In a report, Metro blames the Green Line calamity two weeks ago on a common mechanical mishap followed by a breakdown in communication between officials and passengers.

As thousands of D.C. voters waited for hours to cast ballots today, the D.C. Board of Elections remained silent.

It’s about as predictable as death, taxes and traffic jams — an emergency hits the District, and within minutes phone networks are so clogged with calls, text messages and data usage that they collapse altogether.

WMATA’s efforts to try and improve communication with riders took another step forward today, as the transit agency released a schedule of all the major weekend track work planned through next June.

It’s easy to forget that there are a whole lot of people who are still getting Twitter. Take, for example, Ward 7 Councilmember Yvette Alexander, who assumed that the new @MayorGray account — an obvious satire feed to those who use Twitter all the time — was actually being produced by Vince Gray.