METRO AIDS WORKERS PARKING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00988R000600020001-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2002/02/14: CIA-RDP85-00988R000600020001-4
'Washiggtosi?Post Staff Writer
The Metro transit agency,_
operator..of the area's bus.sys-
tenl and builder of the future
subway has agreed to subsi-
dize automobile `parking.,:for
125.employees?,who work at its
headquarters and. have. free
;passes to ride to work by bus.
,Jackson Graham, Metro gen-
eral ?m~nager, approved the
subsidy-pup ,to $10 a morith
starting Sept: -11-in an' unan-
ucendumse
nond `-m emora -nt
May'10?to the. president of. the
transit agency's employee or?
'ganization. ` A:.copy of~ the
obtained` by The
meifi.gI.was'
Washington Post ;
Graham confirmed and de-
f n d e ; ~ i his decisipp . yesterday;
saying:'it ,was sparked bya'
'forthcoming sharp 'increase in
monthik parking- rates, in.,the.,
basement of.L'Enfant'-P.laza in
Southwest Washington,'where
Metro'now.' has its headquar
e tars
Metro's'decisigri'to subsidize
- car?parking.'comes at 'a time
whenthe agency: itself is pro-
ti rmotin ::increased -public use of
the.bus hnd5it aegtiiiretL from'
then previous private owners
'ear Yrxhis`ye#;,and;.when pub
he pP11eY ,.ls;. aizoed, ncreas
inglykR, at discouraging auto
parking in "lie' ,.congested cent.
the agency's h e a dquarte'rs
, staff,"occupy' s aaces that now,
Post:. $23 25 to ...$32 a month,
according to, . G, .,.Richard.', a-
ville Metro iiianagement aerv-
ices director x
[Tnler, a new lease, these ?
rates. 'wll,fiarige 'from . $4Qto
i50, an 7ncrease,Qt about $18,
starting Sept';, ,Of Of, this , cost
agreed that
raham ~
+
x e
;;
,
G
~
,
ero'will.pay up'to $1'0
YRayille ',estilnated ;the tgtal
cost to Metx9.,at?between
.300 & -d,$7 0O0 between Sept', 1
whey the
amid n xf fk',March
,
agency is s0iieduled : to move
into ts wninew built ng
s bth andCr Streets ,N, W
$oth Ravill_e and ',Graham
i d. the 'number of parking
n s ees will~'.he sharply cur-
a"ledt then ,r}ew "headquar
ttersx, ;and that 7employees ,as-.
sfi`gned~=t~se spaces willr ~be
then wll`pay sa the meantime
at i}Enfant rPlaza4'There will ,
rio ycash'sullsxdy at the dew
bey
B
neadctuai, er~?- - - _~~ .,'~
r-qn~
engi eel' ASO president of Ehe
e_ ge ey's Employees for Pr'og
Metro Gives
Subsidy..for.
Car Parking
PARKING, From C1
the L'Enfant Piazaparking in-
creases in a memo'to Graham
on April 11.
Graham said he and other
top Metro officials agonized
over the situation for nearly a,
month before responding,
Graham said ;he was aware
of the seeming ``anomaly of a
public transit agency subsidiz-
ing 'the use of cars. But, i he
said, the question .was one of
maintaining employee morale,
since it takes a,,typical com-
muter about twice as long to
get to';work,'by .bus.. as,by car.
Existing public, transportation,
he said, "won't serve most of
our, people."
`Moreover, he. said, many em-
ployees use their' cars regu-
larly on: Metro 'business. He
noted t4 at about 30 of them
needed cars last night to at-
tend a public hearing in Alex-
andria and to get home.after
ward. .
Althoughimproved service
into Southwest }.Washington
has :resulted 1 a'radual, in-
crease : of bus commuting by
Metro .;employees, ..Graham.
said there was no significant
rise, when all employees were
granted'' free bus`, passes >after the agency took over the bus
lines_, Graham said he has the
power to make the decision- on
a parking subsidy without con-
sulting the Metro .board of di
rectors. The directors get free
parking when they attend
weekly - board 6:meetinga at
L'Enfant?,Plaza ,
co
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Approved For Release 2002/02/14: CIA-RDP85-00988R000600020001-4