It hasn’t been a good day for transit in the District. NBC 4 is reporting that passengers are begin asked to stay on a bus in Palmer Park until crews can clear the area of electrical wires, knocked loose after the bus hit a utility pole.

Meanwhile, the wet weather is causing delays on the MARC and VRE trains, but trains on Metro’s Red Line are within six minutes of running on schedule.

Finally, although U.S. Airways will be increasing service to Washington’s National because of reduced fares, overall a federal study released tody concluded that flying from the Washington area is nowhere near the cheapest in the country.