New regional task force to answer the call for better funding plan for Metro

Setting up Metro with dedicated funding has been discussed for decades in the region but still hasn’t come to fruition. Now, WMATA and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments hope a regional task force can finally bring about an agreeable plan of action.

“We fundamentally don’t have predictability at Metro, which means you as regional partners don’t have predictability of your budgets. And we’ve got to get out of that cycle,” said Metro General Manager Randy Clarke during a joint...