The Washington DC area's Metro and WMATA buses are seeing surges in ridership, possibly due to high gas prices from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON - D.C. residents got on their first Metro train 50 years ago on March 27, 1976. Here's a look back at the beginning.

On this episode of Getting to the Bottom of It, host Lizzie Jensen speaks with GW professor and Regulatory Studies Center Director Roger Nober about the DC Metro’s history and construction. Reporter ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is no longer being updated. Please see the latest updates on the Metro closure here. Hundreds of thousands of commuters, visitors and residents of Washington, D.C., are ...

WASHINGTON — Riding on Metrorail escalators or using the DMV transit system's elevators has its ups and downs. According to a Washington Metrorail Safety Commission audit released Thursday though, ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Metro board of directors met for the first time in months on Thursday. Members were pleased with the drop in crime numbers, but also expressed some concerns related to the ...

Metrorail reopened Thursday morning after the subway system was closed all day Wednesday for emergency inspections of 600 power cables -- and after workers repaired at least 26 cables that were ...

WASHINGTON - D.C. residents got on their first Metro train 50 years ago on March 27, 1976. Here's a look back at the beginning. Connecticut Avenue; NW; looking south. evening traffic-jams are ...