Earlier this month, ANC 7E passed a resolution of support for the full streetcar extension to the Benning Road Metro, and requested that the Mayor and DC Council ensure that the extension receives full funding in the 2022 budget. The resolution argues that the extension is a transit-equity issue, stating that “public transportation is a shared public benefit but can only function as such when it’s shared with all neighborhoods.”
The resolution comes at the heels of an open letter that some Ward 7 leaders circulated (including one of this article’s authors) in honor of transportation equity day and in honor of Rosa Parks’ birthday on February 4 which also called for funding the streetcar to Benning Road Metro.