Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED The Forest Glen Metro station was the site of an emergency response drill on Sunday. The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service and the Metro Transit Police conducted a dual exercise from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The station was closed to the public during the exercise. According to a news release from Metro, […]

Metro has initiated a national search for the transit authority’s top safety official. The Chief Safety Officer (CSO) will report to the General Manager/CEO and provides strategic leadership to ensure the day to day safety of the system, its employees and customers. According to a news release, Metro is seeking a dynamic and experienced safety […]

Here are your five things to know today, Nov. 20, in Montgomery County: 1. The Metro Board of Directors has appointed Paul Wiedefeld as General Manager and CEO, and he says safety is his top priority. His first day is Nov. 30th. 2. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has released the county’s list of state […]

The Metro Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Paul Wiedefeld as the system’s General Manager and Chief Executive Officer under a four-year contract. According to a news release, Wiedefeld will assume his position on November 30th and receive an annual salary of $397,500 plus standard benefits. “Paul’s three decades of public and private sector transportation […]

In response to the attacks in Paris, the Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) has announced that is has increased patrols systemwide. According to a news release, riders will likely notice an increased police presence throughout the transit system. Police said the additional patrols began Friday evening and will continue for an unspecified period of time. […]

College Park Metro Bike & Ride customers will no longer need to buy separate cards to access Bike & Ride facilities. Bike & Ride customers can now use covered bicycle parking for free with a registered SmarTrip card at the College Park-U of MD station. According to a news release, the Bike & Ride facility […]

Metro put in service five new 60-foot accordion style articulated buses today along the 16th Street corridor. The new buses are part of a larger order of 21 articulated buses and 274 standard buses that will be put in service over the next year, replacing vehicles that are at the end of their 12-year lifespan. […]

U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski announced on Oct. 7 that new legislation to help improve safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has been passed by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. The legislation, introduced on Sept. 29, would alter the way members of the Metro Board of Directors are appointed. “I will […]

The Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors (GCAAR) hosted an Oct. 1st candidates forum for the six Democrats running for election to Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. The candidates included David Anderson, Kumar Barve, Ana Sol-Guiterrez, Will Jawando, Kathleen Matthews and Jamie Raskin. One of the questions asked during the two-hour forum was about the safety […]

The National Transportation Safety Board today issued two urgent safety recommendations calling for direct federal safety oversight of Washington’s Metrorail system by the Federal Railroad Administration. In its ongoing investigation into the January 12th, smoke and electrical arcing accident in a tunnel near the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington, D.C., the NTSB examined the […]