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9 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: Metro predicting continued service cuts, possible reduction of 1,700 workers if federal assistance doesn't arrive.

Rail: Reduced frequencies, closing at 9 p.m. instead of 11, return of RL, YL turnbacks
Bus: stays same as now

More here: dcist.com/story/20/09/09…
Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld said he hopes to eliminate vacant positions and other avenues like early retirement to get to that number. Goal is to keep people that have jobs in those jobs.
Full budget presentation here: wmata.com/about/board/me…
Looks like that link broke. New one: wmata.com/about/board/me…

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Jordan Pascale🎙️ Profile picture
10 Sep
Metro's board is discussing the longer service cuts and the possible major reduction to the workforce due to the pandemic.

dcist.com/story/20/09/09…

You can watch here:
Budget presentation to the board is over and now on to discussion.
.@DDOTDCDirector says it's unfortunate circumstances and a difficult reality w/o federal support. He's curious about why taking steps now to address budget.

Wiedefeld says compact mandates a balanced budget and if they wait to address it, cuts would be more severe.
Read 25 tweets
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23 Jul
It's #WMATA board day.

Board members are set to discuss the "managed re-entry" plan which adds more buses and trains in mid-August. But it's a little late, as we reported earlier this week: dcist.com/story/20/07/20…
You can follow along live here:
Talked to Board Chair Paul Smedberg who said he recently returned to Metrorail for the first time.
“I was surprised by how many people I saw,” Smedberg said. “People were respectful and they did spread out on the car I was on.”
Read 27 tweets
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1 Jun
D.C. fire scanner says they have located the fire in the basement of the historic St. John's Church.

You may have seen video from Fox of the fire.
"Visibile fire knocked down in church basement" -- DC Fire and EMS scanner traffic
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14 May
WMATA board meeting day talking budget, recovery service plan, Silver Line and more.

Live video:

Agenda: wmata.com/about/calendar…
WMATA says it's seeing small increases in ridership correlated with nicer weather.
WMATA on cleaning:
- Routine cleaning daily. Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces -- fare gates, fare machines, handrails etc.
- Responsive cleaning if suspected of COVID
- Saw 197 responsive cleanings... guessing that's between 81 employees and passengers?
Read 46 tweets
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1 Jul 19
NEW: The State of Maryland is withholding $55 million in capital funding from #WMATA.

Transpo Sec. Pete Rahn says WMATA has not responded to its audits on how Maryland’s money is being spent. “An unfortunate but necessary step... in response to... pattern of fiscal obfuscation”
And note Rahn is taking a seat on the WMATA board starting this month. Quite an entrance.
Maryland is supposed to give about $221 million for capital funding this year, so that's about a quarter of its contributions.

wmata.com/initiatives/bu…
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13 Nov 18
So Amazon just not like the name Crystal City or what? Never heard of National Landing.
Neither has Google.
The transpo investments Virginia is adding as part of Amazon deal:
- $195M in infrastructure improvements
- Improving to Crystal City, Potomac Yards Metro stations
- Pedestrian bridge connecting "National Landing" and National Airport
- Work on ped safety for Jeff Davis Highway
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