D.C. Transportation Director to Metro

Metro announced today that Emeka C. Moneme, the District's transportation director, will leave that post in Mayor Adrian Fenty's cabinet to return to the transit authority as chief administrative officer. As head of the District Department of Transportation, Moneme has overseen traffic and transit projects, including the shutdown and rehabilitation of the Douglass Bridge, the traffic and transit plan for the new Nationals Park, development of the pedestrian safety master plan and the proposed Anacostia streetcar line. He also serves as a District representative on Metro's board of directors, a post he'll be leaving to join Metro's management. [Post reporters David Nakamura and Lena Sun have more about this on D.C. Wire, the city staff's blog.] Moneme was Metro's chief of staff to the general manager from 2006 to 2007. That... [read full story]