Breakfast links: Ridership on bus and rail exceeds last year’s projections, Metro says
Boarding the train at the Smithsonian Metro station by Daniel Kelly licensed under Creative Commons.
Metro ridership growth is better than expected
The number of Metrorail and Metrobus customers is 40% higher than WMATA officials anticipated over a year ago. While more riders means better hopes for Metro’s fiscal future, the transit agency still faces a $500 million shortfall next summer, and there are concerns that increased crowding could stymie additional growth. (Justin George / Post)
Union Station revamp will no longer include new parking garage
The Federal Railroad Administration intends to release revised plans in July that eliminate the previously proposed 1500+ parking space above-ground parking garage for Union Station. Instead, parking will be moved underground and cut by 50%. (Tristan Navera / Business Journal. Tip: Aaron W)
Driver strikes elderly pedestrian in Montgomery County
A driver struck an elderly woman walking near Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda on Thursday night. The driver remained on the scene, while the woman was later hospitalized with critical injuries. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
Hit-and-run in White Oak seriously injures 19-year-old man
A 19-year-old man is currently hospitalized in critical condition after a driver struck him and fled the scene near Columbia Pike and Prelude Drive in White Oak on Thursday night. (Dan Schere / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
209-unit building proposed for Crystal City
A developer is pitching a 209-unit, 11-story residential project to the Crystal Towers development in Arlington, adding to the 1,500 units that are already in the pipeline for the growing area. (UrbanTurf)
L’Enfant Plaza Metro station entrance to close for 7 months
Thanks to an escalator replacement project, the north entrance to the L’Enfant Plaza metro station will be closed for seven months. Metro is working through plans to install 130 new escalators by 2028. (Joan Jones / WTOP)
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