The D.C. Water and Sewer Authority is set to do something it has never done before: Host a series of town hall meetings, co-hosted by D.C. Council members, to discuss water issues with the public. Tired of that chlorine smell? Still confused about lead pipe replacement? Wondering when the hydrant on your block will be repaired? Stop by one of these meetings, where WASA officials will be on hand to answer your questions. Wards…
The median on Pennsylvania Ave. would become a bike lane separated from traffic by plastic barriers under a proposal from DDOT. Photo by Joe Danielewicz. By DCist Contributor Joe Danielewicz Residents are invited to a public meeting tonight to learn about a series of proposed new bike lanes on five major roads in downtown D.C., part of the city’s broader effort to be more bike friendly. Officials from the District Department of Transportation will…
Photo by thisisbossi Metro’s board members heard testimony from well over 100 people Wednesday night as they prepare to vote today on how to close an additional $16 million of the transit agency’s 2010 budget gap. While opinions certainly differed on the best way to go about shoring up Metro’s finances, most of those who testified said they would prefer to pay a little bit more than see the system offer less service. The…
Photo by philliefan99 It looks like national politics junkies who are also transit nerds will be able to avoid making the tough choice tonight between watching the State of the Union address, or showing up for WMATA’s big public hearing on the emergency budget options currently before the Metro board. The Metro hearing begins tonight at 5:30 p.m. (at Metro Headquarters, 600 Fifth Street NW), and God willing, it won’t go on past 9…
Photo by moworld Rumors flew wildly Wednesday night that Metro’s board would decide today to go ahead and make major service cuts in an effort to trim its budget deficit. Among the proposals: 30-minute headways on most Metrorail lines after 9:30 p.m. But the reality of today’s board meeting, as the Washington Post details, was that members were hard pressed to push forward on major service cuts, instead preferring a plan that would raise…
It was obviously pre-planned, but the ongoing D.C. Council hearing on the same-sex marriage bill just had a little awwww moment. D.C. resident and local architect Andy Rollman started it out with his testimony, during which he explained that he’s been a happily single gay man all of his life, up until recently. “Three months ago, I met Andrew Hertzberg,” Rollman, who is in his 50s, said. “It was love at first sight.” And…
WMATA has already held public forums in both D.C. and Virginia on the choices it is facing in FY2011, and now Marylanders will get their turn. Two forums have been scheduled in the state, one on Tuesday, November 3 at Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, and another on Wednesday, November 18 at Prince George’s Community College in Largo. Both meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and include an opportunity for public comment. More details…
I only made it through watching about 3 1/2 hours of Monday’s D.C. Council hearing on the same-sex marriage bill before I had to call it a night, and the majority of speakers I heard supported the legislation. Gay, straight, and religious leaders alike came forward to share moving personal stories about what it would mean for the longtime committed same-sex couples in their lives to finally be able to marry. But there were plenty…
The D.C. Council Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary’s hearing on the same-sex marriage bill is going on now, and you can watch it live online. Today’s hearing has 100 speakers scheduled to testify for 3 minutes apiece, and will continue on Monday, Nov. 2, when another 168 people are scheduled to speak….
Photo by M.V. Jantzen As we wrote this morning, Monday’s going to be a long day for members of the D.C. Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, as they hear public testimony on the same-sex marriage bill. The committee has since released the list of witnesses for Monday – all 100 of them. At three minutes a pop, we’re looking at five hours of public testimony, starting at 3:30 p.m. Factor in…
