Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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Breakfast links: Saluting substitutes or subsidies
Salute to pedestrian safety; Metro schedules Maryland town halls; No substitute for the automobile?; Amtrak subsidies high? Still not clear; Laurel traffic now calmer; If you can push for parking here, you can push for it anywhere; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cracks in the surface
Adaptive reuse for potholes; Irate riders and serious policy ideas; VRE sets a record; The unappealing plan vs. the impractical one; Neighbors jab at Boxer Girl; Win a Nobel, get free parking (not free transit); “Complying” with the ADA. Keep reading…
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Metro budget town hall tonight
Tonight is the first of several “town hall” meetings to discuss the upcoming Metro budget and the $100 million estimated gap. Tonight’s meeting is in DC, 6:30 pm at the Navy Memorial Auditorium, 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW. On Wednesday, Virginia’s town hall is at 6:30 pm in the George Mason High School Cafeteria, 7124 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Maryland… Keep reading…
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How could Metro be more transparent and accountable?
When Michael posted about CSG’s petition for more Metro funding, many commenters responded that you’re hesitant to support Metro until it improves its management, its transparency, or its responsiveness to riders. Keep reading…
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Petition local officials for Metro support
Click here to sign Coalition for Smarter Growth’s petition to local government officials asking for more financial support for Metro. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tragedy of the anti-commons
The Grinch stole playtime; Green line severed; Declining ridership means cuts; Tougher penalties for phones than booze?; Franklin School RFP; Another driverless car. Keep reading…
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Metro ridership, revenues declining
According to this presentation before Metro’s finance committee this week, the June 23 red line accident, lower gas prices and a declining economy have all contributed to lower ridership on Metrorail and Metrobus than originally anticipated. Keep reading…
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Innovation resistance at Metro, part 3: Missing the forest for the trees
Unlike many other transit agencies, Metro has resisted encouraging third party applications that help riders, partly because they perceive technology from a top-down point of view, and from unrealistic expectations because Google is big and rich. But this obsession with control and getting revenue is causing Metro staff to lose sight of the bigger picture. Greater Greater… Keep reading…
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Metro long-term funding
Here at Greater Greater Washington and elsewhere in the press there’s a tendency to concentrate on new, shiny projects. We drool over the possibility of a new Blue line underneath Georgetown or M Street, we publish fantasy maps showing new streetcar and bus corridors. We think, wouldn’t it be great if Metro had more faregates? A pedestrian tunnel? Keep reading…
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Board to Catoe: Cut service to balance budget
According to this draft resolution, the WMATA Board will ask General Manager John Catoe to develop a plan to fill Metro’s $100 million budget gap primarily through cuts to transit service instead of jurisdictional increases or targeted revenues beyond the modest and already-planned fare increase. Keep reading…