Opinions Sought on Possible Metro Fare Increases
Metro officials want to know your opinion about proposed fare increases. So does Patch. Pre-meeting discussion begins in the comment section.
Local commuters will be able to tell Metro officials exactly what they think of proposed fare increases at the last of a series of six public hearings on proposed Metro fare increases. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church at 6201 Belcrest Road in Hyattsville. Previous meetings in the series, such as this one in Falls Church, have brought out crowds of speakers, many of them critical of aspects of Metro's 2013 budget. Metro's 2013 budget unveiled last January proposed hiring more than 1,000 employees in a plan that also raises bus, rail and parking rates across the system. The $1.6 billion budget proposal would increase fares by 5 percent while expanding the system's total number of employees by 9 …
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