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Leaders from the National Capital Region sent a letter to President-elect Biden asking for more federal financial support for Metro. (Emily Leayman/Patch)
WASHINGTON, DC The chief executives overseeing the National Capital Region sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden Thursday, asking for additional Metro funding to support a more robust transit system.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called on the incoming president to bolster the flagging transit system serving the region that includes more than 300,000 federal employees. While the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has been a lifeline for essential workers, a large number of federal employees have been working remotely throughout 2020, leaving the transit system that serves our nation s capital facing severe financial pressure, the letter said.