I don't know of any source for online maps showing the platform, stairs, escalators, elevators, mezzanines and other station details.

The cars themselves are getting smarter and will be increasingly able to assist drivers - to the point where the cars will be completely automated.

Over the decades, you got various companies involved in making escalators and you've got Metro varying between internal repair crews and contractors. They're dealing with old equipment, which of course is prone to break down, and the repair crews don't even know what's busted or who made the busted parts till they tear the things open. Then sometimes they have to go back to the shop and manufacture parts, because the original maker has gone out of business.

I'm surprised when I see someone doing the logical, commonsense thing: Walk facing the oncoming traffic.

Motors that are vulnerable to shorting out because of snow ingestion should have snow filters installed over air intakes, and spare motors should be ready to replace any failed motors.

Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it.

Back in 2011, when the weekend maintenance disruptions got more aggressive, we were told that the work on weekends and at night and midday would be enough to get the system back to a state of good repair.