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WATCH: Metro Replaces Major Track Switch

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- When Metro shuts down a section of track for rehabilitation work, the riding public usually doesn't get to see what's going on. The tech...

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Red Line Crunch Expected This Weekend

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Although Metro's rail passengers will get a reprieve from track work the Christmas and New Year's Eve holiday weekends, the transit agen...

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Metro Reduces Mid-Day Blue And Yellow Line Service For 3 Weeks

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Have a mid-day flight in or out of Reagan National Airport the next three weeks? You better plan some extra time if you're taking Metror...

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Metro Rush-Hour Reshuffle Approved, Slated For June Introduction

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Metro's Board of Directors approved a plan on Thursday to reshuffle some rush-hour rail service on the Blue, Yellow and Orange lines sta...

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Weekend Track Work: Single-Tracking Continues On 4 Metrorail Lines

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After last weekend's Red Line single-tracking mess downtown, Metrorail track work will impact four lines and necessitate shuttle train s...

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Metro's Yellow Line Bridge Closed For Weekend Inspections

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 11.16.2011

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Metrorail riders who were planning to use the Yellow Line to and from Virginia this weekend, be prepared to find an alternate way to cross the Potomac...

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Why I'm Not Singing the Metro Blue Line Blues

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Epstein

Changing the way LA commutes and lives is not just a pipe dream. All over the city people and organizations are working in positive ways to make life here better.

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A New Route to a Better LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Epstein

Lately it does seem as though LA has turned a corner in the quest to leave behind its car-obsessed past.

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John Patrick Bedell's Parents of Pentagon shooter warned authorities

AP | TRACIE CONE and BROOKE DONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOLLISTER, Calif. — The man who opened fire in front of the Pentagon had a history of mental illness and had become so erratic that his parents ...

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John Patrick Bedell ID'd As Pentagon Shooting Suspect

Posted 05.25.2011

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Scroll down for earlier reports about the Pentagon shooting ------- Friday, 6:50 AM ET -- Official: Pentagon shooter was well armed. WASHINGTON (Ass...

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Person Struck, Killed By Blue Line Train At Monroe Station

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A person is dead after being struck by a CTA Blue Line train Wednesday. A CTA spokeswoman confirmed that a person was hit and killed shortly around 1...

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Whiteous Indignation

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Milazzo

Be they the Sergeant Crowleys of America, the Aetnas or the Cignas, inequities will continue until The People make them end.

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Thousands -- Including Me -- Shut Out of the Inauguration: Heartbreak at the Blue, Silver, and Purple Lines

Dan Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Brown

An unmanaged crowd of thousands pressed toward the gate from all sides. Nobody knew what was going on; there were no signs, announcements, or crowd control.

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Blue Line Suspensions This Weekend

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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CTA rail service on the Blue Line will be suspended between the Irving Park and Belmont stations from 9 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Monday for rail repai...

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Blue Line Delays

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Southbound CTA Blue Line trains are running late this morning because of a damaged rail. Trains are being forced to run on a single track between the ...

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CTA Weekend Closures

CTA Tattler | Posted 05.25.2011

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The O'Hare Blue Line branch will be shut down between Irving Park and Jefferson Park from 9 pm Friday will 3 am Monday. Slow zone work, of course. Shu...

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