Metro has started to eliminate jobs. 40 Metro employees have been laid-off and more are coming. The cuts will bring Metro employee numbers below 10,000 and try to cut a $29 million budget gap.

WMATA getting more phone carriers for riders. "Four major cell phone companies -- Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, AT&T and T-Mobile -- will build a new wireless infrastructure in the underground rail system during the next four years."

There may be no more free parking at Metro lots on the weekends. Metro is considering charging $2.50 for all parking lots and garages (34 of them) on the weekends to help bridge the $30 million budget gap. These lots currently are free and cost $3.25 to $4.75 ...

At work I live by the phrase, "How can you make a decision on something if you haven't looked at the stats or used it?" This is something that WMATA Board Members should think about. WTOP is reporting, and I don't think it's a shock to anyone, that ...

It was a bad day for Metro yesterday. In the morning the orange line was messed up because of a derailment of a vacuum truck. Trains had to single track between Foggy Bottom and clerendon which caused one hour rush hour delays. Once the machine was ...

UPDATE: Maybe I am reading into this to much on the wheels popping off but read this quote from the Metro, The equipment had been involved in overnight track maintenance work downtown and was headed back to the rail yard when the wheels popped off, Metro says. This sounds like the wheels ...

With the stimulus signed sealed and on the delivery truck Metro is looking to get some of that money. WMATA officials will meet with the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board and ask for money so that it can get started on some of its shovel-ready projects. Metro ...

Metro Alert - Pentagon Station will be closed for three days starting at 10 p.m. Friday and will reopen midnight on Monday February 16th. The closure is due to preventive maintenance that will replace a switch. WTOP has the scoop on how to get around this mess.

We knew that cuts were coming to Metro but did you think they would cut the service hours or shut down some stations? Metro is facing a $154 million budget gap for fiscal 2010. So in order to save some money and close the gap here are some ...

Washington, DC City Council approved funds for WMATA. The city will now fund the metro system with $50 million dollars over a 10 year span. This is in an effort to get Virginia and Maryland to do the same so that WMATA can get matching fund from the ...