Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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Breakfast links: More about the Metro budget
WMATA to hire 1000; Bike lockers get cheaper; Sarles answers only some questions; Transit center delayed; Fairfax wants FBI; Grants push a better H Street; Herndon says no to roundabout; Poor kids miss play. Keep reading…
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WMATA proposes fare hike, eliminating “peak of the peak”
Metro is expected to announce a proposed fare increase today. The proposal from CEO Richard Sarles calls for eliminating the peak-of-the-peak fare and instituting a flat fare for paper farecards as part of his annual budget for FY 2013, which starts in July. Compared to previous fare increases which were targeted at less sensitive peak fare customers, this increase is directed… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Recent ideas reconsidered
How will the streetcar connect to Union Station?; WMATA may simplify and raise fares; BRAC traffic study was far off; Few complain about Metro formally; Montgomery rejects curfew and anti-loitering bills; Cuccinelli runs for governor; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: That will cost you more
Taxi rate increase uncertain; Is a Metro fare hike on the way?; Child poverty rates climb regionally; WMATA tries to lure federal tenants; Metro suicides failing lately; Thanksgiving enforcement jumps; Montgomery challenges ballot question; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cracks in the process
ICC cracking; Emergency arises on redistricting bill; VDOT holding up Arlington CaBi; What can we learn from Dream City?; Alexandria picks new city manager; Weed stores won’t bring crime; WMATA fights MoCo energy tax; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Won’t you be my neighbor?
Military base tries to create its own version of DC; Social services are a delicate task; WMATA stops fighting union raises; NPS enhacing citizen experience; Are drug laws racist?; Government finances run on cycles; DC has another revolving door of lobbyists; And…. Keep reading…
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Judge says Metro can pay workers more… if it hiked fares
A Maryland judge has upheld an arbitration award of 3% annual raises to Metro’s union employees, essentially finding that while the raises might force large fare hikes, that’s not legal grounds to overturn the arbitration. The law requires that an arbitration award not harm the “public welfare.” WMATA argued that, with recent budget gaps, it couldn’t… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Feds slowly seeing the light
GSA will charge for parking; CaBi might come to the Mall, eventually; WMATA raises upheld; Judge tosses charges for cyclist-assaulting driver; Density can be counterintuitive; Mortgage interest deduction is a lopsided subsidy; NYC transit chief quits for “a much better job”; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Precious on-street parking
Car sharing may get competition; Central DC parking spaces now have pay by phone; More on taxis; Ravtich Rhee-thinks Rhee-form; Transit site redesign a flop; Holy water denied; SF to LA, 32 hours on trains and buses; Mica’s district hates his plan; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Half-measures disappoint
Thomas rejects chair, keeps seat; Graham rejects bribe, keeps mum; Weekend trains won’t be cut; Add extensions to Metro map?; Wells suggests escalator contracting; Live buses on Google Maps; Bank regrets leaving city for suburbs; At least we’re not Staten Island; And…. Keep reading…