When Arlington County started up its ART buses, Cynthia Connolly assumed there’d be art in the buses. The name actually just stood for Arlington Transit, but Connolly, Artis...

Way before I swipe my SmarTrip to exit a Metro station, I know exactly how much that ride is going to cost. I never need to even think about the price of a Circulator trip: It...

It’s been easy to spot MARC riders lately: They’re the ones bouncing around wearing goofy smiles. Ever since last week’s news that the commuter trains will start running...

It won’t be hard to find a bicycle in Washington on Friday, when more than 13,000 folks are expected to participate in Bike to Work Day. But probably only one of those bikes...

Metro isn’t known for its consistency. Riders can never be sure whether an escalator will be working, or how long they’ll have to wait for a train, or what the temperature...

I thought I was pretty good at riding the Metro — until I met Carlos Pena. I was on a Yellow Line train with the 22-year-old last week when he indicated that we should turn ...

Good things have a nasty habit of not lasting all that long in Washington. Whether it’s bipartisan agreement on a political issue, or comfortable weather for a post-work jog...

How people get to the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin is almost as much of a spectacle as those famous clouds of pink petals. As I marched over Wednesday afternoon, I j...

What should a taxi look like? Maybe it should be painted solid red, like a D.C. Taxicab Commission panel suggested in February. Maybe it should have a standardized dome light ...

You have to worry about getting hit if you’re playing dodgeball. You shouldn’t have to if you’re taking a walk and obeying traffic laws. At least, that was my theory bef...

I have a slogan all ready for Karen O’Donnell in case she runs for office in 2016: She’s going places. The 58-year-old picked up Express on the Friday before Obama’s sec...

Back before Megan Odett was married and had a baby, one of her favorite things to do was ride her bike around Washington. Today? One of her favorite things to do is ride her b...

No matter what, you’re going to lose an hour on Sunday. But you can make up for lost time if you get a move on. So after you’ve reset your clocks, I have another errand fo...

Some people take a car to work. Some people take Metro. And others take a few steps down the hallway. “I just roll out of bed in my pajamas,” says Christina Grolman, a con...

The first question that came to Sadie Dingfelder as she was biking near Union Station last week was this: “Is he going backward?” Turns out the answer was yes, and a split...