Posts tagged Service Cuts
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Breakfast links: Connect the dots
Virginia reconnects their grid; MoCo is caring about sharing; 13% of SmarBike subscribers live in other states; No more passes with Metrocheks; Chicago drivers annoyed by higher rates, snafus; Connolly looking to the next Metro extension; BART considers charging for parking on weekdays; Taller and greener in Arlington; Mini links. Keep reading…
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Fund Ride-On, not subsidized parking, says Transit First
The Transit First! coalition of transit, environmental and labor groups says that Montgomery County is moving in the wrong direction by cutting transit service. According to the budget proposal released today, Montgomery will cut $4.8 million of Ride-On service which helps many transit-dependent riders reach commercial centers and Metro stations. Keep reading…
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Metro’s options for balancing the budget
There are essentially four options at this point for closing Metro’s $29M budget gap. In order of my preference: Jurisdictional subsidy increases. This would require local area governments to search hard in their budgets for any additional funding that can balance Metro’s budget. The amounts needed by jurisdiction are:… Keep reading…
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RACap: NextBus and resolutions
At last night’s meeting, the Metro Riders’ Advisory Council heard from the staff working on the NextBus real-time system, and passed resolutions on NextBus and on service cuts. Rob Kramer, head of operations for the IT Division, spoke to the Council on the NextBus system. Currently, they plan to launch it in June or July. In addition to the Web and phone system,… Keep reading…
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RAC tonight: service cuts, NextBus
Tonight’s RAC meeting will cover two main topics: service cuts and (tentatively) NextBus. You can see the minutes from last month’s meeting here (PDF). Keep reading…
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Proposed Metro service cuts take more from DC
According to this presentation, which the Metro Board’s Special Budget Committee will discuss Thursday, the previously proposed service cuts leave the District of Columbia with a $2.9 million surplus at the end. This means that those cuts to Metrobus and Metrorail affected the District of Columbia disproportionately through the funding formula. Chairman Jim Graham,… Keep reading…
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Performance park our Metro garages
Metro is getting closer to balancing its budget, but still even some painful service cuts. There’s one place Metro is leaving big money on the table: parking garages. Keep reading…
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Metro staff propose service cuts
At yesterday’s Finance Administration and Oversight working meeting, WMATA chief John Catoe and Chief Financial Officer Carol Kissal discussed potential “service adjustments”, i.e. service cuts, in order to close the remaining $73M budget hole for the 2010 fiscal year, which starts July 1. Keep reading…
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Want to fight Metro cuts? Build a coalition
Yesterday, a new coalition of transit riders, environmental, and labor groups calling themselves “Transit First” organized to oppose cuts in WMATA funding and service. The groups that make up Transit First work on the broad and interrelated issues of mass transit, Smart Growth, the environment, and labor. The coalition includes the Action Committee… Keep reading…
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What should Metro cut?
A group of staff from the WMATA member jurisdictions, called the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC), has been developing a list of possible service cuts to close Metro’s huge budget gap. They will present this list to the Board next Thursday. Keep reading…