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I am not sure that you understand that the world has constraints. Since WMATA was awarded a dedicated funding stream a little over 2 years ago, they have already borrowed against it to the tune of nearly a Billion dollars for capital projects. In the meantime, during COVID the have been operating with massive losses. The only thing that has kept them solvent so far is almost $2.5 billion in total Federal bailout funds.

These details may not bother you, but they should. There is no secret money tree. Due to the dedicated local funding, there will be no longer emergency requests to DC, VA or MD to fill operating budget shortfalls. As a result, WMATA is operating empty trains under the presumption of faith that Mitch McConnell will come to their rescue later this year or next.

The obvious reason to run fewer trains now when it’s not needed is so that they don’t have to cut service when it is needed. But they are an irresponsible agency and don’t seem capable of changing their ways. [/quote]

"Not needed," as decided by whom? You? The people who are using Metro likely have a different opinion about whether the service is needed.[/quote]
Not needed based on existing utilization of the service. Ridership is extremely low right now. They provide public access to the data, so you are welcome to check for yourself. Go ahead and keep cheering on the waste. If you actually cared about transit you would have a very different view. [/quote]

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