FY2017 PROPOSED BUDGET

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Proposed Fiscal Year 2017 Budget
Appendix G
Capital Improvement
Program
Cash Basis
CNG
(Compressed Natural Gas)
COLA
(Cost of Living Adjustment)
Compact
Contingency Funds
Cost Allocation
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Deadhead
The six-year plan of capital projects to be completed by Metro.
Basis of Accounting whereby revenue and expense are recorded on
the books of account when received and paid, respectively, without
regard to the period to which they are incurred.
A natural gas fuel used in a clean engine technology.
Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for inflation for employees.
Refers to interstate compact creating Metro; this is a special type of
contract or agreement between the three jurisdictions within which
the organization operates.
Operating and capital funds reserved for unexpected expenditures
during the fiscal year which were not addressed in the annual
budget.
Refers to expenses accounted for in one fund assigned to another
fund. For example, certain operating expenses of a division may be
charged to a capital project as overhead cost.
Refers to a bus route funded by the DC Government with support
from Metro to take persons to Washington, DC's premier cultural,
shopping, dining, and business destinations.
Refers to non-revenue time when a bus or train is not carrying
revenue passengers, usually a trip from, to, or between lines,
yards or garages. Usually this refers to bus or rail travel to or from
the garage or yard to a terminus or station where revenue service
begins or ends.
Deficit
Department
DGM
Refers to an excess of Liabilities over Assets or Expenses over
Revenue.
A major organizational unit that has overall responsibility for an
operation or a group of operations within a functional area.
An executive who reports directly to the General Manager.
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