There’s no better way to avoid making eye contact with strangers on the Metro than gazing out the window. When you’re underground, unfortunately, the view is numbingly dul...

I hope you’re sitting down for this. Although if you’re not riding the Metro railcar of the future, you’re probably not particularly comfortable. There’s plenty to get...

As a fitness reporter, I often get stinky on the job. And sometimes I have to hit the Metro before I hit the showers. Ideally, I can find an empty spot to stand in, but there ...

No matter how the Nationals perform in the playoffs, their fans are going to be winners. Although the team refuses to pick up the $29,500-an-hour tab to keep Metro trains runn...

Ahoy, matey! Best put down the grog while riding the Metro, or I’ll call you a bilge rat! Wait — sorry, I read my calendar wrong. Talk Like a Pirate Day was Wednesday. Tod...

It’s hard not to think of my daily commute as a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Do I want to take the Metro and risk Red Line crowding and craziness? Or, do I want to ...

Superman is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but how quickly can he get around when a large ch...

Every Metro rider has taken one of those miracle trips that never should have worked out. There’s a 15-minute gap between trains, but you somehow manage to arrive just as on...

Republicans are headed to Tampa this weekend, and Democrats will descend on Charlotte the next. And although they don’t agree about, well, anything, there’s one thing both...

Stop wondering why the chicken crossed the road. I have a funnier story about why I was too chicken to cross the road. Allow me to set the scene. It was a hot day — of cours...

My weirdest compulsive quirk: When I’m entering or exiting a Metro station, I must look at the clock on the kiosk. Sometimes it’s busted. And there’s the occasional hurd...

I’ve been mooching rides for, well, my entire life. And I think I’m pretty good at it. But no matter how solid a reputation I’ve earned by chipping in with gas money, pi...

Canoe slalom is an actual Olympic sport — it has been for 20 years. If steering a boat around some sticks with a paddle is worthy of medals, I figure it’s only fair that t...

Musicians of all stripes had the chance to audition Tuesday for the “MetroPerforms!” program, which places volunteer artists at stations around the transit system. One ban...

I’m not one of those people who kvetches about how much better the subway is in New York. (Shut up or move there.) But I might start complaining about how much better it cou...