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• Metro service information for Memorial Day
  Trains and buses will operate on a Sunday schedule. MetroAccess subscription trips will be cancelled.
  May 20, 2013, WMATA
   
• Metro weekend rebuilding work May 24-27
  Work on Red and Orange lines only. Four Orange Line stations and two Red Line stations will close.
  May 20, 2013, WMATA
   
• GOP, Amtrak debate responsibility for long-distance train routes
  Each side agrees that the routes are sure money-losers. But the agreement stopped Tuesday when it came to whether or not the federal government should be subsidizing the service.
  Keith Laing, May 21, 2013, The Hill
   
• Potomac Yard Metro station delayed again
  Plans to build a Metro station at Alexandria's Potomac Yard have hit another snag, pushing back the opening of a potential station there to 2017 at the earliest.
  Kytja Weir, May 21, 2013, Examiner
   
• Arlington exceeds AIRE 2012 Goal
  Arlington County has met and exceeded the 2007 AIRE (Arlington Initiative to Rethink Energy) goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from County government operations 10 percent by 2012 from a 2000 base.
  May 21, 2013, Arlington County
   
• Memorial Day transit, transportation changes
  Hundreds of thousands of people in the D.C. area are planning to travel over Memorial Day weekend, and while the number is expected to be lower than it was last year, that still means lots of vehicles on the road and big crowds at the region's airports.
  Mark Berman, May 21, 2013, Washington Post
   
• Bike to Work Day 2013, in infographics
  Many thanks to all who registered for this year's Bike to Work Day and got to work on two wheels last Friday! This was a record-breaking year for Bike to Work Day participation, with over 14,000 people registering for the event.
  Alex Baca, May 20, 2013, WABA
   
• The business of bike sharing
   
• Two new Metro entrances coming to Pentagon City
   
• Capital Bikeshare sets new ridership record
   
• DC Taxi Commission suspends two drivers for alleged assault
   
• Pedestrian fatally struck in Wheaton
   
• Fight on Red Line train at Gallery Place, arrest made
   
• Small changes can make walking to school safer
   
• There's no doubt: Traffic enforcement cameras save lives
   
• D.C. activating another special pedestrian crossing
   
• Metro to launch unlimited "short trip" Metrorail pass on SmarTrip cards
   
• D.C. again takes on taxi competitor
   
• More than 12,000 sign up for Bike to Work Day
   
• Capital Rail Constructors group wins Silver Line contract
   
• Metro releases preliminary findings on electrical fire
   
• DC cabbies pass people with disabilities