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One of the difficulties facing the MetroAccess ridership is a lack of understanding on the part of a large proportion of the public of how MetroAccess actually works. It’s worse when bad information is published, such as an article we noticed today posted on Examiner.com.
We’d like to take this opportunity to try and clear up some of the articles mistakes.
Established to help physically-challenged persons with transportation in sections of DC and some suburban areas of both MD and VA
Not exactly. Read more... (1272 words, estimated 5:05 mins reading time)
Washington Examiner: Metro racks up $1M in legal fees so far in union wage dispute
This is one of the biggest issues I’ve had with WMATA‘s claims of being in the middle of a budget crisis.
It’s not that they’re spending $1 million to date trying to get the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 to reduce its pay raise and benefits a little for the next four years. Read more... (238 words and 1 image, estimated 57 secs reading time)
Washington Post: Md. budget puts D.C. area Metro funding in doubt
Easy solution – Metro turns right around when it reaches the Maryland border … I wonder how much that would save??
(Thanks to Unsuck DC Metro for the linkage)
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