Metro Problems News Today

To help deal with traffic congestion during the track outages that are planned as part of Metro's SafeTrack project, Arlington County is considering a plan to implement a bus-only lane on part of Lee Highway. The bus-only lane would be implemented on the three-lane section of Lee Highway from N. Veitch Street near Courthouse to N. Moore Street

Metrorail service was suspended on the Blue and Yellow lines today after a train derailed.

Trains are bypassing the Crystal City Metro station and the station has been evacuated due to smoke coming from a set of escalators.

The Clarendon Metro station filled with smoke during this morning's commute, prompting a large fire department and police response.

Update at 5:25 p.m. -- Metrorail service has been restored on the Orange and Silver lines after a power outage in Ballston that lasted around half an hour. Riders should expect residual delays, Metro said. Earlier: Metrorail service on the Orange and Silver lines has been suspended due to a power outage. WMATA said shortly

A hazardous materials situation at the Ballston Metro station over the summer likely exposed riders to toxic gas from batteries. That's according to a report at this afternoon's Washington Metrorail Safety Commission meeting. As detailed in WMSC's Twitter thread, the incident happened

Update at 2:55 p.m. -- Metro is single-tracking past the station and expected to resume normal service soon, with fire department units clearing from the scene. Blue Line service has been suspended at Pentagon City due to a small fire producing smoky conditions at

Issues at Court House Station -- Noted in a new Washington Metrorail Safety Commission report on the maintenance, cleaning and inspections of automatic train

The Metrorail system has been "rebuilding" for years and now has a dedicated stream of funding. On top of that, its general manager just received a big vote of

Cristol Calls Out Displacement 'Lie' -- "Time will tell, as it always does, but Arlington elected officials say the public and some activists are mistaken if