Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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Breakfast links: Videos and lanes
Slow down!; Slow them down with road design; NYC video squad likes our lane; Lanes of enchantment; Purple subway?; JetBlue at National, Southwest too?; A light hearing. Keep reading…
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How would you solve the WMATA budget?
WMATA has created an online survey for riders to weigh in on the many fare increase and service cut alternatives in the FY2011 budget. Take the survey and give your thoughts on which ideas to accept and which to reject. Here are the options I chose. I’m not totally positive this is best, as some of these items will still mean severe losses of ridership, but I tried to tailor… Keep reading…
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Should WMATA spend capital faster or save for operating?
WMATA has around $226 million in capital dollars sitting in the bank at any given time, since their capital spending lags behind the actual money coming in from governments. At last week’s Finance Committee meeting, Board members debated whether to use this money for operating costs or try to speed up capital projects. Prior to the Metro Matters capital funding agreement… Keep reading…
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Flyer for a fair share for Metro
The Sierra Club is handing out flyers for FairShareForMetro.com tomorrow morning at four Metro stations. Come help! Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Monarchy yields to democracy
USDOT dethrones king car; Metro morsels; Many ideas, none great; Don’t try to walk in PW; Not the employee lot; MV Square farmers market raided; Make some art for Columbia Heights. Keep reading…
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WMATA ex-GM presents assessment to Board
Former WMATA General Manager David Gunn presented his report on how to fix Metro in a closed session of the Board yesterday. Following pressure from advocates and the press, WMATA released an outline of the recommendations. Clearly, the most critical focus was safety. Gunn encouraged Metro to redevelop a strong safety culture, something that the NSTB focused on in their recent… Keep reading…
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Maryland, Fairfax, Alexandria take steps toward needed WMATA funding
Maryland and Fairfax County both took promising steps toward providing the needed $73.7 million in contributions to WMATA, and Alexandria officials are likely to follow, but there’s still a long way to go. First, MDOT’s proposed budget increases its WMATA contribution by $8.7 million. Under the WMATA funding formula, Maryland’s share of overall contributions… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rich counties should support transit
FairShareMetro.com; NACTO keeps taking our great people; Why are our suburbs so rich?; Enough on the tax breaks?; Growth at any cost, anywhere; Oops, we built in an environmentally sensitive spot; Sarles: good manager, not so open?. Keep reading…
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Get Metro a fair share
A coalition of transit groups have just created FairShareMetro.com to ask local governments to increase their contributions to WMATA and share cost of transit with riders. If local governments collectively contributed $73.7 million, we could balance the WMATA budget without painful service cuts such as no 8-car trains at rush hours, no Yellow Line on weekends, earlier… Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Peds, bikes, transit budgets, and art
Big plans for DC streets; WMATA hearings; Local budget hearings; Go M.V. go!. Keep reading…