All Posts in ‘Metro’
Coalition of Business Organizations urge USDOT Secretary Chao to restore transit funds
A coalition of 17 business organizations sent a letter to US Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao urging her to suspend the decision to withhold federal transit funds from VA, MD […]
Waste Less, Invest More
The latest INRIX Global Congestion Scorecard shows the average DC area driver wastes 61 hours sitting in congestion during peak period hours. That’s the average, meaning hundreds of thousands of […]
Bye Bye 4000-Series Railcars
Great news for Metro riders! Starting today, Metro will begin retiring its least reliable rail cars, the 4000-series. Metro started retiring its oldest rail cars — the 1000 series — […]
Alliance: Major Reforms Necessary to Restore Metro to World-Class Status
In a letter to WMATA Board Chairman Jack Evans, the Alliance praised the work of Metro General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld through SafeTrack and other measures to improve safety […]
NVT Alliance, Dulles Corridor Rail Association Merger Brings Greater Focus on Restoration of a World-Class Metrorail System
Founded in 1998, the Dulles Corridor Rail Association (DCRA) served as the leading advocate for advancement of Metrorail’s Silver Line. With Silver Line construction nearing completion, DCRA’s goal has been […]
Alliance Urges Transit Commission to Assign High Priority to Regional Express Bus and WMATA Compact Revision
At the January 5th meeting of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, the Alliance urged the Commission to focus its 2017-2018 work plan document on those actions and programs that the […]
At Last “No More Band-Aids”
For years Metro General Managers have beaten the drum warning of dire days ahead unless significant new resources were invested in rebuilding the system. And for years the drum beat […]
Moving Metro Forward
After being on the job several months new WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld says he found the system in worse shape than he original thought. Last week’s electrical fire and […]
WMATA Urges TPB to Provide Regional Funding Leadership
On October 21, 1998 the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) adopted an “action agenda’ as part of its Vision program that pledged, “By the year 2000 to adopt […]