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When D.C. author Natasha Tynes tweeted about a Metro employee’s apparent rule violation on Friday, she didn’t realize her book deal would be in jeopardy as a result.

Residents in the region say they have a better opinion of Metro than they did two years ago, according to a new poll from the Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Metro’s reputation in the region has improved dramatically in the past two years and has almost reached the positive levels it enjoyed before a fatal smoke incident in 2015, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll.

A permanent cooling system is expected to flip back on at two Red Line stations soon for the first time in years.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority did the right thing when it extended the deadline for proposals from manufacturers for its next series of rail cars. WMATA’s decision is good news, provided that it addresses cybersecurity…

Allison Friedel started her "Derailed" project while she was bored on, you guessed it, a train.

WMATA is giving the Dupont Circle Metro station a makeover: Starting later this month, the transit agency will begin construction on a new canopy to cover the escalators at the north station entrance, where the lack of cover currently…

Congress would approve 10 more years of critical federal funding for Metro, but only if the transit agency agreed to not buy its next generation of rail cars from China, legislation being proposed by the region’s senators stipulates.

On most days, and in at least a few stations, you’ll see exiting Metro riders come to a broken escalator. They’ll groan, and then, like Sherpas bearing backpacks and purses, they’ll join the slow-moving procession of people trudging up.

Photographer Patrick Wright carried his camera on the city’s rapid transit system for four years, taking photos of over a thousand riders.

In a bid to win back riders who have fled the system in droves, Metro plans to add some rail service this summer without raising fares and does not plan any significant service cuts.

The best way to move people on escalators is when they stand still, a Mississippi State expert says.

Local leaders will take back control of Metrorail safety oversight Tuesday, marking a long-awaited milestone and freeing up millions in federal funding for the region.

More than three years after Metro’s history of dangerous calamities prompted U.S. officials to take control of subway safety oversight, the Federal Transit Administration said Monday it is ready to return that responsibility to local…

Metro will increase service on the Yellow and Red lines next year, doubling the number of trains at a dozen stations in hopes of boosting ridership as the system continues to undergo substantial rebuilding and truncated hours to address a…

Metro plans to add some service back this summer at stations on Yellow, Green and Red lines without raising fares, after the Metro Board unanimously gave preliminary approval Thursday to the agency’s $3.5 billion budget.

The Metro board gave unanimous preliminary approval on Thursday to its $3.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget, which starts in June of this year. The board will vote one more time later this month to finalize the proposed budget, which…

Metrorail ridership is at a nearly 20-year low, according to the latest Metro ridership report.

Metro would significantly improve service through Columbia Heights, Fort Totten and Hyattsville by extending all Yellow Line trains to Greenbelt, and add service on the Red Line near Glenmont under a final budget proposal set for…