Metro's budget outlook improves, but faces long-term funding challenges

Описание: Metro’s budget outlook for next year looks better than it has in years, but the transit agency warns that it still needs big help to keep the system running well long-term.

At a board of directors meeting at Metro’s L’Enfant Plaza-area headquarters on Thursday, board members heard a lot of good news about Metro’s budget for next year:

-Ridership is growing faster than expected, and therefore, revenue from riders is higher than expected.
-Metro has found a number of ways to save money: one example is the return to automation on all lines, which Metro leaders say is very efficient.
-Changes in bus schedules have saved money.

Metro says the money savings are enough that the transit agency believes it can add some rail and bus service next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2026.

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