Track inspectors appear to have fabricated inspection reports month after month, the safety agency said.
The proposal is scheduled to get a final vote from the full board in two weeks.
Progressive think tank: Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan ‘shovels money at wealthy investors’
Transit systems and thousands of roads and bridges would miss out on profit-making proposal, according to analysis from the Center for American Progress.
In addition, transcripts of interviews between Metro management and track inspectors suggests investigators believe inspectors may have been fabricating inspection reports
After a contentious debate, a Metro board committee voted Thursday to advance a proposal that would shorten service hours for two years — a decision Metro board chairman Jack Evans said would almost certainly get a jurisdictional veto from the District. The proposal will go to the full Metro board for a final vote in […]
UPDATED at 7:50 a.m. Transit authorities said normal service resumed Thursday morning for the Green and Yellow lines. Metro officials had previously warned commuters to expect delays on two lines. Green Line: Trains are single tracking btwn U Street & Georgia Ave due to a disabled work unit at U Street. Expect delays in both […]
UPDATE at 7:45 a.m. — D.C. Fire and EMS has cleared the scene of the crash, transporting 10 people to local hospitals. One person was transported with life-threatening injuries, another with serious injuries and the rest with lesser injuries, according to a Twitter message from the fire department. 10 transported from I-295. 1 potential life […]
The service would cost an estimated $2 million, and would require Metro to hire 35 additional bus drivers.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe blasts Metro board as “a joke” engaged in “goofy, naive political theater.”
Triangular tiles capture kinetic energy from pedestrians’ steps and use it for lighting.
The plan is to extend I-95 Express Lanes for eight miles north to Pentagon area.
“It is a joke, plain and simple. Why are you wasting time on ridiculous political theater? We have serious issues to deal with,” McAuliffe said.
They hope to be ready for small surprises, as well as big snowfalls.
Elsewhere, trains are no longer sharing a track on the Blue and Silver lines.
Plan now to avoid extra congestion near the White House and National Mall on Thursday afternoon.
