Federal workers shouldn’t get a free ride on Metro

Federal employees enjoy perks that make their private-sector counterparts envious. Higher pay, attractive health insurance and free transportation to and from work are big draws for federal workers in Washington, D.C.

But starting Jan. 1, it might actually cost something for a federal employee to get to work. That’s because the taxpayer-funded public transit subsidy of $230 per month — which an estimated 170,000 federal employees use — will be reduced to $120 per month.