February 9, 2009: The Examiner "Panel suggests largest cuts to service in Metro history"
Submitted by VHSR on February 9, 2009 - 3:00am.
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Cuts to Metro service being suggested by a regional advisory panel are so drastic that commuters “will be asking for a fare increase,” a Metro spokeswoman said.
Metro board members are slated to begin discussing the largest proposed service cuts in the agency’s history Thursday as Metro grapples with rising costs amid an economic downturn.
Initial ideas from a regional advisory group include scrapping Metro’s 3 a.m. rail service on weekends and stopping its weekday trains at 10 p.m. Some rail station entrances could be closed and low-performing bus routes eliminated.