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Feature makes it more convenient for riders to manage their SmarTrip fare card balances and avoid lines at fare machines. Metro officially launched the feature following a successful pilot program that included 150,000 customers.
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Silver Line is a 23-mile extension of the existing Metrorail system with new tracks that extend from East Falls Church, through Tysons and Reston, and eventually to Washington Dulles International Airport west to Ashburn.
Read More →Working to repair an association faced with the recent departure of its largest transit property and the resignation of its president/CEO, APTA Interim President/CEO Richard A. White and Chair Valarie J. McCall laid out the group’s plan to move forward during a press conference at the Bus & Paratransit Conference this week in Charlotte, N.C.
Read More →The NTSB recently wrapped its investigation of the crash site in August.
Read More →LIT is excited to build off of last year’s successful summit, which took place in Dallas and was hosted by Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Read More →A look inside at a safety inspection of power cables in a Metrorail tunnel.
Read More →In a Washington Post op-ed piece, GM Richard Sarles wrote that since the system went into service, maintenance has been delayed at the expense of service.
Read More →Automated door opening enhances safety by removing the potential for human error resulting in a “wrong side” door opening.
Read More →The flaw’s detection should have triggered the immediate shutdown of the section of rail involved, but the agency continued to run trains through it until the derailment. Metro’s interim GM, Jack Requa, said the agency’s inability to address the matter is unacceptable.
Read More →While the new program will generate about $2.7 million for the current fiscal year, at about $1 a day for each student during the semester, the U•Pass offers an affordable transportation option for students to travel throughout the region for classes, internships, jobs and other activities.
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