Metro is seeking input on its proposed fiscal year 2025 budget. Potential service cuts/reductions would impact several neighborhood bus routes and rail service. See details of the revised FY2025 budget (with jurisdictional funding) at wmata.com/budget. Submit survey responses and comment letters by 5:00 pm on March 5, 2024.

See proposed bus service cuts by visiting the Docket for Public Feedback.

A few notable proposed changes for the neighborhood:

• Eliminate routes 60, E2, F1, K2, K9
• Eliminate route R1, retain route R2
• Shorten route 64 to operate between Fort Totten and Georgia Ave-Petworth. Route 64 would no longer have weekend service.
• Shorten route 80 to operate between Fort Totten and Union Station. Decrease frequency on route 80 to every 20 minutes or better all day

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Metro has released a revised FY25 proposed Budget based on public funding commitments that keeps operating spending flat with Fiscal Year 2024 and minimizes service changes. Pending this funding, the FY25 Budget proposal would severely limit service and increase costs for customers. These include:

Fares

• Up to 25 percent fare increase
• 20 percent parking rate increase

Metrobus

• Eliminate service on 83 of 184 routes
• Reduce service on 51 of 184 routes
• Shorten routes with rail service

Metrorail

• Close 10 lower ridership stations
• Turn back every other Red Line train at Grosvenor-Strathmore and Silver Spring
• Turn back Silver Line trains at Stadium-Armory
• Decrease service on all lines – weekdays every 15 minutes, weekends every 20 minutes
• Decrease Hours of operation: Close the rail system at 10pm; or
• Keep existing rail system hours and open earlier and close later weekends: open at 6am on Saturdays and Sundays, close at 2am on Fridays and Saturdays

MetroAccess

• Reduced service area due to a reduction in fixed route bus service
• Approximately 20 percent of MetroAccess trips would no longer be served

How to provide feedback

Take the Survey 

Take the survey and upload documents, letters, and written comments 

Public Hearings 

Metro will host three in-person and one virtual public hearing. Information about the FY25 Proposed Budget will be available during a “Your Metro” Open House along with staff to answer your questions. The Open House will begin one hour prior to the start of the hearing. 

If you’re interested in providing in-person testimony at a hearing, pre-registration is strongly encouraged, but not required. Email speak@wmata.com or call 202-962-2511 by 12 p.m. the day of the hearing.

Monday, Feb. 26
Open House at 5 p.m. and Public Hearing begins at 6 p.m.
 
Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans’ Plaza 
1 Veterans Pl 
Silver Spring, MD 

Nearest rail station: Red Line Silver Spring Station

Bus routes: Metrobus Z6, Z8; Ride On 9, 12, 15, and Flash 

Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.
Open House at 5 p.m. and Public Hearing begins at 6 p.m.

Metro L’Enfant Plaza HQ 
300 7^th Street SW 
Washington, DC 

Nearest rail station: Blue, Orange, Silver, Green, Yellow lines (L’Enfant Plaza) 

Bus routes: Metrobus 32, 36, 52, P6, DC Circulator 

Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. 
Open House at 5 p.m. and Public Hearing begins at 6 p.m. 

Arlington County Board Room 
Ellen M. Bozman Government Center 
2100 Clarendon Blvd., Ste. #307 
Arlington, VA 

Nearest rail station: Orange, Silver lines (Court House) 

Bus routes: Metrobus 4B, 38B, ART Bus 41, 77 

Thursday, Feb. 29, at 12 p.m.

Virtual only (via telephone or video) on Microsoft Teams*.

To provide video testimony, pre-register by emailing your name and organizational affiliation, if any, to speak@wmata.com or calling 202-962-2511 by 5 p.m. the day before the hearing. 

To take part by phone, call 206-899-2028 during the hearing and enter meeting code 164 729 013. No advance registration available.  

*You do not need to download Teams or have a Microsoft account to join the meetings. 

Watch the Public Hearings Live 

You can watch the Public Hearings live on our YouTube channel.

Metro is planning to shut down the red line between Fort Totten and Glenmont from June to September 2024. Metro will provide more details about the planned outage at a later date. At its board meeting on February 8, Metro stated this closure is needed to support Maryland’s work on the purple line:

June 2024 – September 2024: Fort Totten Metrorail Station to Glenmont Metrorail Station Red Line service will be shutdown to allow the Maryland Transit Authority (MTA) access to construct the Purple Line mezzanine at Silver Spring. The work must be completed during a shutdown as the scope of work involves both tracks for extended timeframe. Additional work scheduled includes leak mitigation, automatic train control system replacements, traction power cables installation, drain pumping station replacement, tunnel standpipe replacement, and elevator/escalator maintenance. Shuttle Bus Service will be provided to customers.

Read Metro press release at https://wmata.com/about/news/Metro-announces-three-year-capital-construction-plans-including-Red-Line-station-closures-this-summer.cfm.

From Metro

Metrorail weekend service for Saturday, February 10 through Sunday, February 11

Advisory Effective: 2/10/24 – 2/11/24

Hours: Sat 7 a.m. – 1 a.m.; Sun 7 a.m. – 12 a.m.

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