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To assist customers with the transition, beginning March 1, the old farecards will no longer be accepted at fare vending machines in stations, fareboxes on buses, parking facilities and retail locations.
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Paul J. Wiedefeld served more than six years at the helm of the regional transit agency.
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During the 90-day period, Metro will increase efforts to restore 6000-series railcars to increase the availability of newer cars in the fleet.
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Due to growing absenteeism rates across service areas related to COVID illness and exposures, Metro is reducing service schedules and implementing new workforce actions effective Monday, Jan. 10.
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Officials concluded in an abundance of caution that moving to a nightly inspection of 7000-series railcars is the prudent course of action.
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The agency is seeking to buy 10, 40-foot-standard-length buses from multiple manufacturers to test different bus and charging technologies and assess their performance.
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Construction of the operations and maintenance facility is expected to take four years once all approvals are received and will open with a mix of the current Metrobus fleet and new battery-electric vehicles, transitioning to 100% electric as Metrobus’ electric bus fleet expands.
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More than 3,000 transit professionals and stakeholders joined FTA’s national conversation held throughout July and August.
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The changes, approved by the board in June, followed extensive public input about how riders plan to travel.
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WMATA’s preventive maintenance program has cut the number of emergency track repairs in half since the 2018 fiscal year.
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