WASHINGTON — WMATA wants to expand weekend Metro service — proposing service should start an hour earlier on weekends.
Currently, Metro begins weekend service at 7 a.m. and runs until 1 a.m. Saturdays, and midnight on Sundays. But this proposal, being presented at WMATA’s finance meeting Thursday, would have Metro begin running at 6 a.m.
Metro says opening an hour earlier helps more people than staying open an hour later. About 50% more regional weekend travel happens between 6 and 7 a.m. than between 1 and 2 a.m., WMATA wrote in the meeting minutes ahead of Thursday’s meeting…