Metro holding $13.7M in reserves while proposing service cuts

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Metro has about $13.7 million sitting in a “rainy day” fund even as the transit agency considers cutting bus service by $13.6 million to bridge a shortfall in next year’s budget.

And Metro is expecting to have $9 million more in surplus money by the end of June because of unexpected increases in bus and rail ridership.

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