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Court won’t order Metro to post Christmas ads, for now

By Max Smith

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has denied the Archdiocese of Washington’s request to force Metro to immediately post Christmas ads on Metrobuses.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia denied the motion for a mandatory injunction Wednesday, but did direct the Archdiocese and Metro to file further briefs over the next two months on the issues.

The church challenged Metro’s ban on religion-related advertising that was implemented in 2015.

Metro argued its ad policies are constitutional since they apply equally to everyone.

A lower court also initially sided with Metro.

‘Compromised’ track showed signs of rust in Metro train derailment

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — Metro left third rail power running for more than 20 minutes after a train derailed last week, despite the problem initially being reported as a smoke incident due to pulverized concrete — and the rail that broke under the 7000 Series train had shown previous signs of wear, an investigation found. Metro will now move more quickly to evacuate riders by walking them to the nearest station, Chief Safety Officer Pat Lavin said Thursday.
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