Montgomery Community Media

Temperatures are expected to warm up today with highs in the mid-70’s.  Here are five more things to know today, May 20, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council tentatively approved the Fiscal Year 2017 Operating Budget. The budget includes an 8.7 percent increase in property taxes. 2. Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld announced the rail […]

It’s Friday the 13th!  Here are five things to know today, May 13, in Montgomery County: 1. If you are a WSSC customer in Montgomery County, your water bill is going up later this summer. 2. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is directing Metro officials to make immediate repairs to the Red Line tunnel. 3. For […]

Here are five things to know today, May 7th, in Montgomery County: 1. Montgomery County Police apprehended 62-year-old Eulalio Tordil after he allegedly shot four people at two area shopping centers on Friday. All County schools were briefly placed on lockdown due to the incident. 2. Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld laid out a plan to improve […]

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 […]

Here are five things to know today, April 29, in Montgomery County: 1. If you are commuting on Metrorail’s Red Line, prepare for possible service delays today. According to WMATA, Red Line trains will single track between Medical Center and Van Ness stations (between 10 a.m. –  3 p.m., and from 8 p.m. to closing) so […]

U.S. Rep. John Delaney is expected to file legislation that would reform the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Board of Directors this week. According to a news release, the WMATA Management Reform Act would require the next three federal appointees to the Board to either be certified transit expert, a certified management expert, a […]

WMATA officials have announced that the Metrorail system is planning to remain open one additional hour to accommodate fans attending the Capitals playoff game on Thursday night at the Verizon Center. Fans entering the system after midnight must use the following station entrances: • Gallery Place (7th & F Street entrance only); • Judiciary Square […]

The investigation into the cause of a Saturday evening smoke incident outside Friendship Heights Station is ongoing, according to a news release issued today by Metro. While Metro has not yet identified the root cause of the incident, investigators have eliminated power cables as a contributing factor. Both Metro and the Federal Transit Administration are […]

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.