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Congestion, delays and concerns about train safety after last month's crash on the Red Line drove many rail riders to board buses for their daily travel, which might have a lasting impact on commuting habits.
Metro's Red Line riders aren't likely to get relief from what has become a painful commute anytime soon.
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METRO: D.C. Area Transit Agency Adopts Zero-Tolerance Policy on Texting by Operators (Post, July 10, 2009)
Police Thyself, D.C. Council (By Robert McCartney, July 9, 2009)
Montgomery Entertainment Calendar July 9-16, 2009 (Post, July 9, 2009)
Transit-Oriented Development Draws Tenants to Hyattsville: Apartments at Prince George's Plaza Deliver Shopping, Transit Convenience (Post, July 9, 2009)
Traffic Eases Nationwide, but Not in Washington Area (Post, July 8, 2009)
Virginia Prepares to Close Highway Rest Areas: Va. About to Close 18 Rest Stops To Save Money (Post, July 8, 2009)
METRORAIL: Metrorail Operator Disciplined After Texting Incident (Post, July 8, 2009)
TRANSPORTATION: Cash Incentives for Carpooling to Get a Trial Run in D.C. Area (Post, July 8, 2009)
Post-Crash Metro Service Tests Red Line Riders (Post, July 7, 2009)
Metro Officials Focus on Circuit Problem as Crash Probe Continues: BART Saw Circuit Problem At Center of Metro Probe (Post, July 7, 2009)
Close to Home: Readers Weigh In on Metro's Safety Issues (Post, July 5, 2009)
What We're Doing to Make Metro Safer (Post, July 5, 2009)
Six Critical Questions About Metro's Red Line Crash: Investigators Sort Through Factors That Might Have Caused Metro Crash (Post, July 4, 2009)
Metro Crash Survivor Says His Long Reliance on Prayer Saw Him Through: Metro Crash Survivor Says His Long Reliance on Prayer Saw Him Through (Post, July 4, 2009)
Holiday HOV Lane Changes Befuddle Drivers; 5th Year of 'Fast Forward' Aims to Zip Crowds Along; Takoma Station to Open Tonight to Ease Congestion; Police Identify Body Pulled From Burning Truck (Post, July 4, 2009)
Red Line Speed Back to Normal This Weekend (Post, July 3, 2009)
Metro Failed to Detect Hazard; Device Was Replaced, but Circuit Malfunctioned: Device Replaced Just Days Before Crash, but Circuit Malfunctioned (Post, July 2, 2009)
METRORAIL: Families of Two Metro Crash Victims Share a Connection Beyond Their Sorrow (Post, July 2, 2009)
METRO: Some Frustration, Some Praise as Metro Rolls Out Bus Arrival Time System (Post, July 2, 2009)
HOLIDAY TRAVEL: Website Uncovers Speed Traps So Drivers Don't Have To (Post, July 2, 2009)
Memorial Services Honor Victims of and Those Affected by Metro Red Line Crash: Services Follow Red Line Accident (Post, July 2, 2009)
Crime Report: District Crime Report (Post, July 2, 2009)
Montgomery County Officials Seek Funding for Silver Spring to D.C. Bike Trail (Post, July 2, 2009)
Arts Briefs: Montgomery County Arts Briefs (Post, July 2, 2009)
Crime Report: Montgomery County Crime Report (Post, July 2, 2009)
IN BRIEF: Alexandria-Arlington News Briefs (Post, July 2, 2009)
General and Wife, Victims of Metro Crash, Are Laid to Rest: General and Wife, Victims of Metro Crash, Are Laid to Rest (Post, July 1, 2009)
METRO CRASH AFTERMATH: Metrorail Crash Victim Dennis Hawkins Is Mourned in Washington, D.C. (Post, July 1, 2009)
Metro Train Crash Victim Is Mourned at Service (Post, July 1, 2009)
