DC Council's Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on 10/26 on a trio of bills from @brianneknadeau: The Access to Home Amendment Act of 2023 (B25-0258), Trick-or-Streets AA/2023 (B25-0283), and Prioritizing People in Planning AA/2023 (B25-0296).
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/downloads/LIMS/53141/Hearing_Notice/B25-0296-Hearing_Notice1.pdf?Id=177065
To testify, sign up by the close of business October 24 at https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hearings/132 — if you can't testify on Oct. 26, you can submit written testimony at that address until COB November 10. (1/)
Finally, and (at least to me) most excitingly, the Prioritizing People in Planning AA/2023 would "prohibit the use of level of service as a metric for transportation projects" & require DDOT to adopt "alternative metrics that account for transit users, pedestrians, cyclists, …and change in [VMT]".
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B25-0296
Car LOS is an outdated metric that led directly to many of our massively oversized superroads where the greatest numbers of people, esp. pedestrians, die. Let's bury it.
The Access to Home AA/2023 changes regs for reserved accessible parking (DCMR 18-2710) to grant spaces to those who have off-street parking that isn't accessible + allow an accessibility grant program (DC Code § 7–551.01) to cover making off-street marking accessible.
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B25-0258
The Trick-or-Streets bill would create a "Halloween safety streets" program to let residents close streets to traffic on Oct. 31 in order to facilitate trick-or-treating safely.
https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/B25-0283