By Southwester Staff In December, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen earned unanimous support from City Council colleagues for his “Metro for DC” bill, which sets the stage for free access to Metrobuses departing from any location in the District beginning this summer. “Today’s vote on this transformational bill shows the District is ready to be […]
Op-ed: Right Now, WMATA Is The Biggest Threat to Southwest’s Growth
If we want to see the area prosper, we need to let WMATA know they’re failing all of us After five years of living in the northwest neighborhoods of Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle, I moved to the Southwest area in August 2017 into a new residential building on 4th St., very close to the […]
M Street Bus Stop and Parking Update
The visitor parking and bus stop along the south side of 300 block of M St. SW has more clarity. WMATA has temporarily removed the visitor parking spots between 350 and 400 M St. SW a new bus stop is installed at 4th and M Streets SW. Once that is complete, the DC Department of Transportation […]
Pay for Metro with your smartphone or watch? Testing starts soon.
Metro is planning a pilot program to test new fare technology and fare gates to allow riders to pay for their trip in new ways, including next-generation smartphones, NFC-enabled watches, contactless credit and debit cards, Federal ID cards, and more. Metro recently announced a pilot program to test the new technology at 10 Metrorail stations, six […]
SAVE THE #74
Shockwaves were sent through Southwest when WMATA proposed two bus service reductions on August 28th. If either amendment is approved, changes will be implemented in June 2014. Operating at an already unreliable frequency, bus lines servicing Southwest could get more complicated, and less reliable. As seen in the WMATA figure provided: Option 1 proposes slashing […]
Save Our 74 Bus
A standing room only crowd of about 300 people listened to a panel of representatives of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) present modified bus routes and ask for comments. The hearing was in the meeting room of the DC Tax and Revenue building at 1101 4th St SW on September 17th. Route 74, […]