You Line, I Line, We All Scream For Uline: Years ago, the Uline Arena was the place the Beatles chose for their first U.S. concert; these days, it's an empty husk of a building that's barely visible except from passing Metro trains. It might soon be a music museum, though. Architects at HKS are convening [...]

Orange Line, January 2nd.  © 2012 Matt Dunn

Thirty-five years ago this week, Metro started operations on its first rail segment, the Red Line between the Rhode Island Avenue and Farragut North stations.
On Saturday, March 27, 1976, the subway opened to much fanfare, offering free rides to the more than 50,000 people who showed up to see what was considered at the time [...]

Some Metro mayhem demonstrates how out of control a simple train ride can get.
City Desk has obtained video that sheds light on what happened after, on Dec. 23, some Metrorail customers found themselves sitting ducks as muggers terrorized them on an Orange Line train. The chaos took place between the Stadium-Armory and Minnesota [...]

Maybe an anonymous, and undoubtedly rattled, witness is overselling a Dec. 23 train robbery. Or maybe an image-conscious Metro is underselling it. Either way, a Metropolitan Police Department report connected to a robbery that resembles the one in question contradicts both.
According to the witness' story, which was posted on the blog Unsuck DC Metro, [...]

When it comes to public transportation, residents of the greater Washington area are relatively fortunate.  Metro trains and buses come with relative frequency, they are clean (for the most part), and they can accommodate the masses of commuters and tourists that congregate in this city.  But since Saturday, four people have died at local transit [...]