INTERVIEW – JACK EVANS – DC COUNCILMEMBER AND DC METRO BOARD CHAIRMAN

Jack Evans Represents Ward 2 of Washington, D.C. since 1991, Evans is the D.C. Council’s longest serving lawmaker and serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Federal takeover of Metro? Board chairman’s proposal triggers debate but has some support. Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans urged a federal takeover of the transit system Wednesday, instantly triggering a regionwide debate over what would be a drastic step to solve the agency’s financial and management problems. Evans’s call for a federal control board with “extraordinary powers” to run Metro drew a surprisingly positive response from several leading elected officials and former Metro board members. Virginia’s transportation chief and the chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors were open to the idea.