According to Metro, dozens of trains per day have been without functioning emergency intercoms for a lengthy period. The problem exists with trains that have 6000-series rail cars in the lead.

In many parts of the densely populated D.C. region, there are options for a displaced rail rider. Metro has posted “Emergency Evacuation” maps in station mezzanines that show the nearby area ...

The rise in attacks over the last several years has prompted Metro to place emergency buttons in buses, train drivers in de-escalation techniques and add on-bus cameras. Two years ago, less ...

Inspectors also found that Metro used an emergency rail operations channel that is ... ETS arebasically phone boxes every 800 feet along the system routes that have phones and a button to energize ...