DC Metro Faces Drastic Cuts and Layoffs Amid Budget Crisis
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Metro General Manager Randy Clarke warned that if a $750 million budget gap is not closed by the first half of 2024, Metro may have to cut 10 stations, eliminate 67 bus lines, reduce train frequency, increase fares and parking fees by 20%, freeze salary and wage increases, and lay off 2,286 employees. The budget shortfall is due to problems with dedicated funding, ridership, and inflation. Metro is urging jurisdictional partners to find a sustainable funding source to avoid these drastic service and job cuts.
- Metro GM says 10 stations and 67 bus lines may be cut, 2,000 layoffs possible if budget gap isn't filled NBC4 Washington
- Higher fares, fewer stations: Metro outlines proposed doomsday cuts The Washington Post
- Proposed Metro budget includes bus, rail, job cuts to address $750 million deficit WJLA
- DC Transit Sees Service Cuts, Thousands of Layoffs During Deficit Yahoo Finance
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