The opening of the Potomac Yard Metro station in Alexandria, Va., is being pushed back to the fall

Listen 6 min Share Comment on this story Comment 138 Add to your saved stories Save As president and chief investment officer of a commercial real estate firm in the District, Paul C. Dougherty would definitely like to see vacant downtown office buildings filled with tenants again.... ArrowRight But he doubts that they are going to give up the comforts of home anytime soon.So, with the continuing vacancies eating away at city tax revenue and leading to deepening deficits, Dougherty came up with

Trains and stations on the three lines, which share one set of tracks through much of the District, have exceeded capacity during peak hours for years, Metro said. Support our journalism.... ChevronRight Cities and counties along the lines predict the corridor will add 37 percent more people and 30 percent more jobs by 2040, according to the study. The Metro study identified a preferred route that would align the Blue Line from Arlington Cemetery to a second Rosslyn station.... Of all options

Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.... Rail cars in train sets can’t be serviced simultaneously because outdated infrastructure requires cars to be pulled apart for repairs.... Some track cleaning is done without canopies, exposing workers to heat, rain or snow....

Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning.... Rail cars in train sets can’t be serviced simultaneously because outdated infrastructure requires cars to be pulled apart for repairs.... Some track cleaning is done without canopies, exposing workers to heat, rain or snow....

D.C. police have identified two men who were fatally shot Monday afternoon near the Potomac Gardens

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alleviate a growing East Coast bottleneck of passenger and freight trains at the Potomac River. Sen....

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Maryland officials said it was that decision that appeared to bring additional federal scrutiny. The bridge was already under construction without the path, and Maryland refused to consider alterations to the plans.... But the bulk of federal highway money is passed to states with few conditions on how it is spent.... Garman told board members that, in his view, the federal money was in “ jeopardy.” But Maryland transportation officials refused to alter their plans, according to the documents