Good Friday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. A slight chance of rain before 10 p.m., then snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 33. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
🚨 You need to know
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, facing a $750 million budget shortfall, wants to know how folks might feel about fare increases and service cuts.
A survey about possible Metro changes is available online until Tuesday, March 5.
WMATA said in a release earlier this week that it’s considering public feedback on a series of changes to help close that gap:
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
Some of these cuts are part of a ‘worst case scenario’ if legislation isn’t passed to boost Metro funding. Metro General Manager Randy Clarke already said one of the more dire threats in this budget — closing ten Metro stations — is off the table if Metro gets the funding it needs.
📈 Thursday’s most read
The following are the most-read ALXnow articles for Feb 13, 2024.
- Del Ray’s Hi/Fi Tex Mex BBQ needed after-the-fact permission to cook food, now they need it for their sign (839 views)
- Notes: New ‘Kitchen and Cocktail’ restaurant taking over former Faccia Luna space (778 views)
- Consultants behind Potomac Yard transportation study taking questions from the public next week (721 views)
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Potomac Harmony is Back! Following a gap year of competing, then virtual rehearsals during the pandemic, followed by the well-earned retirement of our long-term director, a year of a director search, Potomac Harmony hit the regional contest stage in Concord, North Carolina in March for the first time since 2018! It was exhilarating, reaffirming, and rewarding!
The chorus hit all of its goals, the biggest of which was to have fun and sing our best on contest stage — we did both! Because we earned a score over 400 points, our new Director, Allison Lynskey, was awarded the Novice Director award, photo above. Additionally, one of our charter members, Jackie Bottash, was nominated for and honored with the Leadership Excellence award. It was a celebratory weekend!
What’s next? So much! We now look forward to upcoming performances, growing our membership, and expanding our musical product with new arrangements and an education component each week. It’s an exciting time to be part of this ever-growing ensemble!
Alexandria NAACP, Shiloh Baptist Church, DPC to hold City Council…
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