He'll see the worn-out infrastructure right here where he lives," said Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat who's the District of Columbia's delegate in Congress. But his plans have been open-ended and short on specifics, and many Republicans in Congress are not eager to approve large-scale infrastructure spending. The system changes its schedule on Inauguration Day, opening earlier than usual and running trains at rush-hour levels throughout the day. But in 2009 — when 1.8 million people attended President Barack Obama's first inauguration — Metro was in much better shape. Republicans in Congress have been hostile to the suggestion of more federal dollars, saying Metro's problems result from poor management.

Source: New York Times January 15, 2017 13:07 UTC