New Metro General Manager Randy Clarke is beginning his role at the transit agency Monday, marking the end of a leadership vacuum that was created during a tumultuous spring.
limiting Metro’s ability to turn track power on and off because of repeated instances of failing to follow safety guidelines.
Clarke also must console frustrated riders and leaders who say Metro’s train shortage and reduced service levels are hurting a regional economy that is trying to recover from the pandemic. Metrorail ridership is about 42 percent of pre-pandemic levels. the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board on Wednesday. “We are frustrated. Our board members are frustrated.”The commission, which represents Northern Virginia communities that fund Metro, is working on a report for release this fall intended to help the transit agency survive the funding shortage. Mattice said the report will recommend ways to boost safety, win back public trust, create a viable strategy for fare evasion, raise more non-fare revenue and rethink Metro’s fare structure.
“NVTC will be pressing Metro to examine and identify ways to right-size labor costs,” Mattice said. “Are there better ways to fund Metro?”
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