The Jackson Graham Building, where Metro headquarters is located.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is a non-federal tri-jurisdictional government agency authorized by Congress, that operates transit service in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the Washington Metro. WMATA is jointly funded by the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 626 KB)The Jackson Graham Building. ... Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 626 KB)The Jackson Graham Building. ... Image File history File links Metro_logo. ... Seal of the Congress. ... Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C. and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,417 sq mi (32,160 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33...

Services

WMATA operates rapid transit service under the Metrorail brand, as well as bus service under the Metrobus brand. WMATA is also part of the public-private partnership that operates the DC Circulator bus system. WMATA also has its own police agency, the Metro Transit Police. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C. and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ... An early motorized bus - a Benz truck modified by Netphener company (1895) A bus is a large automobile intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... A Flxible Metro-D operates on Metrobus route 66. ... Public-private partnership (PPP) is a system in which a government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. ... The DC Circulator is a downtown circulator bus system in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.. It is operated by a public-private partnership including the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which also operates the Metrobus system in the capital and its... Metro Transit Police Patch The Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) is the police agency serving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. ...

Colloquially, Metrorail is known as "Metro" and riders refer to WMATA's Metrobus as simply "the bus", unless they need to distinguish Metrobus from another local bus system such as Alexandria's DASH, or Montgomery County's Ride-On. WMATA is also often informally referred to as "Metro". Location Location in Virginia Coordinates , Government Country State United States   Virginia Founded 1718 Mayor William D. Euille Geographical characteristics Area     City 39. ... Montgomery County is a suburban county located in the U.S. state of Maryland north of Washington, D.C. The county, sometimes referred to informally as MoCo, is the most populous jurisdiction in Maryland and one of the most affluent in the nation. ...

History

A WMATA metrobus.

WMATA was created on February 20, 1967, after the compact was approved by the Maryland General Assembly in 1965, and passed through the Virginia General Assembly and Congress in 1966. ^[1] WMATA broke ground for its train system in 1969. WMATA's bus system is a successor to four privately owned bus companies, which were sold to WMATA in 1973. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 790 KB)A 2000 Orion VI owned by WMATA is parked outside the Ballston-MU Metro station. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 790 KB)A 2000 Orion VI owned by WMATA is parked outside the Ballston-MU Metro station. ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Maryland General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. ... The Virginia General Assembly is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a U.S. state. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Future of Metro

Currently, the Metrorail is being extended to provide service to the Tysons Corner area of Virginia, with further extension to Dulles Airport. Phase I to Tysons Corner is expected to be completed in 2011. Phase II to Dulles is expected to be completed in 2015. No stations will be opened until the completion of each phase. This will add another color to the Metrorail system, silver. Drilling began in mid-2006. There are other rumors of a Georgetown Metrorail connector, an extension of the Green Line northward to BWI Airport, another line along I-395 or Columbia Pike in Virginia, and the Purple Line, which is a circular line to go along the Capital Beltway, particularly the portion between Bethesda and New Carrollton. While there has been much discussion about all of them, none is in any official planning stage. The Silver Line alone took more than ten years to start construction. Tysons Corner is an unincorporated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, DC. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place, the community had a total population of 18,540 as of the 2000 census. ... Aerial photo Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA airport code IAD, ICAO airport code KIAD) serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. ... The Silver Line of the Washington Metro will consist of 29 subway stations from Route 772 to Stadium-Armory. ... Greenbelt station, end of the Green line on the Washington Metro The Green Line of the Washington Metro consists of 21 subway stations from Greenbelt to Branch Ave. ... Baltimore/Washington International Airport serves the Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC metro-region. ... The Purple Line is a proposed addition to the Washington Metro system which would potentially serve as a sort of Beltway line. With primary pressure to build a light rail line connecting the stations at Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park, New Carrollton, and Largo Town Center, a proposal for a... The Capital Beltway (in green) The Capital Beltway (Interstate 495) is an expressway-class interstate highway which circles the Washington, DC area. ... Bethesda is an urbanized, but unincorporated, area in Montgomery County, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a church located there, the Bethesda Presbyterian Church, built in 1820, which in turn was named from a passage in the New Testament. ... New Carrollton is a city located in Prince Georges County, Maryland. ...

