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- Metro expanding full train automation to all lines for the first time in 16 years
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The rollout of automatic train operation systemwide caps off several months of testing and incremental implementation, beginning with the Red Line in December 2024, according to Metro.
Jeffery Leon, June 13, 2025, WTOP - D.C. is removing bike lane barriers for the first time, calling them ugly
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It’s the first time D.C. is removing a set of protected bike lanes, cycling advocates say. They worry it’s a sign that city leaders are joining a backlash against bike infrastructure building nationally.
Rachel Weiner, June 13, 2025, The Washington Post - Metro to launch automatic train operation on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines on June 15
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The date was decided after rigorous internal training and testing and concurrence from the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission. Since the December 2024 implementation, there have been no safety issues or red signal violations for trains operating in ATO.
June 13, 2025, WMATA - Why bus service enhancements, not cuts, pave the way forward
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The typical public transit user is changing. While bus service has historically been vital for lower-income communities, recent data indicates that a wider range of people are now depending on transit.
June 13, 2025, Mass Transit Magazine - Maryland DOT awards $1.25 million in grants supporting transit-oriented development
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The program, also known as the TOD Fund, is the department’s latest tool to speed up state and local efforts to create communities around transit, grow transit ridership and expand housing opportunities.
June 12, 2025, Mass Transit Magazine - Study shows switch to electric buses poses challenges
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For optimal battery usage, communities with cold weather could work toward providing enough inside space and charging stations to charge their buses immediately after their routes.
Jessica Cain, June 11, 2025, WRVO Public Media - Bus-only lanes can irritate drivers, but they help city dwellers share limited space
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Liberating those buses to flow more smoothly would get more out of that investment that’s already being made. More people would reach their destinations sooner, so they would have more opportunities in their lives.
Jarrett Walker, June 13, 2025, The Globe and Mail - Proposed bike trail along Haycock Road wins support in Falls Church
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While city officials suggested that the shared-use path might someday expand northward to meet up with the W&OD Regional Trail, although Fairfax County has not finalized plans for any future extension.
Scott McCaffrey, June 12, 2025, ARLNow - Supporting cycling takes more than just bike lanes
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Safe, protected bike lanes are a key part of a city’s bike infrastructure — but secure parking, e-bike charging, and other amenities can also influence people’s shift to cycling.
Diana Ionescu, June 11, 2025, Planetizen - Capital Bikeshare adds two new stations in Alexandria
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One new station is located at Virginia Tech/University Drive and Potomac Avenue. The second new station is located at the intersection of Four Mile Road and Milan Drive.
Ryan Belmore, June 11, 2025, ALXNow - Off Campus: Students are boosting public transit as key to affordability
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Best of all for regional transit, the student money will inject much-needed funding into local systems, while the transit systems gain young riders during their four years on campus — and, most likely, beyond.
Jack Guan, June 12, 2025, Streetsblog USA - Get to know the Better Bus Network
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The new system has new service frequencies, with Metro promising many lines will run as quickly as every 12 minutes or less. Next up, medium-service lines will run every 20 minutes or less, and low-frequency will be every half hour or less. Any slower than that will be considered a limited frequency line.
Sophie Rosenthal, June 11, 2025, WUSA9 - Metro service information for Juneteenth, Thursday, June 19
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In recognition of Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19, Metrorail will open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight, operating on Saturday service levels. Metrobus will run Saturday Supplemental service, to provide additional buses beyond the typical weekend schedule but less than a normal weekday.
June 11, 2025, WMATA - Army 250th birthday military parade: How to take Metro to get to the National Mall
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Metro has announced that the Smithsonian Metro station National Mall entrance will be closed on June 14 for the Army's 250th Anniversary celebration. Here's how to take the Metro to the military parade this Saturday.
Miracle Gross, June 11, 2025, Fox 5 News - Metro's early tests of automated trains are positive on Green and Yellow lines
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Safety commission engineer Paul Smith said in the first 10 days of automated train operation on the Green and Yellow lines there were 25 station overruns, compared with 40 overruns during the first 10 days the system was put into place on the Red Line, a more than 37% decrease.
Dan Ronan, June 11, 2025, WTOP - Maryland announces $1.25 million in grants for development around rail stations
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The Odenton MARC station in Anne Arundel County is slated for $750,000 that will further preconstruction for a new parking garage, which planners say will free up roughly 12 acres of surface parking for housing and retail development.
