NoVaTransit Headlines September 30, 2025

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Metro

Axios D.C.

Metro crawls and Little Free Library hikes: Readers' best D.C. challenges
Axios D.C. reader Brandon Pytel and his friends do "Metro Crawls," where they take the Metro to the end of a line, have a drink at the nearest bar, get back on the train.

ALXnow

Alexandria School Board opposes DASH proposal for high school students
The Alexandria City Public School Board will not support a proposal to use DASH buses to transport high school students, Chair Michelle Rief announced on Monday night.

WRC

Alexandria city and school board debate bus proposal
In the proposal, if a high school student lives within a quarter mile of certain DASH routes, they would take the city's DASH bus instead of a school bus.

Greater Greater Washington

Opinion: DC’s disability transportation time tax
I moved to DC 26 years ago for a job and the accessible public transit that would get me to it.

Axios D.C.

Opinion: Amtrak's new Acela promises more than it delivers
I've been a regular rider of the old Acela for the past 25 years and just tried the new one. I was underwhelmed.

Richmond Times-Dispatch (subscription required)

Virginia warily waits for outcome of funding showdown
How much more pain can Northern Virginia’s economy take?

Report: Free and low-fare transit programs fail to reach many in need
More outreach programs and automatic enrollment could make these programs accessible to more people.