In a letter addressed to four U.S. Senators in Maryland and Virginia Thursday, Metro says that ridership has dropped 16 percent on Metrora...
In a letter addressed to four U.S. Senators in Maryland and Virginia Thursday, Metro says that ridership has dropped 16 percent on Metrorail and eight percent on Metrobus during the partial government shutdown, according to a preliminary analysis.
The analysis, which is based on a comparison of the first full week of January 2019 and an equivalent week in December 2018 prior to the start of the shutdown, estimates that Metro is losing $400,000 per weekday in fare and parking revenue as the shutdown drags on.
Holy smokes. @WMATA is losing $400,000 PER WEEKDAY due to the shutdown. That revenue loss doesn’t even include federal funds that are on hold because the Department of Transportation is shut down. This has got to stop.
Metro states in the letter, which is addressed to Maryland senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Virginia senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), that they are currently not receiving grant funding and cost reimbursements during the shutdown and that has left Metro with "unreimbursed expenses of $33 million, which does not include federal funds that are on hold as the Department of Transportation is shutdown.
Metro also states that if the shutdown is not resolved by Jan. 21, several affected federal agencies will not be able to distribute SmartBenefits to their employees, which could lead to a "further decline in Metro ridership" and lead to Metro considering staffing or service adjustments.
Read the letter in full below:
9000 non essential employees in the DC area alone and the amount of tax money pumped into a for profit metro system that is privately owned is the real story here
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the 900 is far more but I'm just going by the amount that are getting welfare while bitching about not getting pay that will be retroactively paid
Who is this man? Can anyone stop him?
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OMG...ridership is down in Washington DC. Does this mean that they will go bankrupt? Golly gee...this is so bad maybe Nasty Nancy needs to do something about it.....like give THEM 5 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
ReplyDeleteNo problem just raise the tax on the DC whores (the ones that work in the red light district). With so much time on their hands the DC whores (the ones who work in Congress et al) spending in the red light district has to be way up.
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