WMATA now says that NextBus, e-alerts, debit card transactions, SmartBenefits and all other remaining electronic systems that were affected by today's outage were back online by 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. NextBus was indeed working when we tested it just before 5 p.m. Be sure to let us know if you run into any continuing problems on your commute home this evening.



Fire John Catoe
This blog post from Greater Greater Washington is a must read regarding another communication failure - that of the Metro's SmarTrip Card office:
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3974