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Metro has been criticized by environmental groups for not moving faster to full electrification, but cost and supply chain issues have made that difficult. Circulator electrified and then was eliminated as too expensive.
Metro just landed a $50.3M grant from the Federal Transit Administration to modernize our bus fleet. This will help us add 50 new hybrid buses to replace aging vehicles & boost reliability across the region. Cleaner, quieter, more dependable service is on the way! ➡️: wmata.com/about/news/M...
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Metro has been criticized by environmental groups for not moving faster to full electrification, but cost and supply chain issues have made that difficult. Circulator electrified and then was eliminated as too expensive.
See the deadliest roads in America for pedestrians wapo.st/4polhCJ
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
See the deadliest roads in America for pedestrians wapo.st/4polhCJ
Prince George's County has joined Montgomery County and made it illegal to park or stop a car in a bike lane.
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Prince George's County has joined Montgomery County and made it illegal to park or stop a car in a bike lane.
D.C. is actually slowing Lime bikes down now, because police are saying they're enabling robberies and residents are complaining about speeding on sidewalks www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
D.C. is actually slowing Lime bikes down now, because police are saying they're enabling robberies and residents are complaining about speeding on sidewalks www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Purple Line streetcars will begin test runs on tracks from College Park Metro to the east, later in November, extending into the UMD campus in January. view.email.umd.edu?qs=3fa1b3ab6...
University of Maryland
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November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Purple Line streetcars will begin test runs on tracks from College Park Metro to the east, later in November, extending into the UMD campus in January. view.email.umd.edu?qs=3fa1b3ab6...
It turns out until now there was no prohibition on parking/stopping in a bike lane in Montgomery County. Starting in February it's a $60 fine.
November 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It turns out until now there was no prohibition on parking/stopping in a bike lane in Montgomery County. Starting in February it's a $60 fine.
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Major news for transportation funding: Chief US District Judge John McConnell ruled that the US DOT cannot deny transportation funding to states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
POLITICO Pro: Judge rules Trump administration can’t tie transportation funding to immigration
Judge John McConnell previously issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Transportation Department directive.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Major news for transportation funding: Chief US District Judge John McConnell ruled that the US DOT cannot deny transportation funding to states that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
I wrote about a possible electric hydrofoil ferry service in D.C. (www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...) but a reader points out there was a hydrofoil on the Potomac back in the 60s - nixed because it "proved too fast for comfortable sightseeing." Doubt that will be an issue this time around.
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I wrote about a possible electric hydrofoil ferry service in D.C. (www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...) but a reader points out there was a hydrofoil on the Potomac back in the 60s - nixed because it "proved too fast for comfortable sightseeing." Doubt that will be an issue this time around.
Made some friends last night
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Made some friends last night
Date for Purple Line to launch has been pushed back again - January 28, 2028 instead of December 30, 2027. In construction update, building team cites easement issue getting access to a power substation on private property for delay.
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Date for Purple Line to launch has been pushed back again - January 28, 2028 instead of December 30, 2027. In construction update, building team cites easement issue getting access to a power substation on private property for delay.
Mayor’s office says the flyover just now was a part of the Navy 250th celebration; a flyover planned for earlier this month was canceled due to weather
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Mayor’s office says the flyover just now was a part of the Navy 250th celebration; a flyover planned for earlier this month was canceled due to weather
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US air traffic controllers are set to miss their first full pay check Tuesday.
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told @politico.com: “Tomorrow will be less safe than it is today.”
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told @politico.com: “Tomorrow will be less safe than it is today.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
US air traffic controllers are set to miss their first full pay check Tuesday.
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told @politico.com: “Tomorrow will be less safe than it is today.”
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, told @politico.com: “Tomorrow will be less safe than it is today.”
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An interesting investigation in @upshot.nytimes.com today evaluating some of the challenges to improving buses in NYC—whether through speed or fares www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link!)
Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
October 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
An interesting investigation in @upshot.nytimes.com today evaluating some of the challenges to improving buses in NYC—whether through speed or fares www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (gift link!)
Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
Interesting tidbit: Bus ridership is basically back to pre-pandemic levels—but fare payment is way down.
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Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
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An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts
Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.
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October 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Rachel Weiner of the Post confirms that the DC Streetcar will shutter in 5 months, in March, about a year earlier than expected because DC budget cuts + early termination of contract costs.
Operational for a decade, tracks were laid back in 2007.
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Operational for a decade, tracks were laid back in 2007.
wapo.st/4q3VtNf
October 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rachel Weiner of the Post confirms that the DC Streetcar will shutter in 5 months, in March, about a year earlier than expected because DC budget cuts + early termination of contract costs.
Operational for a decade, tracks were laid back in 2007.
wapo.st/4q3VtNf
Operational for a decade, tracks were laid back in 2007.
wapo.st/4q3VtNf
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Goodbye, WOW 2.0, err, Play.
The Icelandic discounter ceased all flying suddenly on Monday.
thepointsguy.com/news/iceland...
The Icelandic discounter ceased all flying suddenly on Monday.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Goodbye, WOW 2.0, err, Play.
The Icelandic discounter ceased all flying suddenly on Monday.
thepointsguy.com/news/iceland...
The Icelandic discounter ceased all flying suddenly on Monday.
thepointsguy.com/news/iceland...
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Green Line: Navy Yard's Half Street entrance is closed until March 2026 for escalator replacement. Use the New Jersey Ave. SE entrance, which remains open with elevator access.
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Green Line: Navy Yard's Half Street entrance is closed until March 2026 for escalator replacement. Use the New Jersey Ave. SE entrance, which remains open with elevator access.
WMATA trying to lure suburban bus agencies onto a single fare payment system (and, as part of that, charging fares again after several went fare-free). Ideal would include Capital Bikeshare and even tolls www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yj8...
Metro Board of Directors Meeting - September 11, 2025
YouTube video by Metro
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September 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
WMATA trying to lure suburban bus agencies onto a single fare payment system (and, as part of that, charging fares again after several went fare-free). Ideal would include Capital Bikeshare and even tolls www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yj8...
New 8000 series Metro trains unveiled at Hitachi factory in Hagerstown, with the design chosen less than two weeks ago
September 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
New 8000 series Metro trains unveiled at Hitachi factory in Hagerstown, with the design chosen less than two weeks ago
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A new study in DC shows that simply warning drivers they are at high risk of a crash doesn’t change behaviour, via @rachelweiner.bsky.social
D.C. can predict who will get into car crashes but can’t stop them
The city successfully targeted owners of cars at risk of a crash by looking at their camera ticket records, but that couldn’t change their behavior.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
A new study in DC shows that simply warning drivers they are at high risk of a crash doesn’t change behaviour, via @rachelweiner.bsky.social
At launch of new Acela, Alstrom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge calls it “the most advanced train in the world today” due to the combination of speed and tilting technology. Train nerds, any thoughts?
August 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
At launch of new Acela, Alstrom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge calls it “the most advanced train in the world today” due to the combination of speed and tilting technology. Train nerds, any thoughts?
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National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
August 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Unsurprisingly the third of these options was the favorite design for the Metro 8K series trains among the 20,000 people who voted. Was most popular with our readers as well.
August 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Unsurprisingly the third of these options was the favorite design for the Metro 8K series trains among the 20,000 people who voted. Was most popular with our readers as well.