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WASHINGTON — Get ready, D.C. commuters—Metro just made your life a whole lot easier. Starting Wednesday, you can ditch the SmartTrip card and simply tap your way onto trains and buses using your ...
DC Metrorail has received the go-ahead to expand its use of Automatic Train Operation to its Green and Yellow lines as of ...
Washington Metro's Green and Yellow lines granted approval to use automated train operation, joining the Red Line.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced Tuesday that its Automatic Train Operation (ATO) is set ...
Metro has incorporated more transit-oriented development into its long-range plans, replacing parking facilities near rail stations with housing and other amenities. But these projects are ...
Metro will close the entire D (Purple) Line subway for 70 days beginning Saturday so crews can connect the existing line to ...
Today, this metro system accommodates over 200,000 riders a day. Similarly, the detractors against building the Red Line argue that this expenditure on public funds is a boondoggle because the ...
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — There are growing concerns about Metro’s automatic train system. The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC), which oversees Metro, said the Red Line trains have been ...
Metro planned to bring faster, smoother automated trains to the system’s Green Line this weekend. But the agency is being blocked by its safety watchdog, which said the rail system cannot expand ...
In the latest incident, one witness said four teens allegedly set off a fire extinguisher and smoke bombs early Wednesday on the Metro's Red Line near the Rhode Island-Brentwood station.
A detail from the DC Metrorail system map shows the Red Line, where automated operation is resuming on Dec. 15, 2024. WMATA WASHINGTON — Automated train service returns today (Sunday, Dec. 15) on one ...