METRO CRASH AFTERMATH: Metro's Red Line to Remain Crowded With Trains Being Run at Slower Speeds (Post, July 1, 2009)
MONTGOMERY TRANSPORTATION: Montgomery, Md., Planners Back Bus Rapid Transit Over Light Rail for I-270 (Post, July 1, 2009)
METRO: 2 Men Are Injured in Separate Incidents at Metro Stations (Post, July 1, 2009)
Man Pushed Into Side of Metro Train During Fight (Post, June 30, 2009; 7:50 AM)
Newer Metro Rail Cars to Flank Oldest in Fleet: Shuffling 1000 Series Could Take Weeks (Post, June 30, 2009)
Maryland Briefing: Maryland Briefing (Post, June 30, 2009)
District Briefing: District Briefing (Post, June 30, 2009)
FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS: Group Says Va. Spending of Federal Funds Doesn't Make Big Dent in Repair Backlog (Post, June 30, 2009)
Hundreds Mourn Death of General, Wife in Metro Crash (Post, June 29, 2009; 9:21 PM)
RED LINE CRASH: For Metro Crash Victim's Family, a Family Reunites in Sorrow (Post, June 29, 2009)
Robert McCartney: Metro Co-Workers Proud of Train Operator's Courage (By Robert McCartney, June 28, 2009)
Metro Riders Want Better Information During Emergencies (Post, June 28, 2009)
Dr. Gridlock: Tell Us, Metro: Where Will Trains Stop on the Platform? (Post, June 28, 2009)
Regional Briefing: Regional Briefing (Post, June 28, 2009)
The Metro Crash Shows Progress on Preparedness (Post, June 28, 2009)
The Week That Was (Post, June 28, 2009)
Bay Bridge Project Will Replace Corroded Bolts; Delays for Commuters Possible: Lane Restrictions To Begin Monday (Post, June 27, 2009)
Paying Tribute to 'the Metro Hero' at Memorial for Train Operator: Train Operator Who Tried to Avert Crash 'Saved Lives,' Mourners Say (Post, June 27, 2009)
A Metro Train Control System Fails a Post-Crash Test: Technology Should Have Averted Crash (Post, June 26, 2009)
Crash Raises Political Questions Over Metro Funding: System Lacks Dedicated Revenue Source (Post, June 25, 2009; 12:29 PM)
Metro Crash Investigation Turns Up Electronic Control 'Anomalies': Investigators Test Electronics Near the Scene Of Fatal Crash (Post, June 25, 2009)
D.C. Family Navigates Challenges to ID Metro Crash Victim, Tie Up Her Affairs: Grieving Family Navigates Bureaucratic Challenges to ID Victim, Tie Up Her Affairs (Post, June 25, 2009)
Accident Raises Issues Over Funding for Metro: System Lacks Dedicated Revenue Source (Post, June 25, 2009)
John Kelly's Washington: A Sudden Desolation at Both Ends of Metro Trains (By John Kelly, June 25, 2009)
Fairfax County Opens Its First Urban Park in Merrifield: Merrifield a Model for Fairfax's Redevelopment (Post, June 25, 2009)
Red Line Train Operator Used Brakes in Failed Bid to Slow Six-Car Train: Investigators Probe Site for Cause of Crash (Post, June 24, 2009)
Metro Crash Victims a Cross Section of the Capital Area (Post, June 24, 2009)
Operator Cherished Her Son, Career (Post, June 24, 2009)
D.C. Mayor Tries Too Hard to Control the Message, Critics Say (Post, June 24, 2009)
Injured or Dying, Metro Crash Victims Tried to Comfort Each Other (Post, June 24, 2009)
Injured or Dying, Metro Crash Victims Tried to Comfort Each Other (Post, June 24, 2009)
RED LINE CRASH: Red Line Crash: Rescuers 'Tried Everything We Could' (Post, June 24, 2009)
Dr. Gridlock Says (Post, June 24, 2009)
Courtland Milloy: After Metro Crash, Heavy Hearts Are at Least a Shared Weight (By Courtland Milloy, June 24, 2009)
