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• Metro service information for Memorial Day
  Trains and buses will operate on a Sunday schedule. MetroAccess subscription trips will be cancelled.
  May 20, 2013, WMATA
   
• Metro weekend rebuilding work May 24-27
  Work on Red and Orange lines only. Four Orange Line stations and two Red Line stations will close.
  May 20, 2013, WMATA
   
• Bikeshare is a gateway to private biking
  In fact, bike sharing gets more people biking in general, and its relatively few frustrations, while problems to solve, also encourage people to use personal bikes more.
  David Alpert, May 21, 2013, GGW
   
• How Silver Spring's transit center plan grew into a fiasco
  Today, 23 years after the county spent $8 million to buy the land for the transit center, two decades after the federal government provided the first $1.5 million to design it and more than six years after construction finally began, the Silver Spring Transit Center sits behind chain-link fencing, its new bus benches still shrink-wrapped.
  Marc Fisher and Bill Turque, May 21, 2013, Washington Post
   
• Judge's ruling puts Va. road projects in jeopardy
  A Virginia judge's ruling threatens to jeopardize the way Virginia is using private companies to run the Beltway Express Lanes and build similar lanes on Interstate 95.
  Liz Essley, May 20, 2013, Examiner
   
• Montgomery residents debate bus lanes at BRT hearing
  ver 50 speakers packed the Planning Board auditorium in Silver Spring Thursday night to offer comments on Montgomery County's proposed Bus Rapid Transit network.
  Dan Reed, May 20, 2013, GGW
   
• Metro policy for refunds after delays falls short, riders say
  Many major transit systems offer a "service guarantee" policy where riders get a free trip or a refund if there are severe delays, but WMATA's policy is much more limited. After repeated rail delays, some riders are demanding a better deal.
  Michael Perkins, May 20, 2013, GGW
   
• Connecticut train collision exposes cracks in Northeast Corridor
  Investigators are still poring over Friday's train derailment and collision in Connecticut. Early reports point to damaged track as the cause of the crash that injured 70 people.
  Angie Schmitt, May 20, 2013, streetsblog.net
   
• Bike to Work Day 2013, in infographics
  Many thanks to all who registered for this year's Bike to Work Day and got to work on two wheels last Friday! This was a record-breaking year for Bike to Work Day participation, with over 14,000 people registering for the event.
  Alex Baca, May 20, 2013, WABA
   
• The business of bike sharing
  To understand the mechanics of the sharing economy, it helps to spend a weekday morning near Dupont Circle.
  Mohana Ravindranath, May 20, 2013, Washington Post
   
• Two new Metro entrances coming to Pentagon City
   
• Bicyclist fatally struck in DC identified
   
• Drivers face new challenges on I-95
   
• Capital Bikeshare sets new ridership record
   
• Md. gas tax to fund two major road projects
   
• Builder chosen for Spotsy VRE station
   
• Crash, spill close I-95 South in Stafford Friday
   
• DC Taxi Commission suspends two drivers for alleged assault
   
• Pedestrian fatally struck in Wheaton
   
• Fight on Red Line train at Gallery Place, arrest made