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1 Dead, Several Injured After Metrobus, Car Crash in Northeast DC
One person has died and several people were injured in Northeast D.C. Thursday night after a Metrobus and a car crashed head-on, authorities say. The car and bus collided shortly before midnight at Benning Road and Minnesota Avenue NE, Metro says. The driver of the car died was taken to the hospital and died Friday morning, the Metropolitan Police...
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Major Metro Closures to Begin Friday
Metro is planning a massive station shutdown ahead of the inauguration. Beginning Friday, over a dozen stations will start to close downtown. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has a message from Metro’s leader about what you should not be doing over the next week.
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Metro: New Federal Money Will Prevent Drastic Budget Cuts
Metro said it will not have to make the most drastic cuts in its budget proposal from last month. The transit agency said it expects to receive about $610 million as part of the latest COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress. The money will help avoid planned layoffs and service cuts through the end of June. Metro said it could…
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“We Don't Have the Money”: DC Metrobus Riders Concerned Over the Return of Fares
Metrobus riders are going to see a big change in the new year. Starting Sunday, riders will once again board from the front of the bus and they will have to pay. But amid an ongoing pandemic that has cost thousands their jobs, the return of bus fares is frustrating for many D.C.-area residents. One of them is Nana,...
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Riders Frustrated Over the Return of Metrobus Fares
Metrobus riders are going to see a big change in the new year. Starting Sunday, riders will once again board from the front of the bus and they will have to pay. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.
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Metro to Receive Stimulus Funding, Stave Off Drastic Cuts
Metro and its riders are breathing a sigh of relief now that it looks like more federal stimulus money will help prevent service cuts and layoffs. WMATA had discussed cutting Metro’s weekend services, running trains every 30 minutes and closing 19 stations. Now, there’s optimism that about $800 million is set to come to the capital region specifically for transit…
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Metro Set to Receive Stimulus Funding
Federal stimulus money could help Metro avoid service cancellations and layoffs. News4’s Transportation reporter Adam Tuss reports.
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Metro Expects ‘Down Payment' Toward Recovery From Stimulus Bill
Metro leaders saw their calls for funding answered in a stimulus bill that Congress passed Monday night. News4’s Justin Finch reports.
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DC, Maryland, Virginia Seek More Funding for WMATA
The governors of Maryland and Virginia joined the mayor of the District of Columbia in appealing to the incoming Biden administration to provide increased federal support for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
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After ‘Verbal Exchange,' FBI Agent Shot Man Aboard Metro Train, Police Say
The Metro Transit Police Department revealed Friday a preliminary chronology of the shooting involving an FBI agent earlier this week.
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FBI Agent Involved in Shooting on Maryland Metro Train
An FBI agent was involved in a shooting on board a Metro train early Tuesday and an investigation is underway, Metro and FBI officials say. A man was shot multiple times and was taken to a hospital. Information on his identity and condition were not immediately released. Metro Transit Police received a report just before 7 a.m. of “an FBI…
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FBI Agent Involved in Shooting on Metro Train
An FBI agent was involved in a shooting on a Red Line train at the Medical Center Metro Station. Mark Segraves reports.
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Metro to Halt Blue Line Service for 3 Months in 2021; Will Run Extra Yellow Trains
Metrorail will temporarily stop running Blue Line trains and add extra Yellow Line trains for three months in early 2021.
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FBI Agent Involved in Shooting on Maryland Metro Train
A shooting abroad a Metro Red Line train involved an FBI agent, the FBI and Metro say. One person was taken to a hospital, police say.
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2 Metro Trains Got Stuck Due to a Power Problem; Passengers Evacuated
Two Metrorail trains with passengers were disabled in D.C. Sunday evening due to a lack of power, according to Metro. The trains were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. One train got stuck near the Fort Totten station, according to D.C. Fire and EMS. Another train got stuck in a tunnel closest to the Georgia Avenue-Petworth station. Train service...
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Credibility of Metro's Main Safety Oversight Group Called Into Question
New claims set to be released Friday will call into question recent reports from Metro’s lead safety oversight group, the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. Without directly saying recent reports by the Safety Commission were falsified, several groups are asking whether the Commission had evidence to support damaging claims made against Metro’s...
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Metro Board Gives Preliminary Approval for Drastic Service Cuts
Metro’s board of directors has given preliminary approval to a plan that would drastically cut service and slash jobs.
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Loose Bolts Found on Metro Train That Separated on Red Line
News4 has new information on the Metro train cars that separated on the Red Line at Glenmont last week. A number of lose and worn bolts were found on the train’s coupler, the part of the train that holds railcars together. Investigators told News4 their findings are preliminary but they had a chance to inspect the railcars closely this...
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Lawmakers Propose $15 Billion in US Transit Aid as Metro Eyes Deep Cuts
Members of Congress included $15 billion for transit in a COVID-19 relief bill on Tuesday, a day after officials with D.C.’s Metro system said they would need to significantly cut service without federal relief funds. A bipartisan group of lawmakers including Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, proposed $908 billion in a split-the-difference solution...