That's not what WaPo's free Metro Express newspaper put out when they were talking about the fare increase last year. I'll see if I can find one of the mentions

That's not what WaPo's free Metro Express newspaper put out when they were talking about the fare increase last year. I'll see if I can find one of the mentions. Edit: An example straight from the horse's mouth (the WMATA proposed FY13 budget). Revenue makes up 80% or so of the MetroRail budget, the remaining 20% to be made up by local jurisdictions. So it does appear indeed that Metrobus is much more subsidized (27% of the budget from fares). Page 67 of the PDF is probably the best overview. So definitely not as bad as I thought, but $183 million is no small chunk of change either. PDF at http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/ProposedFY2013Budget.pdf http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/docs/ProposedFY2013Budget.p...