Facing $550 million shortfall, the MTA could miss out on the next round of federal stimulus funding

The coronavirus aid bill requires most of the money to be distributed to the nation’s largest transit systems based on the areas’ populations — not ridership — and the Baltimore area falls shy of the population requirement of 3 million, with 2.2 million in the greater metropolitan area.

from Baltimore Sun
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