Photo by ::FiZ::.WMATA’s Board of Directors is meeting today to discuss a variety of issues, from the system’s on-time performance and standards to the possibility of reducing the number of cars on the proposed extension to Dulles International Airport. One recommendation of particular interest, though, would be a big win for those who favor more concise names for stations around the system: the board is expected today to recommend changing the name of the U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station to simply U Street/Cardozo.
The U Street shortening is but one of many recommendations in a presentation to be delivered to the board today (read the slides below). The presentation suggests a 19-character cap on all stations, as well as a 13-character cap on transfer stations, and also recommends that WMATA not sell naming rights to stations, as has been proposed in the past.
You can listen to the board meeting at this link.
