Providing Safe & Accessible Transportation

We need a visionary plan for transportation in our city, not just reactive, piecemeal changes after a preventable loss of life. When we make dedicated investments in accessibility, sustainability, and safety, DC will become a model jurisdiction for safe streets, affordable public transportation, and environmental efficiency.

As Mayor my priorities will be:

Ensuring Pedestrian Safety

• Redesign roads with a history of traffic violence and make structural changes to move Vision Zero from a slogan to a reality.
• Prioritize sidewalk and crosswalk repairs and ensure all DC sidewalks and crossings are ADA compliant. 
• Direct the District Department of Transportation to prioritize pedestrian safety in expenditures and projects.
• Ensure the proper infrastructure is in place to allow students to safely walk or bus to school.
• Use the full force and leverage of the Mayor’s office to fight for ticket reciprocity with surrounding jurisdictions. 
• Suspend licenses of dangerous drivers with repeated speeding violations.
• Support existing bills prioritizing safe streets, including:
  • Walk Without Worry Amendment Act of 2021
  • Safe Routes to School Expansion Regulation Amendment Act of 2021
  • Upgrading Tactical Safety Projects Amendment Act
  • Prioritizing People in Planning Amendment Act
  • Speed Management on Arterials Signage Amendment Act

Building a Safe and Connected Network of Bike Lanes

• Prioritize the construction of bike lanes and complete the protected, connected bike network, prioritizing low stress routes.
• Defer to safety experts at DDOT on where and how protected bicycle lanes and intersections need to be placed. 
• Hold DC agencies, utilities, and contractors accountable to laws requiring safe accommodations for pedestrians and cyclists due to construction.

Making Bus Service Reliable and Affordable

• Expand bus lanes to speed up bus service
• Focus on frequency of bus service to ensure that the bus is a reliable mode of transportation and that wait-times do not decrease ridership. 
• Improve the accessibility and reliability of public transit east of the Anacostia river to ensure transit equity across the city
• Ensure that newly purchased non-emergency DC government vehicles, school buses and other fleet vehicles are electric and that at least half of the Metrobus fleet operating in the District is electric by 2030.
• Require that all DC-run public transportation improve how we accommodate people with disabilities, including raised bus platforms on the sidewalk for wheelchair accessibility.