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Location: Red line metro headed towards Shady Grove Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was a very busy evening on the red line because of metro problems. After a couple of very crowded passed, I was able to board a train headed to Shady Grove. The train was still very crowded and a man, whom I had […]

Location: Wilson Blvd, outside Ballston Metro Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I decided to bike from Clarendon to Ballston Metro to get some exercise before a league in Falls Church, and figured it was an easy ride since there are well marked bike lanes and I own about every neon article of clothing or bike light accessory known to […]

Location: L’Enfant Plaza Metro – Southbound yellow line Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) A man, late 20s-late 30s, dark hair, gray or black shirt and pants, approached me on the train platform Aug. 27. He asked me if I was a teacher because of the badge I was wearing. (I’m not.) He told me he worked in “sales” and […]

Location: DC Circulator bus towards Navy Yard Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was riding the bus sitting next to a man who kept touching his knee to mine and touching his crotch. I wondered if I should say something, but didn’t….until he exposed himself. I yelled at him and got up from the seat and […]

Location: Bus stop at University Blvd. and Piney Branch Ave; inbound to Silver Spring, Maryland Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I’ve been harassed a few times on WMATA, but there’s only one time that I went home and cried afterward. I was coming back from the grocery store when a man started to talk to me. I initially didn’t […]