Via DDOT.

Via DDOT.

Cyclists would be permitted to share the road with streetcars, under a new set of proposed regulations released today.

Regulations released in September proposed limiting cycling on H Street NE and Benning Road to lanes without streetcar tracks. On H Street, that would mean cyclists would have to operate in the inside lanes.

But updated regulations, open to comment for the next 15 days, no longer include that language, a change noted by the District Department of Transportation’s director, Matthew Brown.

It’s still unclear when passenger service will begin on the 2.2-mile streetcar line, the first of what may be a delayed 22-mile system. Whenever that happens, fares will not be collected at first, according to the Post.

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