as well as the trends that favor movement to Uber and Lyft,” said Metro board member Michael Goldman, who represents Maryland. Additionally, Maryland and Virginia — along with the Metro board members who represent them — have said they are unwilling to provide the extra money that would be needed to fund Wiedefeld’s proposals. “I think the board is very concerned about ridership,” Metro board Chairman Jack Evans said. “I think they risk squandering this culture of transit riding that has taken many decades to build up,” Fried said. You can squander that in a few years and just end up in a spot where there is a long-term detrimental impact to transit ridership that outlasts the current maintenance crisis.”

Source: Washington Post March 10, 2019 21:33 UTC