Tom yeah, alison, that incident highlights why the metro gm wants more time to work on the tracks. The hearing started at 12 30 this afternoon. The last speaker walked out those doors about 10 00 tonight. Until metros Safetrack Program ends next spring, it closes at midnight seven days a week. The question is what happens after that . Government jobs, closing on saturday and sunday. Tom they want weekend latenight service back. Until june, metro stayed open until 3 a. M. Fridays and saturdays. Now sometimes workers have to take taxis instead. We cannot afford that on a does not with the system open as many hours as it used to be, giving crews time to maintain the tracks. Metro was looking at a bunch of choices, everything from opening at noon sundays to shutting down at 11 30 on weekdays. The gm said he could live with a compromise in which latenight service ended at 1 a. M. Weekends. We use it as safe transportation around the city. Tom most speakers and metros most restaurants and ba
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