FY2017 PROPOSED BUDGET

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Proposed Fiscal Year 2017 Budget
Appendix G
(Deputy General Manager)
Diesel Fuel
Division
Fairfax Connector
Fare box recovery ratio
Farecard
Flash Pass
Four-point Securement
System
FTA
(Federal Transit
Administration)
GAAP
(Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles)
GM/CEO
(General Manager/Chief
Executive Officer)
Head Sign
Fuel composed of petroleum distillates that have a boiling point and
specific gravity higher than gasoline.
Refers to a garage and yard facility where buses are stored,
maintained, and dispatched into service.
The bus system that runs seven days a week with service throughout
Fairfax County, Virginia and to Metrorail stations on the Orange,
Blue and Yellow lines, including the Pentagon.
Refers to the ratio of passenger fares (including inter-agency
agreements related to fares) to total operating costs.
Refers to a paper pass used to ride Metrorail. Paper farecards are no
longer sold in stations (as of December 2015) and will not be
accepted at faregates for payment as of March 2016.
Metrobus pass valid for unlimited use for a designated seven-day
period.
Refers to an onboard securement system for wheelchairs, threewheel
and four-wheel scooters. The system incorporates four
seatbelt type straps that attach to the frame of a mobility device as
a way to keep it from moving or rolling while on the bus.
A federal administration within the U.S. Department of
Transportation. The FTA provides stewardship of combined
formula and discretionary programs to support a variety of locally
planned, constructed, and operated public transportation systems
throughout the United States.
Accounting standards, revised periodically, to which both private
and public organizations within the United States are expected to
conform.
The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Metro who
reports directly to the Board.
Refers to the sign above the front windshield of a bus describing
the line number or letter, its line name, and destination.
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