Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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Breakfast links: WMATA releases analysis of six proposed expansion options
WMATA releases analysis of six capital improvement and expansion plans. Some Chevy Chase DC residents push back against affordable housing above community center. Maryland replacing “Frankensteined” highway guardrails that can make car crashes more deadly. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New DC budget projections leave fate of fare-free bus program uncertain
Pessimistic budget projections make fare-free DC Metrobuses uncertain. Rise in remote work reducing DC tax revenues from commercial properties. Poor living conditions lead Brightwood Park tenants to rent strike. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: MetroHero app to shut down, WMATA promises similar tracking solution
With MetroHero retiring, WMATA teases tracking website updates of its own. Developers say DC office-to-residential conversions tax abatements aren’t enough. Prince George’s County’s Blue Line corridor revamp not dependent on Commanders status. Keep reading…
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Opinion: Pandemic woes and internal failures pose an existential threat to Metrorail
Opinion: WMATA is facing a financial crisis coming out of the pandemic, but its issues with safety and reliability make this moment especially grave. Keep reading…
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WMATA is on track for a budget compromise that achieves some key rider asks (but not all)
Most but not all of Metro’s proposed cuts to bus service are off the table, under a draft budget proposal the WMATA Board will vote on Thursday. So is an extra charge for riders using cash on buses, which advocates had opposed. Unfortunately, a plan to make transfers between buses and trains free was a casualty of the budget process. Keep reading…
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Nine community organizations ask for an equitable Metro budget
Over the last month, GGWash has been working with several partners to ensure that WMATA’s budget reflects the diversity of its riders’ needs. We signed a letter with them making clear how the FY 2021 budget stands to impact vulnerable Metro riders. Here’s what we had to say. Keep reading…
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WMATA wants your opinion on its next budget (and you should give it to them)
It’s been in the news, at the WMATA Board, and here on Greater Greater Washington. Now, WMATA has officially opened up public comments for its next budget, which includes more late-night service, free transfers between bus and rail, fare increases, some bus service increases, and a larger number of bus cuts. Keep reading…
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The good, the bad and the unexplained: what you need to know about the WMATA budget
Soon, WMATA will formally be asking riders and other members of the public to weigh in on its next budget. There’s a lot riders should understand, and weigh in on, in addition to proposed cuts or changes to bus service which have rightly attracted a lot of attention — some of which transit advocates have been requesting for years, and other items which are worrisome. Keep reading…
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What the heck is going on with the WMATA budget? It’s not yet a decision, but a call to action
Up to 68 Washington-area bus routes could face cuts in 2020 (and some could see increases), under a draft budget document presented to the WMATA board Thursday. At the meeting, various board members then proposed numerous of amendments, and the board ultimately put off any action for a month. What’s going on, and what should riders take from this? Keep reading…
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Metro Reasons: WMATA passed a new budget. Here’s what’s in it for you.
In a unanimous decision on Thursday, March 28 the Metro Board of Directors approved a $3.5 billion budget for Metrorail, Metrobus, and MetroAccess for the next fiscal year starting July 1, 2019. The budget includes some perks for riders like re-extending the Yellow Line all the way to Greenbelt, but it doesn’t go as far as DC officials hoped in restoring late-night service hours. Keep reading…