Regional transit leaders say six steps could help Metro stay on a viable financial footing, but they fear more of the cost could fall on local governments.
Despite recent steps in the right direction, “the fundamental long-term funding question remains unsolved,” Owen Williams, a program analyst with the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC), said at the organization’s board of directors meeting last Thursday (Nov. 5).
An annual report on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) financial and operational performance — a draft of which was reviewed at the meeting — is expected to be finalized early next month by the NVTC board and forwarded to Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Virginia General Assembly…