Lawmaker to seek $3 billion for Metro transit improvements
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday that he plans to seek $3 billion for Metro transit capital improvements, just days after a crash between two trains killed nine people.
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No offense to you guys, and I know that D.C. has a special relationship with Congress, but almost every city with urban heavy rail could use funds to bolster safety and improve maintenance. If D.C. needs $3 billion, so be it, but how about giving some to all the other cities with heavy rail. You could base it off ridership compared to Washington, or metro area population, or whatever formula you like, but Philly, Baltimore, New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, even Atlanta and Los Angeles, could use money for maintenance and system repairs to improve safety.