Last night’s game between the Nats and the White Sox started late because… the umpires got stuck stuck in traffic.

Plans to have all D.C. taxicabs accept credit cards by the end of March have been pushed back by a few weeks.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has added his name to the list of people that want to slow down the design and planning process for the Eisenhower Memorial.

Pat Collins wants his H Street NE Heritage Trail, and after a brief delay he’ll be getting it in May.

A cracked rail at the Rosslyn Metro station is causing delays on the Orange and Blue lines today.

The District’s medical marijuana program is set for another delay.

The District’s medical marijuana program is proceeding as quickly as, well, someone with a mighty buzz behind the wheel of a car.

We got a couple of breathless tips today regarding this report by WUSA9, quite broadly titled “DC’s Streetcar Project Halted For Now,” in which the Anacostia streetcar line was said to be heading “into mothballs.” Well, that’s news to us! The story made a big deal about a temporary halt in construction on the two-year old project, making sure to mention the “unfinished rails jutted into weeds.”

WMATA announced today that five Red Line Metrorail stations — Takoma, Silver Spring, Forest Glen, Wheaton and Glenmont — will be closed during the entire Labor Day weekend. It will be the largest maintenance shutdown in Metro’s 34-year history.

A long week for Metro just keeps getting longer — a downed electrical line between the Forest Glen and Silver Spring stations is causing serious delays this afternoon for Red Line commuters. (If you’re heading north on the Red Line, MARC or Amtrak tonight, we suggest enjoying a happy hour beverage or two before hopping on.) Power was cut off in the area, so passengers on a stuck six-car train had to disembark between the…