Is there any societal ill that rapid transit cannot fix? According to this 1970s-era PSA for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (dug up by the Ghost of DC), there really isn't. The ...

Danielle Hayes has been riding the Washington, D.C., Metro rail system for 20 years, and she says the mass transit service for the nation’s capital is at peak performance. “It’s faster getting to your ...

It’s the blind leading the sleepy at Metro-North. After an engineer’s alleged dozing caused a derailment last Sunday that killed four people, a Post investigation found that dangerous train drivers ...

Metro is looking at ways to improve the customer experience on buses and trains by changing signage across the system, including the possibility of renaming and numbering its rail lines. Metro’s Chief ...

After years of development, the highly anticipated purple and green lines open to the public May 23. Metro rail developments that have been in the pipeline for years are finally coming to fruition.

Cracked rails may not be uncommon in transit systems, but the one in the area where a train derailed Monday morning was unusual for Metro. The crack happened in an area where rails don’t normally ...

FEDERAL FUNDS comprise almost $500 million of Metro's overall $3 billion budget, including nearly half the money it spends annually on projects to expand and upgrade its rail system, the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Metro is extending its suspension of bus and rail fares in the wake of the fires that have roiled the Los Angeles area, Metro officials said Saturday. Metro Chair and Los Angeles County ...

A preliminary report by federal transportation officials revealed new details on the Feb. 3 collision between a commuter train and a sport utility vehicle that killed six people. The board said that ...