An arbitration panel released its binding decision, paving the way for a new contract.

Members of the transit union packed a church on Saturday, calling on the region’s leaders to make changes to the struggling system.

While DDOT owns the buses, WMATA oversees the work done by a private contractor.

The head of the union that represents most Metro workers has identified the two men who were struck and killed this morning by a piece of heavy track equipment. ATU Local 689 president Jackie Jeter said their names were Jeffrey Garrard and Sung Oh, and that both men were longtime employees of Metro. “As I have done several times over the past year, I strongly urge the Authority to take the appropriate actions to…

Photo by * Chris D Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 are encouraging their members who operate Metrobuses to do every single little thing by the book this week. The push comes in the wake of two recent incidents which saw bus drivers plow down pedestrians in the District. Unsuck DC Metro got the ball rolling on this story yesterday, and the Post’s Lena Sun later followed up with a story of her…