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NewsAugust 16, 2021

WMATA Adding Discounts, More Trains and Buses

The changes, approved by the board in June, followed extensive public input about how riders plan to travel.

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NewsAugust 10, 2021

Investment in Rehabilitation and Prevention Programs Make D.C.'s Metrorail More Reliable, Report Says

WMATA’s preventive maintenance program has cut the number of emergency track repairs in half since the 2018 fiscal year.

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NewsJuly 19, 2021

WMATA Proposes Suspensions for Offenders of Sex, Weapons Related Crimes

Transit agencies around the country have successfully implemented similar rules, such as LA Metro, BART, Dallas's DART, and Atlanta’s MARTA. WMATA developed its proposal taking those best practices into account.

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NewsJune 25, 2021

WMATA Targets Zero-Emission Bus Fleet By 2045

The board took a major step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving local air quality with the approval of a new Metrobus fleet strategy that would create a 100% zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, with a full transition to electric or other zero-emission bus purchases by 2030.

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NewsJune 8, 2021

WMATA, Cubic Deliver SmarTrip on Google Pay

Riders can add their SmarTrip card to Google Pay and use their NFC-enabled Android™ phone for payment, eliminating the need for a physical SmarTrip.

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NewsMay 26, 2021

WMATA Adding 100 More New Flyer Xcelsiors

The options are being exercised from New Flyer’s backlog in the third year of a five-year contract originally awarded in 2018.

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NewsMay 24, 2021

WMATA Looks to Increase Sustainability with Release of Climate Bonds

Issuing Climate Bonds will help WMATA attract more environmentally conscious buyers to increase investor demand and result in a better, more competitive rate for the transit agency.

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NewsApril 12, 2021

WMATA's Finance, Capital Committee Approves Budget Maintaining Service Improvements

The full board is expected to approve the committee’s recommendation on April 22.

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NewsFebruary 23, 2021

WMATA Selects Hensel Phelps, Stantec for New Rail Facility

The upgraded facility will advance the agency’s goals for an improved transit experience and process for railcar maintenance and repairs.

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NewsDecember 28, 2020

Real-Time Crowding Data Now Available for WMATA Buses, Railcars

Customers can find this real-time information when tracking their bus at buseta.wmata.com, and in the agency’s open data feed for third-party transit and mapping applications like Google Maps.

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