Montgomery Community Media

Good morning! Rain and thunderstorms are in the forecast today. Here are five things to know today, June 23rd, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Planning Board will be meeting today and on the agenda; the Johnson Property Annexation Petition. You can watch the meeting live on the Planning Board’s website. 2. Metro General Manager […]

The CEO and general manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Paul Wiedefeld fielded some questions from MyMCMedia at the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce celebration dinner on June 9th. Find out what Wiedefeld had to say about SafeTrack, the Redline and partnering with Montgomery County in this MyMCMedia Extra video, below:

Metro’s General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has unveiled SafeTrack, an aggressive maintenance plan to improve Metrorail safety and restore service reliability. Wiedefeld’s SafeTrack plan includes 15 “safety surges” over the next year that should accelerate maintenance on Metro’s rail system from the ballast up. By closing the system at midnight on weekends and expanding weekday maintenance […]

Senator Barbara Mikulski has released a statement about the recently released National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Yellow Line smoke incident that caused the death of one passenger, critical injuries to two passengers and the hospitalization of 84 others. “The report approved by the NTSB today confirms […]

The new general manager of Metro recently met with Montgomery County Council members to discuss the future of the rail system. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports.

Metro’s General Manager Paul Wiedefeld told the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday that he has no plans to close rail lines for six months to do maintenance work. “I’m not considering that extensive of a shut down anywhere,” he said. That was something Council Vice President Roger Berliner was hoping to hear, after the possibility […]

Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld answered a few questions from reporters after a meeting with the Montgomery County Council today. During the media briefing, he said water infiltration in the Bethesda tunnel appears to be the most significant issue on the Red Line. He also noted that there are lighting and security concerns that he […]

Paul Wiedefeld, the general manager of the Metro, released a statement about his plans for long-maintenance on the rail system today. You can read the statement, addressed to Metro customers, below: “In response to questions I have seen from many of you, I want to let you know that I am working on a long-range maintenance […]

Metro General Manager/CEO Paul Wiedefeld has announced the full closure of the Metrorail system on Wednesday, March 16, for emergency inspections of the system’s third-rail power cables following an early morning tunnel fire yesterday. This is the first time the system has been shut down for non-weather conditions. According to a news release, the inspections […]

Soon, Metro riders will no longer have to pay a base fee to exit a station they just entered. According to a news release, the latest approved Metro budget includes a policy change that will provide Metro customers grace period to exit a station, which they entered within a 15 minute time frame. The Washington Metropolitan […]