Agency requests proposals from companies seeking to connect riders with subway during overnight hours, outside of Manhattan.
These workers have inadequate access to public transit services, which can prevent some from accessing better job opportunities.
Known as the After-Hours Commuter Service, the program will provide qualified participants up to 10 discounted rides per week within WMATA’s service area.
The service will be offered seven days a week for trips within WMATA’s service area between midnight and 4 a.m. when its rail system is closed.
The first two integrations are with Calif.'s Transportation Authority of Marin and the Big Blue Bus in Santa Monica.
In many ways the results of this overnight Tube service is not remarkable to the casual visitor, or new resident in London. This is a large and busy city, and many people depend on public transport as the only logical means of travelling around.
Additionally, the earliest trains on Sunday would start at 8 a.m., while the start times for trains on weekdays and Saturdays would remain at 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., respectively.
MBTA cancelled late-night train service in February after a brief experiment and is now considering contracting with Bridj to provide the service.
A group argues that the flawed data suggested the move would not have an overly burdensome effect on low-income and minority riders and that it should have taken steps to curb those impacts before ending the service in March.
Agency is leaning toward cutting the service, which keeps trains and some buses running about 90 minutes later on early weekend mornings at a cost of $14 million per year, as it seeks to plug a budget gap of $242 million next year.