Here’s what Greater Greater Washington, the DC Transportation Equity Network, and the DC Sustainable Transportation Coalition, had to say about DC’s housing, transportation, planning, economic development, public works, and health agencies, plus WMATA, at the Council’s recent performance oversight hearings.
Last week, the Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee held a confirmation hearing for Mayor Muriel Bowser’s appointment of Everett Lott as DDOT Director. Here is why GGWash and DCST support Lott’s appointment.
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Last summer, the unthinkable GGWash event happened in the middle of an unthinkable year: our founder David Alpert announced he was planning to depart the organization. Our team was sad to lose him. David built GGWash from the ground up along with a dedicated group of early volunteers with a shared vision for the region. But we appreciated his wise recognition that, in a changing landscape for urbanism, the region and funding, it was the right time for new leadership to help us chart our path forward. In the fall when David stepped down, our attention turned to one question: