All of these sessions are scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m., at these places and dates: The Tuesday afternoon one is at Rosslyn station, then on Wednesday, it’s Fort Totten Station, and on Thursday, it’s Anacostia station.

The main event is the public hearing, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Metro headquarters, 600 Fifth St. NW in the District. The nearest Metrorail stations are Gallery Place and Judiciary Square. The nearby Metrobus routes are: 70, 74, 79, 80, D6, P6, X2, X9. If you get there at 6 p.m., you’ll be in time for an information session with transit staff and board members that precedes the formal public hearing. If you want to sign up to speak at the hearing, send an email to: speak@wmata.com.

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The Metro budget for the fiscal year starting in July doesn’t include any fare increases or service cuts, the usual reasons for holding a public hearing, but the Metro board wanted to do this anyway. There are some changes in the budget that would affect customer service. They include:

Providing a grace period for free exit. This is a big one with Metrorail riders. This get out of jail free option will mean that if you enter a station and then suddenly become aware of a big delay ahead, you will have 15 minutes to go back out through the fare gates at that station without paying the basic charge.

Eliminate the add-value feature on Metrobuses. While the free-exit plan for Metrorail is going to be very popular, this bus proposal may get mixed reviews. It’s about eliminating the fare box feature that allows riders to add value to their SmarTrip cards. This is convenient for bus riders who lack other options for adding value to the plastic cards, but it sometimes causes delays for the other passengers boarding.

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New passes. The transit staff has been working on developing new options for bus and rail passes that could improve customer satisfaction (see the chart at the top of the posting) and expand the total number of customers. One plan is to include a free bus pass with a rail pass. The most likely version would add free bus service to Metro’s seven-day short trip rail pass. Another is to create a discount student pass for participating universities.

But you can take these opportunities to ask about anything you like related to Metro’s operating and capital budgets, like, “Where’s my eight-car train?”