Posts tagged Budget Shortfall
-
Do Something: The week of February 5, 2024
This week, here’s how you can Do Something about bus and bike lanes on Columbia Road; park funding and trans health care in Maryland; and accessory apartments in Virginia. And a Ludacris-inspired highway bill (we’re not kidding!) Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: New DC budget projections leave fate of fare-free bus program uncertain
Pessimistic budget projections make fare-free DC Metrobuses uncertain. Rise in remote work reducing DC tax revenues from commercial properties. Poor living conditions lead Brightwood Park tenants to rent strike. Keep reading…
-
Metro’s newest budget is grim, dire, and insert-your-negative-adjective-here
Metrobus service after midnight might end, 39 routes could be cut, and trains would run less often and for fewer hours if Metro doesn’t receive additional federal funding to fill the budget gap created by COVID-19. Keep reading…
-
Metro says it needs to cut rail service and multiple bus lines plus hike fares
Metro needs to close a $290 million budget gap, and to do that the agency is considering increasing bus and rail fares and removing bus routes. There will be a public open house held at Metro headquarters on Monday to allow anyone to speak directly to the board about the proposals. Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Slow ride, take it easy
Fire culprit; A safe trip; Split rides off; Homers, not rides home; Free ridesharing; Sick leave in MoCo; Statehood push continues; Virginia’s budget; Washington Gas avoidance; And…. Keep reading…