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Accordingly, the Board, in establishing or providing any policies, orders, guidance, or instructions to the General Manager or WMATA staff, shall act as a body. No Member individually shall direct or supervise the General Manager or any WMATA employee or contractor." [42] The board approves WMATA's annual budget.
The station was opened on December 17, 1983, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Serving as the southern terminus for the Yellow Line, the station is built into a hillside; the south mezzanine, along with escalator access, is accessible via an incline elevator.
In 2020, WMATA received $4.1 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration for the purchase of electric buses and charging infrastructure. A Sierra Club report indicated that a pilot study with 14 electric buses was planned, and estimated that 50% electrification would reduce the WMATA fleet's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more ...
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission or WMATC is a regulatory agency established by the Washington Metropolitan Area Regulation Compact, an interstate compact established between the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, and consented to by Congress under Public Law 86–794 in 1960 [1] to regulate passenger common carriers operating ...
It is now the fourth-largest paratransit service in the United States with a fleet of over 650 vehicles and well over 1,000 employees. In November 2016, MetroAccess replaced its photo ID access card with a personalized SmarTrip card, allowing MetroAccess users to ride buses for free, and use the faregates on Metrorail to take rides at no charge ...
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First low floor buses for WMATA. Suddenly retired after engine fires took place on two buses in a span of five days. [20] [21] Orion Bus Industries Orion V (05.501) 2100–2231 2018–2020 Last order of 40-ft high-floor buses for WMATA. 2001–2002 New Flyer Industries C40LF: 2300–2399, 2401–2464 2015–2016
In February 2011, WMATA replaced the antennas on all Metrorail faregates to improve the speed and range of its faregates' SmarTrip processing. [27] On September 1, 2020, Apple and WMATA enabled SmarTrip cards to be added to Apple Pay through the Wallet app. [6] Later on June 8, 2021, Google Pay on Android devices became supported as well. [7]