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Metro has already purchased 164 natural gas buses, 38 of which are already carrying riders in the District and parts of Prince George's County. The rest will be phased into service by August.

Home News GlobeNewswire Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority awards contract to NFI subsidiary New Flyer for up to 500 low- and zero-emission Xcelsior® buses ...

Metro has issued several detours and service suspensions of its bus and rail lines due to the fires burning in Los Angeles County. Metro Micro service north of Washington and Sierra Madre ...

Metro employs 2,141 bus operators. `Experienced` drivers are considered those with three or more years of experience. The percentage of drivers with fewer than three years has steadily increased.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority operates Metrorail, the third largest heavy rail system in the United States, and oversees the country’s sixth largest bus system.

WASHINGTON (7News) — An attack on a Metro police officer who was trying to stop a man from fare evading on Tuesday brought renewed attention to the issue, especially after U.S. Secretary of ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Metropolitan Transit Police Department (MTPD) officer was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after he was stabbed in the wrist by a man who refused to pay the Metro Bus ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority awards contract to NFI subsidiary New Flyer for up to 500 low- and zero-emission Xcelsior® buses ...