Fair Share for Metro

Despite getting billions in economic benefit from Metro, our region's governments leave the system chronically underfunded. This year, WMATA faces a $190 million budget deficit, which may mean severe service cuts such as:

• No rush hour 8-car trains
• No Yellow Line between Mount Vernon Square and Fort Totten
• No Yellow Line between King Street and DC late nights and weekends
• Longer waits for trains and buses at all times
• 30-minute waits for trains at night
• Many bus routes eliminated or shortened
• Train stations opening later — 30 minutes on weekdays, an hour on weekends
• Train stations closing earlier on weekends — as early as midnight instead of 3am
• Buses starting later in the morning and ending earlier in the evening
• Many bus routes eliminated at night or on weekends
• Closing some rail station entrances and even some stations entirely evenings and weekends

WMATA is pushing to raise our fares by $89 million or more, but our local jurisdictions need to do their fair share too. Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia all must take responsibility to preserve service and strengthen Metro.

The Arlington County Board has opened the door to possibly increasing its Metro funding. But unless all governments that fund Metro agree to pitch in, nobody contributes more and riders bear all the brunt.

Urge your representatives today to do their fair share to prevent severe service cuts.

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