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District Department of Transportation director Gabe Klein is set to meet with the public tonight to provide an update on the epically delayed plans for a streetcar line along H Street NE. The project is the second of two stalled streetcar plans, the other along South Capitol Street in Anacostia. In advance of tonight's big meeting, which is being co-hosted by Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 5B, 6A and 6C, the Washington Business Journal's Jonathon O'Connell provides a preview.

Gabe Klein isn't "acting" anymore. The D.C. Council today unanimously confirmed Mayor Fenty's pick to replace Emeka Moneme as director of the District Department of Transportation. Klein, who most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of healthy snack cart business On the Fly and previously was vice president of Zipcar, had been acting director since January 1.

The beginning of spring is the time of year when potholes pop up on city streets the most; asphalt expanding and contracting with fluxuating temperatures lead directly to cracks and gaps in our roads. So it's no big surprise that new acting director of the District Department of Transportation, Gabe Klein, today announced this year's pothole filling blitz alongside Mayor Adrian Fenty. That Fenty and Klein decided to rename this year's program "Potholepalooza" is, however, plenty funny. We assume the 'palooza part is necessary to combat the oncoming Potholepocalypse. Can DCist start suggesting other names for city government programs, too? How about a summertime Ratastrophe initiative as part of the District's War on Rats?