A month after Veronica Davis got her driver’s license at the age of 17, her parents gave her a 1996 Dodge Neon. Five years later, she bought herself a 2001 Toyota Camry she ...

It’s just 10 days until the start of Rush+, Metro’s much-hyped attempt to make more commutes transfer-free. The plan adds Yellow and Orange Line trains that divert from th...

In case I hadn’t realized yet that the summer tourist season was upon us, a family in FBI hats decided to mow me over with their wheeled bags on the Metro a few days ago as ...

One side effect of living in Baltimore is that my tolerance level for unusual behavior has gone sky-high. That zombielike man stumbling in circles down the block? Probably jus...

My excuse for not participating in Bike to Work Day today is pretty good — I thought. From my apartment in Baltimore to downtown D.C., I’d be looking at a 50-mile ride, wh...

The people sitting at a bus stop are generally all headed in the same direction. That wasn’t the case with the handful of people sitting at the bus stop consolidation meetin...

  The ad that’s been turning Metro riders’ heads recently is a billboard for the Kindle. To promote its e-reader, Amazon chose an image of the first few paragraphs of...

Mayor Vincent Gray invited everyone aboard his time machine on Tuesday to check out a “Vision for a Sustainable D.C.” By the year 2032, if all goes according to this plan,...

My D.C. commemorative Mega Millions ticket wasn’t worth a cent, so I’m pinning my hopes on another lottery: the Metro survey. Through May 25, randomly selected riders at a...

If I seem more drowsy than usual, it’s because I haven’t been able to sleep on the MARC train for weeks. The culprit? Photographer Eddie Winter’s collection of images of...

Many people find riding the Metro challenging enough already, but Andrew Baker wanted to up the difficulty level. That’s why one day in November, the 23-year-old consultant ...

If seasonal allergies aren’t getting to you yet, I bet the seasonal tourists riding the Metro are. And Claritin can’t do anything about the hordes blocking entrance gates ...

My husband and I had talked about it for years. We knew it was something we’d probably do eventually, even though it might mean a big change in our lifestyle. All of our fri...

Be careful what you ask a comedian. That’s my advice based on the advice you’ll find doled out in the new book from The Believer magazine. Contributors including Amy Sedar...