Testimony & Letters

Testimony: DDOT Performance Oversight Hearing

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With new leadership at DDOT, empowered by the Mayor, we have the opportunity to capitalize on the sound planning the agency has done over the last year. We ask that the Committee work with DDOT to ensure that the following priorities are implemented this year.

Testimony at Oversight Hearing on Dept of Housing and Community Development

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We appreciate that the DC Council and Mayor Bowser have made the affordable housing crisis a top priority. The precipitous loss of low priced housing, and the significant rise in households burdened by housing costs are distressing trends, but they can be addressed.

Testimony to restore capital funding to the Bicycle Pedestrian Priority Areas

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While Bicycle Pedestrian Priority Areas were first created 20 years ago by state legislation, the program has been slow to start. Now, as driving has begun to decline in the county over the last decade and rates of walking, cycling, and transit use in the county have been on the

Comments on Seven Corners Plan, Sears Site, and the Future of Fairfax

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The development proposals for Seven Corners and the Sears site, when combined with improved transit connections and an improved street network, will attract professionals and a diversity of incomes, while improving the look and feel of Route 7, enhancing property values throughout the area.

Testimony to WMATA Board Regarding FY2016 Budget

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This is why we so strongly support Metro's rehabilitation programs and Metro Momentum, beginning with the investment in 8-car trains and downtown station capacity. It's also why we -- and 80% of those you polled -- support increasing state and local investment to meet Metro's full operating budget shortfall, rather than include $46 million in fare increases and service cuts.