View Larger Map In case you missed this morning's Alert DC notice, Washington Gas reported that gas service has been interrupted to some 400 homes in the Shaw neighborhood as of just after 8 a.m. Not great timing, considering the recent cold snap. The outage was reportedly caused by a Washington Gas employee accidentally damaging a gas line. The area affected is from U Street to Rhode Island Ave NW, and from 8th St. to......

Virginia Railway Express had its busiest month ever in August, hauling an average load of more than 15,000 people per day. It's both a testament to the metro area's thirst for mass transit and a startling turnaround for an agency that was shedding customers left and right as recently as last year. Heck, the system is even looking into possibly expanding its reach. But there's big trouble rumbling under the surface. According to the VRE's......