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• DC Mythbusting: Metro’s Most Crowded

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘good morning.’ courtesy of ‘volcanojw’ DC has a great Metro system: it’s (generally) reliable, clean, fast, and connects many major destinations in the city.  But we love to complain about our commutes– being crammed like sardines on the train, being stuck in Metro stations so full that you ...
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• WMATA Changes Mind – AGAIN

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ So it’s looking like Metro GM Catoe is backing off the planned SmartBenefits changes that WMATA originally announced last month. Apparently WMATA’s had a lot of questions tossed at them about the changes and how highly screwed up it is . During his noontime ...
  5 days ago

• The Friday Limerick Review

  
  City Desk — Authority: 699
  Today we introduce Hannah Neprash of districtlimerick.com , who will write regularly on D.C. news and politics—in limerick form. Election week left some aghast From last year, the difference was vast A bell-weather? nope Creigh Deeds had no hope Before the first ballot was cast The hearing for marriage rights ...
  5 days ago

• New SmarTrip reload locations

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘NO SMARTRIP -6480′ courtesy of ‘Joe Tresh’ We still don’t have online loading but WMATA has announced the addition of 42 more SmarTrip purchase & reload locations . They have a listing of all the locations on their website but continue not to map the locations. Well, I grabbed the ...
  5 days ago

• Metro Delays This Weekend

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  Metro Delays Metro is planning track work this weekend that will affect the Orange, Blue, and Yellow lines .  If you’re traveling on the Orange line between Cheverly and Stadium-Armory, add half an hour to your trip because they’re single-tracking.  On the Blue line, add half an hour of travel time to your ...
  5 days ago

• DC Metro extending Green Line to Fort Meade?

  
  Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog — Authority: 445
  Michael Dresser mentions this: The proposal being batted around in Prince George’s would take the Green Line as far north as Route 32 near Savage before it would curve east toward Fort Meade and Odenton. That would make it a lot easier to get to Washington via Metro without getting mixed up in traffic jams. He ...
  6 days ago

• $14M Power Distribution Unit Replacement?

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘wheat pennies bw’ courtesy of ‘christaki’ The root cause of yesterday’s Metro failure was the death of a 27-year old Power Distribution Unit (be sure to click through for the pictures of what was left… (read yesterday’s interview with Chuck Goolsbee to get more detail as to what these do), ...
  6 days ago

• WMATA Backpedals on SmartBenefits Changes

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Newspapers Newspapers Newspapers’ courtesy of ’staceyviera’ With the change in SmartBenefits (ie, MetroChecks) looming large, and confusion running rampant concerning the potential changes, Greater Greater Washington reports that some employers are going to have the option to stay as it stands ...
  6 days ago

• DC’s Digitial Downer

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 514
  Our grandparents worried about "The Bomb." We live with the "Computer Glitch." Three digital meltdowns affecting the quality of l[...]
  6 days ago

• The WMATA Single Point of Failure? Yes, But…

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ This morning’s power failure at Metro’s data center that took their PA system, payment processors, NextBus and other non-critical services offline this morning. Specifically, a power distribution unit (PDU) at their datacenter failed, which took offline a ...
  1 week ago

• Power Outage Causing Metro Issues

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  Update: WMATA is slowly bringing back services. Metrobus fareboxes and bus radios are back in operation, MetroAccess dispatch and online reservations are working, and this morning I heard a public address system test. More info from this WMATA release. WMATA’s communications systems suffered a major power ...
  1 week ago

• WMATA vs SEPTA

  
  Anything! — Authority: 122
  The hotel in Philly was 4 miles from the venue so my friend C and I knew wed be using public transit (or cab) to get to the venue. So I started perusing the PJ fanboards to find out what was the best option. And promptly came across a post about SEPTA getting ready for a walkout ...Zoinks!Add to that Game 3 of the ...
  1 week ago

• Five Favorites: Metro Stations

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Woodley Station’ courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’ Hi, and welcome to a new feature called Five Favorites.  Our reader Jay suggested ranking favorite places in DC, and I’m going to start with five favorite Metro stations.  These are stations that are the best examples of vibrant, walkable, urban, mixed-use ...
  2 weeks ago

• Metro Scares Adults, Small Children

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Ghost Train’ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Metro will be scaring the crap out of kids and adults alike tomorrow. Well, more than they usually do. And not by hurting or potentially hurting anyone, for once. They’re going to be out with their Boo Bus at Anacostia Metro tomorrow between ...
  2 weeks ago

• WMATA silently edits news release

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Pravda’ courtesy of ‘aquateamhungryfort’ Earlier I linked to a WMATA news release on the changes to how SmarTrip SmartBenefits would be handled and disbursed. When reader Nate commented that he disagreed with me about the significant part of the story I went back to look at the release again… and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Burying the lead disappointment

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘NO SMARTRIP -6480′ courtesy of ‘Joe Tresh’ WMATA’s press release about SmartBenefits talks a little about how some changes will be made to the SmarTrip behavior to comply with new IRS rules but leaves the really interesting thing for last. A sizable percentage of people in the area might get ...
  2 weeks ago

• In DC, underground cell coverage expanded

  
  Second Ave. Sagas | A New York City Subway Blog — Authority: 536
  Over the last few years, I’ve followed the MTA’s attempt at bringing cell phone service to its underground platforms while, at the same time, exploring how Washington’s WMATA has far surpassed the MTA in this technological effort. This past weekend, the Metro moved yet another step ahead of New York City as it ...
  3 weeks ago

• WTOP: Ride Metro at Your Own Risk

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Mark Segraves and Adam Tuss over at WTOP.com filed a report this morning covering the fact that since 2004, Metro bus and train operators have been cited over 4,000 times for endangering the lives of their passengers. Most of the incidents involve illegal ...
  3 weeks ago

• Talkin’ Transit: Eye Candy

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Inside the Metro Car’ courtesy of ‘Bogotron’ I was going to take today’s article and gripe about the “Follow the Rules” mandate now being enacted by most of the Metrobus drivers this week. But really, what’s the point? (And what exactly is their point, too, other than to make commuters ...
  4 weeks ago

• DC Mythbusting: Georgetown Metro Stop

  
  We Love DC — Authority: 619
  ‘Georgetown Tunnel’ courtesy of ‘MikaAltskan’ Hi and welcome to another edition of Mythbusting!  This week we’ll be tackling the myth of the Georgetown Metro.  The legend explains why Georgetown, a vibrant part of the city with many attractions, does not have a Metro station.  Legend has it that ...
  4 weeks ago

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