Transportation

The transit agency is asking for firms that could offer on-demand transportation to overnight workers

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…

Ever sit behind a driver that’s oblivious that a light has changed from red to green?

Bus riders in Washington can use an app that estimates how long until the next bus arrives at any given stop. Its implementation has made commuting much more convenient for myself and thousands of other regular bus commuters.

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…

Officials say the problems aren’t widespread.

Metro ridership has hit another low, sinking to fewer than 600,000 average weekday trips for the first time since 2000, before the original system was completed, according to the agency’s latest performance report.

One day in the late 1920s or early ’30s, a worker on the Arlington Memorial Bridge project stood before a slab of granite that would become a bench on the structure and drew the notation “P 5” in black paint.

Many Metro trains are much less crowded, with ridership now around the lowest levels in nearly two decades.

Metrobuses are crashing into people, cars and other things more often, adding to issues already facing the system. New data also shows Metrobuses have been breaking down more frequently than in recent years.

Drivers who use Suitland Parkway or Interstate 295 to navigate through the District should get ready for a new traffic pattern set to take effect later this week.

WMATA has been testing automatic doors on Metro trains for the last two weeks, the agency announced in a press release on Monday. The doors automatically open when trains pull into the station, come to a complete stop, and are “confirmed…

Leke Arojojoye, who works as an accountant, was on his way to work Friday when D.C.’s weather-battered streets messed with his balance sheet.

During the weeks-long debate over whether Metro should restore late-night service, one question remained unanswered: What exactly has the transit agency been doing with all the extra time it gained by closing early?

The intersection of Florida Avenue and New York Avenue in NoMa has long bedeviled pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers, because of the triangle-shaped plot of land plopped at the center.

Metro is inching closer to restoring a significant amount of service this summer at stations through the heart of D.C. and adding service in Maryland as part of ongoing budget talks.