(Washington, DC) – Today, at 4 pm, Mayor Muriel Bowser will showcase plans to design and build the K Street Transitway, a major streetscape project on K Street NW with dedicated bus lanes, enhanced bicycle accessibility, and safer pedestrian intersections.
Mayor Bowser’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget proposal allocates $122.1 million for the project. The project would improve bus speeds by 30 percent for an estimated 40,000 daily bus passengers.
The Mayor’s budget proposal contains other critical transportation investments, including $4.7 million to hire a new bike lane parking enforcement team and $16.1 million to make the zero-fare DC Circulator policy permanent and to expand the system’s routes into Ward 7.
When:
Wednesday, April 24, at 4 pm
Who:
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Jeff Marootian, Director, District Department of Transportation
Leona Agouridis, Executive Director, Golden Triangle BID
Neil Albert, President and CEO, DowntownDC BID
Colleen Hawkinson, Executive Director, Dupont Circle BID
Where:
Farragut Square
17th Street and K Street, NW
*Closest Metro Stations: Farragut North and Farragut West Stations*
Parking will be available to media upon request. All reporters and other media interested in attending the event are asked to RSVP to [email protected]. To view the event online, visit mayor.dc.gov/live or tune in on Channel 16 (DCN).