Posts tagged Wmata Budget
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Without changes, the WMATA budget may grow increasingly unsustainable
Metro’s costs are growing faster than revenues, and the agency may find itself in increasingly difficult financial shape unless something changes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take a ride
Not bad; Columbia Pike Metro?; Squash pop-ups; Parks, not parking; Passing grade; Just say no; Call the play; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Riding and Walking
Fewer trains; Because they’re happy; Get around; Walk this way; Wider walkways; Rising rates; Waiting game; You’re the best; Historic NIMBY; Seek and you shall find. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Lights out
Off the grid; Growing like a weed; Ready, set; Tunnel is a go; Not enough rooms; Gotta eat; Balancing act; Carbon commute; On the mark. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budget season
Housing the homeless; Funding transit; Repeat a grade; In my day; Drop your weapons; City and country; Safety dance; Safety data; Anti pop-up candidate; Weigh in. Keep reading…
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WMATA needs to do better, says DC transportation head
DC’s new transportation director Leif Dormsjo says the region’s transit authority needs to change. This might not sound like shocking news to most riders, but it’s a sentiment many top WMATA officials don’t share or seem reluctant to admit if they do. Dormsjo and Corbett Price, both appointed to the WMATA Board by Mayor Muriel Bowser, recently spent… Keep reading…
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What it will take to get Metro out of crisis
I spoke on a panel this morning at the National Press Club about the future of WMATA. Pat Host hosted WMATA board member Tom Bulger, union president Jackie Jeter, @lowheadways’ Graham Jenkins, and me. We were all asked to prepare statements about the “challenges facing Metro and its riders.” Here is an edited version of my statement. Here we are, again. Someone… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transit tactics
Service saved?; Addicted to Koch; Landlords make the rules; Local progress, national setback; Uber strikes a deal; On the patrol; Ancient cities; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery for transit
No service cuts; Purple please; Legalization looms; Aiports less uber; Ped death leads to charges; Build for safety; Signs that work; See sprawl run; Jobs back downtown; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No death spiral yet
No fare hikes today; Help for the homeless; Chevy Chase continues fight; Carpool express; The best for bikes; Walkblocked by snow; Maintain or expand transit?; Maintain or expand roads?; And…. Keep reading…