U.S. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) in 2009. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) will hold a roundtable on the long-term issues facing WMATA next week and wants D.C. residents to submit questions they’d like to see addressed.

Norton is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, which is writing a surface transportation reauthorization bill. The roundtable, which will be attended by WMATA General Manager Richard Sarles, will discuss issues including the “progress and timeframes concerning the transformation Metro is now undergoing, rider stability and methods for calculating and ensuring ridership, future financing for the system,” and “the challenges WMATA faces with Metrobus and MetroAccess.”

“Because the surface transportation bill we are working on focuses on a several year reauthorization this time, I am very interested in the longer-term issues facing our Metro rail and bus system and inadequacy of the system to meet our needs and expectations,” Norton said in a statement. “We need to bring fresh eyes to D.C.’s 50-year-old rail and bus system, as it undergoes the current maintenance transformation, to envision what is needed to sustain a system already experiencing pressures from population growth in the city and region.”

Residents should email their name, address and question to NortonMetroRoundtable@mail.house.gov. The roundtable, which is open to the public, will take place Tuesday, March 11 at 6 p.m. at One Judiciary Square.