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…

We here at DCist apologize for our access problems over the past day or so, we were under the hood tinkering around and some unexpected problems popped up. We are now fully in operation. Thanks to some of our friends for passing the word along. – Adam over at eebmore tips us off to a story in the Baltimore City Paper about DCers taking over Baltimore neighborhoods. Citing lawns, cheaper property, and friendly neighbors,…

The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has been in the news lately for a couple initiatives. First, they have announced recently the creation of a panel of experts to examine alternate sources of dedicated funding for Metro. The Post describes it as a move to prevent the “financial meltdown” of the system. WMATA is the fourth largest public transit agency in the U.S., and operates the next busiest subway in the country after New York….