The Post relays that the safety fixes recommended to WMATA by the National Transportation Safety Board this summer will cost the agency quite the chunk of change. The Post trots out a “billion dollars” figure in their headline, though the actual cost will run about $935 million. (Hey, when you’re running so far in the red like WMATA is, a difference of 65 million bucks is nothing to sneeze at.) The complete replacement of all the 1000 Series railcars makes up a hefty bulk of that pricetag, estimated at approximately $835 million. It’s kind of a wild number, considering that WMATA only brought in about $820 million in total revenue during fiscal year 2009. The good news is that the upgrades will apparently be easily covered by the $300 million per year that the transit agency will receive in local-federal match funding.