Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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How can Metro close a $100 million gap?
Metro’s 2011 budget starts out about $100M in the red from a preliminary analysis, but the General Manager has to submit a balanced budget to the Board by December. Here’s some things he should consider: Keep reading…
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Metro faces big budget gap even with a fare hike
Next year will certainly be a challenging year for Metro. According to Metro’s preliminary report, even after an inflationary fare increase of 4-6%, and continued deferral of preventive maintenance, Metro’s supporting jurisdictions would still be required to chip in almost 20% more than last year’s budget ($107M). Since such a large jurisdictional subsidy… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dear Current, please get a real Web site
Sidewalks, assured; Don’t drive? You must not live here; These go to Elevenleytown; Tall TOD at PG Plaza?; Days since last injury: 1; Metro keeping its escalators; Cowening before trains; And…. Keep reading…
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For buses, faster is cheaper
Operating buses might be expensive because of maintenance, fuel, and labor costs, but there’s another enormous driver of cost: traffic. Our region’s buses spend a lot of time in traffic, burning fuel and paying drivers not to actually go anywhere. This also sets up a vicious cycle. If buses take longer to reach the ends of the lines, then they’re not ready to turn… Keep reading…
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Next stop: Metro funding
Metro’s $300 million in dedicated annual funding is moving quickly toward becoming a reality. Last week, both houses of Congress approved the WMATA Compact Amendments, and according to Councilmember Jim Graham, DC has included its $50 million contribution in the revised budget they approved on Friday. The House and Senate’s transportation appropriations bills… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: My way for the highway
We’d be sad if we hit you, so get out of the road; Think parking debates are rough here?; Foot traffic on Ninth Street, or just under?; A Homerian tragedy; When no free spaces are free; Car clips; Transit tidbits. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Roads, rails and walls
Widening 270 is very bad for Baltimore; Yet another highway?; Game trains you to move cars above all; The people I used to be are ruining my neighborhood!; Riders not happy; Lynx links new riders to transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breafast links: Mostly Metro
$150 million one step closer; Backups: Good for your photos, good for Metro; Stand clear; It’s not the texting, it’s that he got caught?; Tarnished silver; Virginia, others underfund bikes and peds again. Keep reading…
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WMATA: $11B or bust
Last week, WMATA announced over $11B in capital improvement spending needs. Where would the money be spent? I found a staff report (PDF) before the Planning, Development and Real Estate Committee of the Board that laid out what WMATA is proposing for capital needs. WMATA breaks it out into three categories: Performance Focus - What do we need to keep the… Keep reading…