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Metro officials considered shifting construction funds from the southern Green Line to the northern Green Line in order to start construction on that end of the line, [9] but the D.C. City Council opposed this shift. [49] Metro held the court-ordered hearings in June 1982, at which Prince George's residents argued that they had voted for Metro ...
These lists include all members of the Council of the District of Columbia since its creation in 1975. All members are elected to 4-year terms (except for the initial 2-year terms for half the members elected to the first council, in 1974).
The Washington Metro, often abbreviated as the Metro and formally the Metrorail, [4] is a rapid transit system serving the Washington metropolitan area of the United States. It is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), which also operates the Metrobus service under the Metro name. [5]
With an average weekday ridership of 764,300, the Washington Metro is the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States behind the New York City Subway. [1] As of 2023 [update] , the system has 98 active stations on six lines with 129 miles (208 km) of tracks.
April 17: President William J. Clinton signs the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, establishing the District of Columbia Financial Control Board. [47] October 16: National Million Man March held in city. 1996 – City website online (approximate date). [48]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact; Long title: An Act to grant the consent of Congress for the States of Virginia and Maryland and the District of Columbia to amend the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact to establish an organization empowered to provide transit facilities in the National Capital Region and for other purposes and to enact said amendment ...
Federal City Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [3] that promotes economic development in the city of Washington, D.C., in the United States.Incorporated on September 13, 1954, [1] it is one of the most powerful private groups in the city, and is highly influential in Congress.
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 is an organic act enacted by Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution that formally placed the District of Columbia under the control of Congress and organized the unincorporated territory within the District into two counties: Washington County to the north and east of ...