Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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Live chat: Chris Zimmerman, Friday at 1 pm
Greater Greater Washington will host its next live guest, Chris Zimmerman, Friday at 1:00 pm. Keep reading…
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Jurisdictions should contribute in dollars or bus priorities
Peter Benjamin, one of the WMATA Board members from Maryland, declared his strong opposition to a budget balanced primarily through service cuts and fare increases. He feels that Metro must find more restructuring of operations and cuts in administration. Many other Board members expressed a belief that there are more savings to be wrung out of Metro and found in various line… Keep reading…
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Should Metro use capital money for operations?
At this morning’s budget discussion, WMATA Board members expressed diametrically opposed positions about using capital funding to close part of the $175 million budget gap. The current budget proposal recommends deferring $30 million of the capital program to help close the operating budget gap. However, Peter Benjamin, one of the Board members from Maryland, expressed… Keep reading…
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Metro should release more budget-closing options
Later this month, Metro will release a specific suggestion for service reductions and fare increases to close its $175 million budget gap. That will include $32.9 million in service cuts, $92.5 million in fare increases, and additional cuts in MetroAccess cost growth, staffing, and maintenance. That might be the best balance among the various components, but Metro shouldn’t… Keep reading…
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Metro budget gap now $175 million
Metro’s budget gap has risen $37.5 million beyond the previous estimate to a total of $175 million, which will force large fare increases and service reductions, according to the presentation that the WMATA Board will receive today. A Fox 5 reported a set of specific fare increase proposals, including raising the bus fare from $1.25 to $1.50 and increases in rush hour and… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Metro says little
See no unsafety, speak no unsafety; Not communicating about not communicating; 689 asks court to enforce award; A little Giant addition to SmarTrip. Keep reading…
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Metro will appeal arbitration award
The Metro Board has decided to appeal the arbitrator’s decision on union pay increases. The award details don’t appear to be online, but the union is presenting the details to employees tonight and tomorrow morning. According to a source familiar with the award, the arbitrator gave employees a 3% retroactive raise for the existing fiscal year beginning July 2008,… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Delays due to broken systems
Why no breakfast links today?; Montgomery traffic signals go out; Metro communication systems go out; Pay for park parking if you don’t park in the park; Transit Score; And…; “Roads” now includes transit?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Harebrained approaches to traffic
The right to drive distracted?; Debate tolls thoroughly! Now don’t!; Making transit more accessible; Talk long-term; Jaydriving worse than jaywalking; Buffett Northern Santa Fe; And…. Keep reading…
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How jurisdictions share the cost of Metro, and what it means for riders
With limited budgets, DC, Maryland, and the various jurisdictions in Virginia will probably not be contributing more to Metro next year than they did this year. If that’s true, bus service in Maryland is likely to suffer. That conclusion stems from the funding formula, which divides operating contributions among each jurisdiction. Individual jurisdictions have the… Keep reading…