WMATA Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on a proposed budget that would allocate more than $900 million toward ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Relying on automation is bad long-term rail strategy, union contends. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — Labor and ...

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will expand automated train service to the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines Sunday, achieving full automation of the rail service for the first time ...

WASHINGTON — In a move to enhance safety and efficiency across the Washington Metro system, officials are considering installing platform screen doors (PSDs) at train platforms. This is part of a ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The commission that has federally granted oversight of Metrorail on safety said Tuesday afternoon it is still not ready to allow Metro to expand its use of automated trains.

WASHINGTON — Metro wants to try automatic train operation again, and soon. By this December, it hopes to automate the Red Line. Automatic train operation was halted 15 years ago after the deadliest ...

A NYC urban planning research group published a study about train operation, calling on the MTA to make a driverless system for its planned Interborough Express (IBX) rail line through Brooklyn and ...