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Sep 20, 2013

Despite Higher Reported Availability, Some Metro Escalator Outages Seemingly Go Unreported

According to Metro, “92 percent of escalators are working” these days. Well, that may not be entirely accurate.

May 16, 2013

A Guide to Recognizing Your Metro Critics

Everyone’s a critic about Metro. And some have made it an art form.

Aug 14, 2009

Two Metrobus Operators Fired, A Third Keeps Her Job

WMATA offers this update on the fate of three Metrobus drivers who have been under investigation recently. Two bus operators have been fired this week, according to Metro. The first is the driver who was arrested and charged with kidnapping after refusing to let a passenger off the bus during a verbal dispute. The second fired driver had been driving with a suspended license, which Metro only discovered after the operator got into an accident…

Jul 30, 2009

Metrobus Operator Caught Talking on Cell Phone to Be Fired

Photo courtesy Unsuck Metro DC Credit goes to the increasingly excellent local blog Unsuck DC Metro for the news that a Metrobus operator will soon be fired for talking on a cell phone while driving a bus. The web site posted a photo it obtained from a former Red Line rider named Brian who had, ironically enough, recently switched to riding a 63 bus from Takoma to work in the morning, just as WMATA…

 
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