Daniel Zawodny, June 10, 2025, Baltimore Banner - DC, Columbus bike share fleets introduce cargo bikes
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Expanding the types of bikes and scooters available is a natural extension of shared mobility’s “growing up:” as Descant puts it, “morphing into the kinds of practical vehicles that can haul home a bag of groceries or other items, establishing these devices as essential pieces of urban mobility.”
Diana Ionescu, June 10, 2025, Planetizen - Public transit agencies continue to lag in cybersecurity prep
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Collectively, U.S. transportation services have cyber preparedness work to do, according to a recent study. Individually, they are hardening their postures; an Illinois state pilot offers locals consulting and training.
Skip Descant, June 10, 2025, Government Technology - Metro provides station closures, service update for Army military birthday parade
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The region's primary transit agency said it will remain on Saturday service numbers throughout the day, meaning trains every 4-6 minutes at most core stations and which will decrease shortly after 9:30 p.m.
June 10, 2025, ABC7 News - Metro announces service information for the Army 250th Birthday Parade and Festival on June 14
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Metrorail is running Saturday service frequencies. Trains run every 4-6 minutes at most core stations during the day. At stations further out, trains arrive anywhere from every 8 minutes to every 12 minutes.
June 10, 2025, WMATA - Is your bus line changing? Why Metro is cutting some stops
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The first major redesign of the D.C. area’s Metrobus system since it started running in 1973 will start soon.
Adam Tuss, June 9, 2025, NBC4 Washington - New program helps residents navigate Loudoun County public transit
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Beginning in June 2025, the free, hands-on program will provide personalized and group instruction on how to plan trips, read schedules, purchase SmarTrip cards, board buses, transfer between routes and practice safe travel habits.
June 10, 2025, The Burn - Five key transportation funding proposals in Trump's budget
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The President’s proposed 2026 budget would keep spending roughly the same for transit and rail and eliminate over $5 billion in funding for EV charging infrastructure.
Diana Ionescu, June 10, 2025, Planetizen - Alexandria asks VDOT to delay adding express lanes to Woodrow Wilson Bridge
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In an April letter to VDOT, Gaskins wrote that the project will bring “Alexandria substantial consequences” to our local neighborhoods, and asked that an alternative not be chosen until a noise, traffic, and air safety analysis is conducted.
James Cullum, June 9, 2025, ALXNow - N. Va. leaders: More funding is not guaranteed for proposed Metro improvement plan
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With Virginia typically splitting its share of Metro’s operating costs between the state government and localities, local leaders and the General Assembly will need to come up with their shares of the extra funding as part of budget deliberations to take place next winter and spring.
Scott McCaffrey, June 9, 2025, FFXNow - How shared electric cargo bikes are changing cities
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According to preliminary results, almost 80 percent of those surveyed bought their cargo bike new, while 18.7 percent bought one used. Only 0.2 percent rented or borrowed one.
Aina de Lapparent Alvarez, June 5, 2025, Reasons to be Cheerful - Commuters share candid reviews after worker considers e-bike purchase: 'Nice to show up to the office without breaking a sweat'
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Commuting can be monotonous and environmentally damaging, but the world's workers must get from point A to point B. For this reason, it is a wonder to have transportation options for that day-to-day travel.
Claire Huber, June 9, 2025, The Cooldown - Friends raced to check out every Metro station in one day. Would they make it?
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Louie Melluish and Will Sheriff built a model that told them the most efficient route. Running a simulation a million times, they were given an average completion time of just under 20 hours and a 72 percent chance of making it. They liked those odds.
Rachel Weiner, June 9, 2025, The Washington Post - Maryland DOT deploying 'Complete Streets' projects
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Complete Streets is all about ensuring everyone has access to safe, convenient transportation, and our experience with quick-build projects shows we can deliver on that promise with innovation and efficiency.
Melina Druga, June 9, 2025, Transportation Today - Protected bike lanes boost bicycle commuting
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The paper, titled "The link between low-stress bicycle facilities and bicycle commuting," reports that protected bike lanes see about 1.8 times the number of bike commuters than standard bike lanes do and 4.3 times as many as blocks without bike lanes.
Nick Ferenchak, June 8, 2025, Mirage