporters during a Sept. 1 press conference at the Minnesota Avenue Metro station in northeast D.C. The union requests Metro leadership increase police presence on the X2 bus line after a woman threw urine at a bus driver. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Metro Union Calls for More Police After Urine Assault on Bus Driver

by William J. Ford September 1, 2017October 31, 2020

**FILE** Riders walk outside of Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metro station on June 29. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Congress Approves Metro Safety Commission

by William J. Ford August 16, 2017October 31, 2020

Metro's board of directors holds its weekly meeting at the transit agency's headquarters in northwest D.C. on July 27, along with two new members appointed by the Trump administration. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Trump Appointees Join Metro Board

by William J. Ford August 2, 2017October 31, 2020

Inspectors found cracked wood along a track near the Greenbelt Metro station during a May 1 inspection. (Courtesy of the Federal Transit Administration)

FTA to Metro: More Work Needed on Rail System

by WI Guest Author August 1, 2017October 31, 2020

Metro's board of directors holds its weekly meeting at the transit agency's headquarters in northwest D.C. on July 27, along with two new members appointed by the Trump administration. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Union Warns New Metro Board Members: Don’t Harm Agency

by William J. Ford July 27, 2017October 31, 2020

A rendering of Maryland's Purple Line light-rail project (Courtesy of traylor.com)

Appeals Courts Resurrects Purple Line Project

by William J. Ford July 19, 2017October 31, 2020

Anthony Garland (standing in center), international representative with the Amalgamated Transit Union, talks about Metro during a Prince George's County Council meeting in Upper Marlboro on June 13. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Prince George's County

Metro to Update Prince George’s Council on SafeTrack, Agency

by William J. Ford June 13, 2017October 30, 2020

Metro Workers Face Discipline for Near-Miss on Track

by William J. Ford May 31, 2017October 30, 2020

Tracy Smith (at podium), a shop steward and executive board member with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, discusses lack of safety on Metro buses during a May 18 press conference outside the Shepherd Parkway Metrobus Division in southwest D.C. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Community, William J. Ford

Union Demands Accountability, Safety for D.C. Bus Service

by William J. Ford May 19, 2017October 30, 2020

Riders at Metro's New Carrollton station prepare to board a shuttle bus traveling to Morgan Boulevard on May 16. The shuttles are running while maintenance work is completed at New Carrollton and four other Orange Line stations that are closed until June 15. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Penultimate SafeTrack Surge Begins

by William J. Ford May 16, 2017October 30, 2020