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Metro Looks For Few Good Musicians

Posted: May 10th, 2007, 3:51pm MDT

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Metro officials made some musical moves on Thursday.

Metro Holds Auditions For Tunnel Performers

Posted: May 5th, 2007, 4:51pm MDT

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Metro is holding auditions next week for live entertainment at Washington stations for the first time in the transit agency's 31 years.

Reply to Metro Transit Police & Photography: Good News

Posted: April 20th, 2007, 3:58pm MDT

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chrisvw1 posted a reply:

the capital police hard at work

Reply to Metro Transit Police & Photography: Good News

Posted: April 20th, 2007, 1:50pm MDT

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lightboxdc posted a reply:

The writing needed is in the regs, thankfully. See link below. Metro leadership is clearly cognisant of the right to photograph (except at Pentagon station, see end note). And I'm willing to bet the vast, vast majority of Metro Transit Police are aware of those rights as well. We've got the right to click, but they do have the right to ask a few questions if/when they have a legitimate concern (spending a lot of time photographing into a tunnel's edge, for example, or if there's been some internal threat info. circulated). It probably comes down to how/why police deal with someone.

As for the earlier horror stories we've heard (a Metro employee telling someone they can't photograph the colorful newspaper boxes outside a station, something that was discussed here last year), that points to the need for a refresher for some employees as to the right to photograph. Anyways, here's the WMATA regs link (see Section 100.8 "Filming and Photography"):

www.wmata.com/about/parp_docs/UseRegulations.pdf

And for good measure, there have been some unfortunate incidents at Union Station, wherein private security guards have inaccurately informed photographers--including me--that we are not allowed to photograph beyond the main hall. Not true, from what I can gather. It's a public building owned by Amtrak with areas leased to the retail property management company. I'm pretty sure the retail property management company, nor its private security guards, set the rules regarding photography within this Amtrak (i.e. public) building with very public use. Link to the only language I could find re: Amtrak and photography:

www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2C...

*NOTE* Photography may be restricted at the Pentagon station. From Deputy Chief Michael Daly: "...the Pentagon Metrorail station is on a federal reservation and has unique restrictions on photography. Since the MTPD does not exercise federal jurisdiction in Virginia, we do not enforce the federal regulations prohibiting photography on the Pentagon reservation, although the Pentagon Police may do so."

Reply to Warning to DC Metro photographers!

Posted: April 15th, 2007, 4:40am MDT

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dsanden posted a reply:

I took this in DC, I had a few odd looks but no one ever approached me.

Reply to Warning to DC Metro photographers!

Posted: April 14th, 2007, 1:07pm MDT

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Joshua Davis (articnomad) posted a reply:

DCist has blogged about this post, there are some useful comment there.

Metro, Zipcar Customers Could Win Day In BMW

Posted: March 2nd, 2007, 1:19pm MST

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Metro customers who register their SmarTrip cards or sign up for Zipcar at certain Metrorail stations between now and Dec. will be eligible for prize giveaways.

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Metro Looks For Few Good Musicians

Posted: May 10th, 2007, 3:51pm MDT

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Metro Holds Auditions For Tunnel Performers

Posted: May 5th, 2007, 4:51pm MDT

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Flickr - Washington DC/Metro Area

Reply to Metro Transit Police & Photography: Good News

Posted: April 20th, 2007, 3:58pm MDT

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Reply to Metro Transit Police & Photography: Good News

Posted: April 20th, 2007, 1:50pm MDT

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Reply to Warning to DC Metro photographers!

Posted: April 15th, 2007, 4:40am MDT

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Reply to Warning to DC Metro photographers!

Posted: April 14th, 2007, 1:07pm MDT

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nbc4.com - Washington, D.C. Local News

Metro, Zipcar Customers Could Win Day In BMW

Posted: March 2nd, 2007, 1:19pm MST

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