It was another busy week in DCist. We kicked off a new feature exploring what Metro needs, starting with a good PA and proposing that it take a cue or two from the London Underground. We checked out The Sounds and Morningwood at 9:30, discussed CVS’s condom-locking policy, mocked Dick Cheney’s ceremonial first pitch and reviewed the West End’s recent development. We reported on an update to the rock-throwing kids in Columbia Heights, cooked…

In November 2004, Marshall Thompson was struck with an idea while watching a Chelsea soccer match on TV in his hotel room on a business trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His vision was to open a British clothing store in the District, stocking all the brands that he knew from his own shopping experience looking for English clothing labels were nearly impossible to find anywhere in the U.S. between New York and L.A. “It hit…

Yesterday’s copycat attacks in the London Underground might have pushed already nervous WMATA officials to consider what has before been the sole province of air travel security — searching passengers bags and packages in stations and on trains. While Metro officials have not yet decided whether to implement such measures, Metro Transit Police Chief Polly L. Hanson noted that the transit agency is closely watching a similar experiment launched yesterday in New York City,…

This DCist remembers the days when metrorail didn’t have electronic signs announcing when the next train was coming. In fact, it was only five years ago when the only sign that a train was coming was the flashing of the platform lights. But the signs are already showing their age and inadequacies. And WMATA is about to set out on the quest to help us improve our transit logistical planning. The AP, via WJLA,…