NoVaTransit Headlines September 9, 2025

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Metro

WTOP

Metro sees big gains in safety and ridership over the past year, with car thefts down 60%

As Metro wraps up a yearlong review of its service, the transit agency is reporting two major wins: a sharp drop in crime and a steady rise in ridership.

WJLA

Crime on Metro is down; new data shows increasing issues with bus, rail service

Newly released Metro data for the fiscal year that ended this past summer shows big improvement in crime, but also problems with rail and bus service that Metro needs to work on.

WUSA

US Metro system to gain new fleet as $100M Hitachi factory opens in Hagerstown

Hitachi Rail opened a $100 million factory in Hagerstown Monday to produce new Metro rail cars for D.C. and other cities.

Legislative

The Washington Post

Voters to choose replacement for Connolly in 11th Congressional District
The deep-blue district in the D.C. suburb has borne the brunt of President Donald Trump’s cuts to the federal government.

National / International

AP via WTOP

Philadelphia transit agency will use project reserves to avoid cuts. Pittsburgh’s might do the same
Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration on Monday approved the use of hundreds of millions of dollars in capital project funding for Philadelphia’s public transit agency to help it restore bus, trolley and rail services that it had eliminated to shore up its deficit-riddled finances.

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