Metro

Anger and frustration boiled over among families of the victims of Mexico City’s subway collapse as they prepared to bury the 25 people who died

An elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed late Monday, killing at least 23 people and injuring about 70, city officials said.

As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers.

A new Metro station is being built at Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia.
The construction, which has been planned since the ‘90s, begins to take shape as Metro trains roll through. The expected opening date is in the spring of 2022.

.The station is beginning to take shape in Alexandria. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

The Metro will upgrade its faregates later this year to be more efficient and reliable. After this change which begins in June, SmarTrip cards obtained prior to 2012 with old chip technology will no longer work with the new faregates.

Metro is making a number of organizational changes after the transit agency says it found serious failures in a recent incident on the Red Line.  Safety lapses were discovered after an investigation into the March 26 episode near the Rhode Island Avenue station. A train was disabled for over an hour, stranding over 100 passengers.  The most egregious safety concern…

Local leaders are looking new ways to get public transit riders to come back — even by proposing free rides.  During a recent virtual panel discussion hosted by the Coalition for Smarter Growth, News4 asked local leaders about free transit rides as a way to grow ridership.  Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson said it’s not as big a challenge as...

Local leaders are pushing to get free public transit to get riders back and increase ridership. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains.

A disabled Metro train temporarily stranded more than 100 people on the Red Line in Northeast Washington Friday afternoon.

A disabled Metro train temporarily stranded more than 100 people on the Red Line in Northeast Washington Friday afternoon. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

An ambitious plan to better connect the train networks in the D.C. region was released Thursday.

An ambitious plan was released Thursday to better connect the train networks in the D.C. region. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains.

Metro’s Chief Safety Officer Theresa Impastato said she sees things slowly returning to normal in the coming months.

Metro had one of its busiest periods on the rails last week since the pandemic started. Metro’s Chief Safety Officer Theresa Impastato said she sees things slowly returning to normal in the coming months. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

What can we expect on the roads, on Metro and at airports in the year ahead? News4’s Adam Tuss takes a look.

With the new COVID-19 relief bill signed, many D.C. groups are hopeful they’ll receive relief funding.

Now that the next COVID-19 relief bill has been signed, many groups such as the Metro and restaurants are hopeful as they’ll receive federal funding. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.