It is the second time in two years that the FRA has paused analysis of the project.

The board also approved a service plan that will keep about 80-85% of pre-pandemic service.

The plan largely avoids proposed service cuts.

Riders should expect system-wide delays.

Starting this week, you’ll no longer have to print out a ticket to jump on an Amtrak train—the rail system announced yesterday that it has implemented an eTicketing system on just about every train across the country.

The idea of eventually being able to take the Metro out to Dulles Airport has plenty of travelers plenty excited. But no one should yet jump ahead of themselves—the Metro may never even get there.

This morning, WMATA released a presentation [PDF] which presents various potential alterations to the system’s complex bus and rail fare structures.

Later this week, the WMATA Board of Directors is scheduled to consider a revised version of designer Lance Wyman’s iconic Metrorail map, which includes several potential changes to station names around the system.

This morning, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority voted to discard plans to build an underground Metro station at the terminal, instead endorsing a plan put forward by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood which includes an above-ground station.

A wise man once told me that if you lower your expectations enough, you’ll rarely be disappointed. It appears that philosophy has found a home at WMATA, where a new report shows that Metrorail trains are now meeting agency goals for on-time performance — but only because the transit agency lowered its standards.