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WASHINGTON — A months-long fight to relax penalties on those who do not pay D.C. public transit fare has been shot down by the city’s mayor, but her move might not mean anything. Wednesday, D ...
DC’S PLAN FOR FREE METRO BUS SERVICE IN TROUBLE OVER LACK OF FUNDING The proposal moves to standardize the base cost of trips by removing the 25 cents added to $2 base fares during rush hours.
Metro’s board on Friday approved the transit agency’s first fare increase in five years while facing widening deficits and steep ridership losses to telework. The cost will increase about 3 ...
DC Metro announced on Tuesday that commuters could begin enrolling in Metro Lift, an income-qualified reduced fare program. Under the program, fares for Metrobus and Metrorail will be discounted ...
You may be able to ride the bus or Metro for half-price soon in the D.C. area. Metro will cut fares to low-income riders by 50% through what the agency calls the Metro Lift program. Enrollment ...
A News4 I-Team analysis found fewer than two tickets were issued on average each day in the first two months of Metro’s fare evasion crackdown, with 91 issued systemwide and just two inside the ...
Metro CEO Randy Clarke joined WTOP’s Luke Garrett on the DMV Download podcast to talk about fare evasion and what should be done to keep passengers safe while keeping the transit system’s ...
{mosads}Starting June 25, most fares on Metrobus and Metrorail will rise by 10 to 25 cents. Bus fares will increase to $2, which still makes it still among the lowest bus fare in the country ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — Metro says when police try to enforce fare evasion in DC, by law they are powerless to do anything if a violator refuses to give their real name or ID. This week a member of ...