A new proposed Metro budget from General Manager Paul Wiedefeld would (mostly) restore late night hours to the system, the Washington Post reports. It would also increase peak fares on the rail system, introduce a flat $2 fare on weekends, and make transfers between bus and rail free.

Wiedefeld presented his proposed budget to the Post in an exclusive interview ahead of this Thursday’s Metro board meeting, where he will present the budget in full.

Metro first approved a to cut late night hours in 2016 to give crews more time to complete a backlog of track work that was causing delays and other problems. Since the transit instituted the cut, Metro has been able to reduce delays by 78 percent, according to the Post.

But city leaders have been putting pressure on Wiedefeld to restore late night service, arguing that late night and early morning workers depend on the system and often cannot afford other modes of transportation. Wiedefeld has resisted, arguing that crews have just begun to make substantive progress on the maintenance work important to keeping the system timely and safe.

But his new budget would extend closing time to 12 a.m. from Monday through Thursday, and to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturdays, per the Post. (These are still not fully the same as in 2016, when the system closed at 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.)

“We are all hopeful that Metro will continue to progress on safety, reliability, and capacity. By partially returning late-night rail service in the new budget proposal, Metro is acknowledging that our system must stay open as late as our region does,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure Lucinda Babers in a statement on Monday. “Riders and taxpayers deserve transparency and accountability, and so we will review the new budget proposal and demand Metro is clear on how it will meet all of its obligations to the region.”

Also as a part of the budget, trains would run more often on Sundays, and weekend customers would always pay a flat $2 fare, the Post reports. Right now about 71 percent of weekend riders pay more than that for their trips, Metro told the outlet.

But while service would get cheaper on the weekends, it would get more expensive at certain times during the week. Wiedefeld’s budget proposes a 10 cent base fare increase during peak hours, which are from 5 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, according to the Post. There will also be increases according to distance that will make an average trip about 22 cents more expensive, per the outlet.

The budget would not increase bus fares, but that’s only on the condition that all passengers be required to use SmarTrip cards to board. If a rider wants to use cash to ride the bus, they will be charged an extra 25 cents, per Wiedefeld’s interview with the Post.

There will also be a $3 million contingency budget for extended hours or more frequent service during special events, the Post reports (think this year’s extended hours after the Nationals’ and Mystics’ playoff games). It’s a first for the agency.

The budget is $1.98 billion, a 2 percent spending increase from this year, despite the revenue losses predicted as a result of the flat weekend fare and longer hours, the Post reports. The budget projects an $8.4 million spending gap which Wiedefeld did not tell the Post how he plans to fill.

This story has been updated with a statement from Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure Lucinda Babers.