Today we're kicking off a new transit feature on DCist -- What Metro Needs. Over the next few weeks -- and months, should the content merit it -- we'll be going through the many things, big and small, that we believe Metro could use to provide better service to the increasing number of people that rely on it to get to and from work and home. Some of these will be opinions based on particular commuting experiences, some based on our knowledge of best practices on other comparable transit systems. And in this we will need your input. If you know of something you wish Metro had to make your commute an easier one, please let us know. more ›

The District is full of the powerful and political, people whose decisions have a national impact. It's also full of the people pitching their causes and products to the powerful and political, any way they can. As we have discovered before, many a cause have used ads in Metrorail stations to catch the attention and, hopefully, good favor of passing riders whose jobs involve power or policy. Defense-related ads are concentrated heavily near the Pentagon or the Capitol, pitching everything from helicopters to high technology for the war against terrorism. more ›

Well, DCist has gone and done it now. In an arbitrary post last week discussing the American Political Science Association's annual meeting in the District, former DCist food connoisseur Kanishka offered $100 to any reader who could catch Cornel West scarfing down a jumbo slice. Safe bet, right? I mean, who would have thought that Cornel West would actually scarf down, of all things, a jumbo slice? Well, one reader managed just that. Above, Cathy... more ›

With gorgeous if slightly brisk weather, we hope you were able to get outside sometime today. In order to save precious fall weekend time, we present a concise news update: - Expect Metro delays on the Red and Blue Lines - Read the Post on yesterday's Red Line failure - You might have spotted the AIDS Walk Washington downtown earlier - "Freak dancing" has ignited a controversy in Loudoun County: administrators are requiring students... more ›