Fees Likely to Double On Dulles Toll Road (Post, June 24, 2009)
John Kelly: At Camp Moss Hollow, a Chance to Grow and ' to Just Be Happy' (By John Kelly, June 24, 2009)
NTSB Member: Metro Didn't Reinforce Older Cars as Recommended: Metro Had Planned to Phase Out Older Cars, But They Remained in Fleet (Post, June 23, 2009; 1:21 PM)
Metro Operator Would Have Done 'Anything in Her Power' to Prevent Crash, Friend Says (Post, June 23, 2009; 12:44 PM)
Metro Crash: Experts Suspect System Failure, Operator Error in Red Line Accident (Post, June 23, 2009)
At Least 6 Killed in Red Line Crash: THE IMPACT: Train Strikes Another, Injuring Scores, Stalling Commute (Post, June 23, 2009)
HELP AMID THE HORROR: Metro Crash: Riders Offer One Another Tourniquets, Tenderness (Post, June 23, 2009)
A Deadly, But Not Isolated, Metro Crash (Post, June 23, 2009)
DR. G SAYS (Post, June 23, 2009)
Crime Still Has a Grip on D.C.'s Columbia Heights (Post, June 22, 2009)
JOHN HOUGHTALING, 92: John Houghtaling, Inventor of Magic Fingers (Post, June 22, 2009)
Metro Relaunching System to Provide Data on Next Bus's Arrival Time: Metro Brings Back Tracking System For Phone and Web (Post, June 21, 2009)
THE DISTRICT: Intern for Council Member Charged in NW Shooting (Post, June 20, 2009)
ALEXANDRIA: Fatally Wounded Man Is Found in Old Town Alexandria Alley (Post, June 19, 2009)
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS: D.C. Police Seek Suspect in Shooting of 2 Near Columbia Heights Metro (Post, June 19, 2009)
Virginia Briefing: Traffic Resumes After Repairs; Swimming Banned in Part of Bay; Former Law School Official (Post, June 18, 2009)
Maryland Briefing: Girl Sexually Assaulted Near School; Regional Panel Endorses Purple Line; Midshipman Held in Marijuana Case (Post, June 18, 2009)
Months of Work and Thousands of Fingers Create Mosaic for Takoma Park Library: Months of Work and Thousands of Fingers Create Mosaic for Takoma Park Library (Post, June 18, 2009)
Dr. Gridlock: Dr. Gridlock (Post, June 18, 2009)
IN BRIEF: Alexandria Arlington News Briefs (Post, June 18, 2009)
AlexandriaArlington Community Events June 18-25, 2009: Alexandria and Arlington Community Events, June 18-25, 2009 (Post, June 18, 2009)
Va. Is Last State to Request Stimulus Funds for Transportation (Post, June 17, 2009)
INTERSTATE 270 CORRIDOR: Many at Meeting Call for Transit, Widening of I-270 to Ease Traffic (Post, June 17, 2009)
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY: Police Arrest Transit Employee in Double Slaying Near Woodbridge, Va., Bus Terminal (Post, June 16, 2009)
Regional Briefing: Man Arrested in Fairfax Death; Woman Hit by Train in Bethesda; D.C. Fatal Shootings Investigated (Post, June 15, 2009)
Woman Struck, Killed by Metro Train at Bethesda Station (Post, June 14, 2009; 3:01 PM)
Laurel Man Dies in Crash; D.C. Boy Hit by Car Dies; Man Hit by Metro Train Dies (Post, June 14, 2009)
Dr. Gridlock: Dr. Gridlock: Trying to Report Bike Theft Gets Reader Nowhere Fast (Post, June 14, 2009)
Close to Home: Waiting for the Geese at a Vienna Intersection (Post, June 14, 2009)
Man Struck by Metro Train at Potomac Avenue Station (Post, June 13, 2009; 2:02 PM)
Regional Briefing: Metro Gets Stimulus Funds; Two People Hurt in Va. Carjacking; O'Malley Seeks Electricity Rate Relief (Post, June 13, 2009)
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