Metro

Metro has spent nearly $1.6 million defending the advertising policy that prohibits issue-oriented ads, newly released records show. The legal tab, as of Aug. 13, includes hours billed, fees and other costs resulting from legal actions…

The region’s late-night economy became officially stymied on Monday when Paul J. Wiedefeld, the general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, did not recommend restoring late-night service for Metrorail as part of…

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s budget for fiscal 2020 includes several service improvements, but some Metro Board members are wary of a proposed fare increase. Mr. Wiedefeld’s budget calls for extending rush-hour service, replacing…

WASHINGTON — Metro has reached a tentative deal on a new headquarters at L’Enfant Plaza. Metro plans to buy a 149,700-square-foot vacant building at 300 7th Street SW, formerly known as the Reporter’s Building. The building would be…

Metro officials are seeking to institute a slew of changes in their upcoming budget to win back riders — including charging a flat $2 fare for subway trips taken on weekends, expanding the rush-hour window to include later times on weekday…

More than a year after ditching plans to bring back automatic train operation — the self-driving train technology that launched when Metro did in 1976 — the agency’s leaders have changed course, citing the need to provide a better customer…

Metro is considering raising fares for big events. How many cliches fit? Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. Penny wise, pound foolish. Here today, gone tomorrow. I spent five years working for the American Public Transportation Association,…

When the crackling rail-car loudspeakers come on during rush hour, they might as well say: Get your wallets out, this is a train robbery! Despite consistent declines in Metro ridership, shoddy (and dangerous) service, cost overruns and…

Some Metro officials are not convinced the agency can win back riders fleeing the system because of sparse off-peak service — or that it should try — in the face of looming financial obligations, budget constraints and the endless backlog…

The costs to oversee, operate and maintain Metrorail, Metrobus and paratransit services are ticking upward. Earlier this week, officials gave a wink and a nod to a quasi-independent safety panel — partly because of federal oversight, partly…

The Oct. 4 Metro article “Report lays out answers to Metro’s problems” referenced a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority planning staff analysis that concluded that service reductions are a principal cause of the decline, and…

The Metro Office of Inspector General (OIG) is gearing up for more investigations of the long-troubled transit agency as it seeks more independence from Metro officials, who are launching a $500 million, multiyear repair project.

The D.C. Council Judiciary Committee unanimously voted Thursday to advance a bill that would decriminalize fare evasion on Metro, reducing the possible penalty to a $50 fine. The bill was originally introduced in June 2017 by eight…

In what may have been their final meeting, members of Metro’s Rider Advisory Council say their voices are invaluable and will fight the Metro board’s anticipated decision to eliminate the volunteer group. Six of eight Metro board members…

Metro’s leaders have said publicly that they have no clear solution to the system’s ridership decline, but an internal document dated May of this year shows otherwise; it lays out a detailed plan for increasing riders on the nation’s…