Organization

Board of directors

WMATA was set up with a board of directors, comprised of a total of 12 members. Of those 12, six are voting members, and six are alternates. Virginia, Maryland, and the District each appoint two voting members and two alternate members. The position of board chairman rotates between the three jurisdictions. Most board members have other jobs as well serving on, for example, the D.C. city council; the board appoints a CEO and general manager to supervise the day-to-day operation of the agency. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Leadership

At the outset, WMATA was led by general manager, Jackson Graham, a retired general in the Army Corps of Engineers, who supervised the planning and initial construction of the Metrorail system. He retired in 1976, and was replaced by Theodore C. Lutz. Richard S. Page, head of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, took over as general manager of WMATA in 1979. ^[2] Page resigned in 1983, amid increasing financial difficulties for WMATA.^[3] and was replaced by Carmen E. Turner,^[4] who served for seven years.^[5] Former New York City Transit Authority chief, David L. Gunn took over as head of WMATA in 1991,^[6] followed by Lawrence G. Reuter in 1994,^[7] and Richard A. White in 1996. White would serve as general manager for the next ten years. United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ... The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides financial and technical assistance to the local public transit systems. ... The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, NYCT for New York City Transit or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ... ː:For other persons also named David Gunn, see article David Gunn. ... Richard A. White Richard A. White is an American public transportation official who served as the CEO and General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, from 1996-2006. ...

Current leadership

General manager

On January 11, 2006, the Board of Directors announced the dismissal of general manager, Richard E. White. He was be replaced by board member Dan Tangherlini, as interim CEO, effective February 16, 2006. White had three more years in his contract to work for Metro, but had come under fire for mismanagement.^[8] January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dan Tangherlini Dan Tangherlini is the interim general manager for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates the Metrorail and Metrobus systems in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Board members

District of Columbia:

• Gladys W. Mack, chairman and voting member
• Jim Graham, voting member
• Marion Barry, alternate
• Dan Tangherlini, alternate

Maryland: Like Mayor Anthony Williams, Graham is known for his bow ties. ... Marion Barry Marion Shepilov Barry, Jr. ...

• Charles Deegan, first vice chairman and voting member
• Marcell Solomon, alternate
• Gordon Linton, alternate

Virginia:

• Christopher Zimmerman, second vice chairman and voting member
• Dana Kauffman, voting member
• William D. Euille, alternate
• Catherine Hudgins, alternate

Funding Problems

In 2004, the Brookings Institution released a report entitled "Deficits by Design" that found the agency's serious budgetary challenges owe in large part to its problematic revenue base.^[9] Most notably, Brookings found that WMATA's extraordinary lack of dedicated funding sources has necessitated an over-reliance on annually appropriated support that makes the agency vulnerable to perennial financial crises. As a result, the region's political and business leaders created a committee to look at new ways to fund the system, including some type of dedicated tax. The Brookings Institution is one of the oldest and best known think tanks in the United States. ...

In 2005, Rep. Tom Davis introduced the National Capital Transportation Amendments Act that would provide a one-time cash infusion of $1.5 billion if the governments in the Washington area can come up with a dedicated revenue source for the agency..^[10] Tom Davis Thomas M. Davis III (born January 5, 1949 in Minot, North Dakota), American politician, is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the Eleventh Congressional District of Virginia (map) in Northern Virginia. ...

See also

• List of Washington, D.C. railroads
• List of United States railroads

Only current railroads are listed here; former railroads are listed on List of railroads incorporated in Florida. ... There arergwertwertert[1] Kyle Railroad (KYLE) [2] Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) [3] Montana Rail Link (MRL) [4] Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) [5] Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet (NKCR) New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYSW) [6] Northern Plains Railroad Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) [7] Palouse...

References

1. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact (pdf). Retrieved on 2006-04-19.
2. ^ Feaver, Douglas B. "DOT Official Is Named to Head Metro;U.S. Mass Transit Chief Is Named to Head Metro", The Washington Post, 1979, March 23.
3. ^ Lynton, Stephen J. "Page Is Resigning As Metro Manager After Four Years", The Washington Post, 1983, April 3.
4. ^ Lynton, Stephen J. "Metro Board Names Turner As Transit System's Manager", The Washington Post, 1983, July 1.
5. ^ Kastor, Elizabeth, Stephen C. Fehr. "Metro's Top Official to Join Smithsonian", The Washington Post, 1990, October 3.
6. ^ Fehr, Stephen C. "New Metro Chief Welcomes 'Challenge';Gunn Takes Helm of System as Problems of Age and Cost Loom", The Washington Post, 1991, February 22.
7. ^ Fehr, Stephen C. "Board Pins Hopes On Next Metro Chief;Reuter Seen as a Superior Negotiator", The Washington Post, 1994, January 31.
8. ^ Layton, Lyndsey. "Metro Drops Longtime Manager", The Washington Post, 2006, January 12.
9. ^ Puentes, Robert. "Washington's Metro: Deficits by Design", The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, 2004.
10. ^ "HR. 3496 National Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2005".

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