Posts taggedPaul Wiedefeld
是火车的安全委员会准备停止假日ding trains hostage?
Washington Metrorail Safety Commission’s continued reluctance to let WMATA run train services has been putting people at risk, not protecting them, by crowding trains and compelling would-be riders to drive. WMATA’s latest return-to-service plan is a chance to get it right.Keep reading…
WMATA GM retires, COO resigns hours after Board of Directors meet
Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld has retired and agency Chief Operating Officer Joe Leader has resigned “effective immediately,” according to a press release from WMATA’s Board Chair issued late Monday evening.Keep reading…
Metro submits 7000-series testing plan and returns more trains to service
Metro’s first plan needed before being able to return the agency’s 7000-series railcars to service has been submitted to WMATA’s safety oversight board. Meanwhile, more trains come back online.Keep reading…
New federal funding likely means no huge cuts in next year’s Metro budget
Thirty-minute train headways? Closing twenty-two stations? Bus service offered at 50% of pre-pandemic levels? Severe Metro service cuts which the agency threatened to implement this upcoming January are now very likely off the table thanks tolegislation moving aheadin Congress. The DC-area transit agency should receive enough funding to restore most – if not all – service cuts planned for the next fiscal year.Keep reading…
WMATA官员hope “normal” Metro service will resume in spring 2021 — but nobody really knows
Metro bus and rail service might not return to normal until next spring, according to a plan released by the agency on Monday. Trains will continue running every 20-30 minutes “likely for the rest of the year” while the region responds to the coronavirus pandemic. Metro staff plan to present the plan to the agency’s board of directors on Thursday.Keep reading…
The good, the bad and the unexplained: what you need to know about the WMATA budget
Soon, WMATA will formally be asking riders and other members of the public to weigh in on its next budget. There’s a lot riders should understand, and weigh in on, in addition toproposedcuts or changes to bus service which have rightly attracted a lot of attention — some of which transit advocates have been requesting for years, and other items which are worrisome.Keep reading…
If WMATA makes buses more expensive for cash users, low-income riders could lose
In an effort to speed up bus trips, WMATA has proposed a $0.25 fee for actions which slow down boarding, including paying with cash and reloading SmarTrip cards onboard. While speeding up bus service would be a boon for all riders, this proposal shifts the responsibility for dealing with a systemic issue onto individual clients—the poorest ones.Keep reading…
A Northern Virginia bus driver strike lands at WMATA’s front door
A Northern Virginia bus operator union and supporters gathered in front of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) headquarters Wednesday, chanting slogans like “we move this city,” as part of an ongoing strike for better wages and safer buses.Keep reading…
One myth and four questions about whether Metro can restore late night service
Should Metro keep closing at 11:30 most nights and 1 am Friday and Saturday, or restore the later hours it had until 2016? What about in the future? Can bus service fill the gap, or ride-hailing services like Uber/Lyft/Via?Keep reading…
65 top Maryland officials to Wiedefeld: End the late night Metro cuts
Late last night, 65 elected officials from Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties sent an official letter to Metro General Manager Paul Wiedefeld, urging him to restore Metro’s late night service.Keep reading…
