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The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA / w ə ˈ m ɑː t ə / wə-MAH-tə), commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area.
Metrobus is a bus service operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Its fleet consists of 1,595 buses covering an area of 1,500 square miles (3,900 km 2) in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. [2] There are 269 bus routes serving 11,129 stops, including 2,554 bus shelters. [2]
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the DC area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States.
WASHINGTON, DC — Metro is implementing a new policy where employees will be required to provide proof of vaccination to COVID-19 or negative coronavirus test results on a weekly basis.
WASHINGTON, DC — A week after a gunman fatally shot a Metro Transit employee and injured three others during a seemingly random shooting, Washington, D.C. officials announced a new initiative ...
Metro serves Washington, D.C., as well as several jurisdictions in the states of Maryland and Virginia. In Maryland, Metro provides service to Montgomery and Prince George's counties; in Virginia, to Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties, and to the independent city of Alexandria.
Federal Workers To Get Free Metro Rides: Reports - Washington DC, DC - Starting Monday, federal workers who show ID cards will be allowed through disability access gates until shutdown ends.
This is a roster of the bus fleet of Metrobus, the fixed-route bus service run by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, D.C. The Metrobus fleet is the sixth-largest bus fleet in the United States.
The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the transit police agency of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), created by the WMATA Compact on June 4, 1976. The MTPD is unique in U.S. law enforcement as it is the only U.S. police agency that has full police authority in relation to a multi-state metro system.
MTA employees also suffered due to the budget issues. By mid-July 2010, MTA layoffs had reached over 1,000, and many of those affected were low-level employees who made less than $55,000 annually. As of 2015, the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan.