United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-02-18 monographic deposited born digital 23 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-358T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T P0b002ee18038f72f f:d05358t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T GAO-05-358T Appropriated funds Budgeting Federal funds Mass transit funding Mass transit operations Program evaluation Strategic planning Subway construction Transportation costs Federal aid for transportation Future budget projections District of Columbia Maryland Virginia WMATA Capital Improvement Program WMATA Infrastructure Renewal Program WMATA System Access and Capacity Program WMATA System Expansion Program Testimony A18017 In recent years, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has faced serious financial and budgetary problems as well as continuing challenges related to the safety and reliability of its transit services. At the same time, ridership is at an alltime high, and WMATA continues to provide critical services and considerable benefits to the Washington region's economic well-being and to the federal government. This statement is based on preliminary results of our work on WMATA that GAO is performing at the request of the Chairman, House Committee on Government Reform, as well as on GAO's previous review of WMATA and other studies of WMATA's financial condition. It discusses (1) the extent to which WMATA relied on federal funding to build its Metrorail subway system and the federal government's rationale for providing that funding, (2) the extent to which WMATA has relied on other federal funding for capital improvements in recent years, and (3) the current funding challenges that WMATA faces and options that have been proposed to address those challenges. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T.pdf GAO-05-358T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-358T Testimony GAO-05-358T; Mass Transit: Information on the Federal Role in Funding the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Appropriated funds Budgeting Federal funds Mass transit funding Mass transit operations Program evaluation Strategic planning Subway construction Transportation costs Federal aid for transportation Future budget projections District of Columbia Maryland Virginia WMATA Capital Improvement Program WMATA Infrastructure Renewal Program WMATA System Access and Capacity Program WMATA System Expansion Program Volume 60 Page 781 60 Stat. 781 Volume 69 Page 33 69 Stat. 33 Volume 74 Page 537 74 Stat. 537 Volume 79 Page 663 79 Stat. 663 Volume 80 Page 1324 80 Stat. 1324 Volume 83 Page 320 83 Stat. 320 Volume 93 Page 1320 93 Stat. 1320 Volume 104 Page 2733 104 Stat. 2733 Volume 114 Page 2440 114 Stat. 2440 Public Law 86-669 Public Law 89-173 Public Law 89-774 Public Law 91-143 Public Law 96-184 Public Law 101-336 Public Law 101-551 Public Law 106-522