“Dear PoPville,
Question for the DC collective mind. With the changes in bus system, which mobile apps are working best with the current lines?“
Transit
It’s actually happening!!
From Amtrak:
“All aboard the future of East Coast travel! Starting Thursday, Aug. 28, customers can travel on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela – America’s high-speed train – connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston.
🛤️ This historic launch introduces: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Is WMATA using Chat GPT to respond back to customer complaints about “Better Bus” issues? I thought maybe these were genuine responses but then my friend pointed out they were likely just Chat GPT and WMATA was actually not responding to me (the machine was :/). Two response examples attached. I hope I didn’t fall for AI… (more…)
photo by Emma K Alexandra
“Dear PoPville,
Feeling grateful for my dc neighbors! Today (Wed.) I lost my left airpod after getting whacked by the train door at Pentagon City trying to make it onto the metro 😭 I checked with the station manager at l’enfant when making my transfer and someone had turned it in! Whoever you are, if you’re reading this, you rock and I hope you have an awesome day! I got it back!“
“Dear PoPville,
It’s bad enough we are all in 5 days a week, but now our commute times have increased drastically. Below is what I sent to WMATA. Anyone else impacted is encouraged to reuse the content to advocate for more efficient shuttle services!
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I am writing to express my profound dissatisfaction and concern regarding the current shuttle bus plan for the Green Line shutdown, which is scheduled from August 2nd to August 31st. As a federal employee who relies on the Green Line to commute to the Suitland Federal Center, the designated shuttle service is inadequate and has created a significant and unnecessary hardship for hundreds, if not thousands, of employees. (more…)
Thanks to Rita for sending from Reno and Alton around 1:15pm: (more…)
From WMATA:
“Starting this Saturday, Aug. 2, construction will close several stations on the southern end of the Green Line through Aug. 31. (more…)
Thanks to Greg for sharing this disturbing scene with us:
“Southbound on 11st NW at 05:14PM on 07-30-25 a white ford fusion tried to run a cyclist down chasing him into oncoming traffic – if you know him please share dashcam footage. (more…)
photo by Eric P.
Been a minute since we’ve had one…
From Alert DC:
“The U.S. Military will conduct a flyover in the NCR over Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, July 31, 2025, at 11:15AM.”
photo from our archives
Lydia writes:
“surely I’m not the only one having a miserable time with this new system.
this bus update sucks! Yesterday (Thursday) I got on the D72 northbound expecting to go to Van Ness, was inexplicably told the bus would only go to Porter and to take the next one, got on the next one and that went one block up Mt. P and kicked everyone out. Missed my event and had to Uber.
Today (Friday), 5pm, I’m walking distance to 3 different routes heading downtown and not a single bus is within 15 minutes of me. What were you thinking? EVERYONE wants (more…)