Local leaders are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will eliminate its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in response to President Donald Trump's ...

Metro is eliminating its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as the transit system looks to secure federal funding from the Trump administration. In a memo to employees obtained by WTOP ...

Department of Homeland Security agents on Amtrak. A clampdown on Metro fare-jumpers. No murals on public roadways. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent letters on Thursday to DC Mayor Muriel ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration ... the transportation secretary said he wants WMATA to reduce fare evasion, lower crime on metro buses and trains, to ensure people using public transit ...

The US Department of Transportation headquarters in Navy Yard, seen in 2022 with a Circulator bus (RIP) out front. Image by Chelsea Allinger used with permission.

WASHINGTON (7News) — This week, Metrorail has seen some of its highest ridership numbers since the pandemic began five years ago. This has benefited the transit agency’s budget but caused ...

WASHINGTON — The Waterfront ... where MPD said she was "conscious and breathing." WMATA later described her injuries as "non-life-threatening." Metro Transit Police had since taken over the ...

Transit has been a vital piece of the Washington region’s landscape ... for a land value tax to fund WMATA. Allen models multiple different breakdowns of contributions from individual jurisdictions in ...

If you ride Metro, is your train or bus more crowded lately? The D.C.-area transit agency says the past two days have been some of the system’s busiest since before the COVID-19 pandemic began ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser renewed calls for granting statehood to Washington, DC, on Friday in response to President Donald Trump’s latest remark about a federal government takeover of the nation’s ...