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Glitches hit Metrobus tracking system, Foggy Bottom fare gates

By Max Smith

WASHINGTON — The busETA prediction system Metrobus riders use to figure out when to go to a bus stop or how long they will be waiting experienced technical issues Friday. Friday morning, the system was only displaying schedule data, rather than real-time GPS information and arrival predictions. The system was back up by about 1 p.m. The busETA system replaced Nextbus earlier this year. Metro spokesman Richard Jordan said an issue at the Foggy Bottom Metro Station where fare gates were not allowing rail riders in or out of the system appears to be a separate, unrelated problem.

Metro maintenance workers had begun working to address that glitch, which appeared confined to just the single station. Jordan said the fare gates were expected to be fixed quickly.

Audit: Metro put millions of federal dollars at risk in failed Buy America program

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — Oversight and contracting failures at Metro risked an immediate loss of millions in federal funding, a new audit report from Metro’s Office of Inspector General found. The audit of Metro’s Buy America contract award and oversight process found $68 million in bus, paratransit or rail car vehicle and parts purchases did not meet federal contracting requirements, and $517 million of the $1.4 billion in contracts reviewed did not follow the Federal Transit Administration’s nonbinding suggested best practices.
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