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Website. wmata .com. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ( WMATA / wəˈmɑːtə / wə-MAH-tə ), [3] commonly referred to as Metro, is a tri-jurisdictional public transit agency that operates transit service in the Washington metropolitan area. WMATA was created by the United States Congress as an interstate compact between ...
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. [1] 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.
Washington Metro. The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
Is the Metro Mess Partly the Fault of Workers, or Just WMATA Leadership? - Washington DC, DC - A new federal report places a lot of blame at the foot of WMATA, but a local congresswoman claims ...
WMATA to Metro Employees: Stop Making Excuses - Washington DC, DC - A pamphlet handed out during a mandatory meeting of Metro employees at the Verizon Center includes a stern warning about safety.
Traffic & Transit Amtrak To Furlough 2,000 Employees By Month's End: Report The Washington, D.C.-based company will also make service cuts on Oct. 1, a Washington Post report said.
On January 6, 1996, during the Blizzard of 1996, a Metro operator was killed when a train failed to come to a stop at the Shady Grove station. The four-car train overran the station platform and struck an unoccupied train that was awaiting assignment. [2] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation found that the crash was a ...
Community Corner Metro Workers Threaten Massive 'Sick-Out' Throughout DC ATU Local 689 denies that it is part of any sort of contract dispute.
A New Flyer XN40 operating on Route 32 in Washington DC. 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. It provides more than 130 million passenger trips per year in ...
Metro Signs Contract To Replace 130 Escalators At 32 Stations - Washington DC, DC - Work is scheduled to begin in May to replace 130 Metro station escalators as part of a new $179 million contract.