D.C. leaders have made clear they see one obvious benefit in the coming Trump administration — federal workers being told to go back downtown to work, which would boost both Metrorail ridership and local businesses. Metro is now taking the lead, ordering all its own employees to stop working from home by July.
The message was delivered in an email Thursday from General Manager Randy Clarke, who said that in “a pivotal year for Metro to support large-scale regional events,” working in person would “improve collaboration.” Next year brings both inauguration and World Pride to the city, and Metro is planning to roll out both automatic train operations and credit card payments.
“There’s a lot going on at the organization,” Clarke said in an interview Friday. “This has nothing to do with anyone else.”
But the move comes a couple of days after Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) told Republican members of Congress that she was eager to work with them on bringing federal workers back into the office, something Trump advisers have promised. Clarke has expressed similar enthusiasm — at a local transportation forum a week after the presidential election, he noted, “I think it’s fair to say we expect maybe some more people back to the office at the end of January.”
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