{"id":64241,"date":"2018-03-26T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T14:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/narc.org\/?p=64241"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T16:03:25","slug":"washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since it was founded in 1976, the Washington Metro in the D.C. area has had trouble finding a dedicated funding stream that it could rely on for long-term planning. The organization said that it needs another $500 million of reliable funding per year to fix its aging and failing infrastructure. It appears that lawmakers from D.C., Maryland, and Virginia have come closer to earmarking dedicated funds<\/a> for the transit agency, with each setting their own funding goals and deciding how their jurisdiction would meet it. Within the last few weeks, Virginia lawmakers approved $154 million per year for Metro, Maryland lawmakers set the goal of $167 million per year, and D.C. lawmakers proposed $178.5 million per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since it was founded in 1976, the Washington Metro in the D.C. area has had trouble finding a dedicated funding stream that it could rely on for long-term planning. The organization said that it needs another $500 million of reliable funding per year to fix its aging and failing infrastructure. It appears that lawmakers from … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":64710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45,7,5,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-regional-spotlight","category-transportation","category-transportation-blog-2"],"yoast_head":"\nWashington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem - National Association of Regional Councils<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem - National Association of Regional Councils\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since it was founded in 1976, the Washington Metro in the D.C. area has had trouble finding a dedicated funding stream that it could rely on for long-term planning. The organization said that it needs another $500 million of reliable funding per year to fix its aging and failing infrastructure. It appears that lawmakers from ... Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Association of Regional Councils\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-26T14:46:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-08T16:03:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Erich Zimmermann\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Erich Zimmermann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/\",\"name\":\"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem - National Association of Regional Councils\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-26T14:46:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-08T16:03:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1abefd600dffaf15fab44ba78fac306d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/\",\"name\":\"National Association of Regional Councils\",\"description\":\"The Voice of Regions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1abefd600dffaf15fab44ba78fac306d\",\"name\":\"Erich Zimmermann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b484a4021c31ebaee295402a3127f7810b8c3cb9f89254b801ceb3cbf2b02c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b484a4021c31ebaee295402a3127f7810b8c3cb9f89254b801ceb3cbf2b02c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Erich Zimmermann\"},\"description\":\"Erich is executive director of the National Association of Regional Councils. He previously managed NARC's transportation portfolio. Erich also has extensive experience in issues related to the federal budget and appropriations.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/narc.org\/author\/erich\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem - National Association of Regional Councils","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem - National Association of Regional Councils","og_description":"Since it was founded in 1976, the Washington Metro in the D.C. area has had trouble finding a dedicated funding stream that it could rely on for long-term planning. The organization said that it needs another $500 million of reliable funding per year to fix its aging and failing infrastructure. It appears that lawmakers from ... Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/","og_site_name":"National Association of Regional Councils","article_published_time":"2018-03-26T14:46:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-07-08T16:03:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Erich Zimmermann","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Erich Zimmermann","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/","url":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/","name":"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem - National Association of Regional Councils","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-03-26T14:46:13+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-08T16:03:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1abefd600dffaf15fab44ba78fac306d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","width":2048,"height":1365},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2018\/03\/26\/washington-metro-may-finally-fix-40-year-old-funding-problem\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/narc.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Washington Metro May Finally Fix its 40-Year-Old Funding Problem"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/narc.org\/","name":"National Association of Regional Councils","description":"The Voice of Regions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/narc.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/1abefd600dffaf15fab44ba78fac306d","name":"Erich Zimmermann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/narc.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b484a4021c31ebaee295402a3127f7810b8c3cb9f89254b801ceb3cbf2b02c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5b484a4021c31ebaee295402a3127f7810b8c3cb9f89254b801ceb3cbf2b02c2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Erich Zimmermann"},"description":"Erich is executive director of the National Association of Regional Councils. He previously managed NARC's transportation portfolio. Erich also has extensive experience in issues related to the federal budget and appropriations.","url":"https:\/\/narc.org\/author\/erich\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/julian-lozano-265550-unsplash.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlBD-gI9","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64241"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70918,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64241\/revisions\/70918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}