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Welcome to Friday, Washington. More reactions to the Metro Board's proposed fare hikes this morning, as The Examiner quotes the chairman of Metro's Riders Advisory Board claiming he'll be switching to driving from Rockville to Rosslyn at least two days a week if the increases go into effect. Do the proposed fare hikes make you think you'll change your commuting habits? Operator Error Blamed in Track Deaths: Another report about a terrible Metro accident from...

The National Transportation Safety Board released its findings this afternoon from an investigation into the January derailment of a Green line train near the Mt. Vernon Square/Convention Center stop. The accident, in which the fifth car of a six-car train jumped the rails and hit a wall in the tunnel, injured 20 people and left around 60 passengers stranded in the tunnel for nearly 45 minutes. The Associated Press has the first word on the...

A woman was hit by a train on Metro's Orange Line just before 10:30 this morning. The accident occurred at the Deanwood station on the inbound track. Emergency personel are on the scene, but there is no information about the condition of the victim. The Post is reporting the posibility of a suicide. Trains are sharing one track from New Carrollton to Stadium-Armory station, creating a 10-15 minute delay in both directions of the...

WMATA ignored suggestions made by the National Transportation Safety Board after a 1996 accident that could have prevented injuries in the recent collision on the Red Line. After a train operating by computer collided with an empty train on the Red Line during a snow storm in 1996, the NTSB suggested WMATA reinforce their cars to prevent "telescoping." The Post is clear in their story that the recommendation on reinforcing the Metro cars was one...

Terror Threat Lowered: We aren’t in an orange mood any more. The Department of Homeland Security has lowered the terror threat to financial institutions in Washington, New York and northern New Jersey. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the terror threat has gone away, the Department of Homeland Security reminds us. That move has let the Capitol Police to dismantle security checkpoints on roadways leading to Capitol Hill. Also, the AP, via WTOP, reports that...

If you thought that a National Transportation Safety Board investigation and a train crash clean-up couldn't slow down the Red Line enough, be aware that part of the line will be totally shut this weekend. Because of track work at the yet-to-open New York Avenue-Florida Avenue-Gallaudet University metrorail station, the Red Line is closed between Union Station and Fort Totten. Shuttle bus service is being provided to the Rhode Island Avenue and Brookland-CUA stations. Here...

If you haven't gotten a chance to look at D.C.'s newest tourist spot, be sure to get to the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan metrorail station today before the bulk of the destroyed train cars will probably be carted away this weekend. As has been previously reported, although WMATA has put up a blue tarp to shield commuters from the splintered mess, from the mezzanine, you can see the whole scene of disaster. Seeing such destruction set...