The following statement is from DC Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6), chair of the Council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment, related to the transition plan for the end of the DC Circulator. 

“This transition plan is better late than never, but it still leaves riders without a bus and drivers without a job. Based on what’s been shared, I’m frustrated that DDOT seems to have put more effort into improved headways for riders between Rosslyn and Georgetown than for riders living near Anacostia, Southwest, Eastern Market, or other routes. Long-term, we’ll need to see WMATA’s Better Bus project pick up most of the lost service. But in the short term – despite having more than a year to plan for a successful transition – it feels like we’re looking at a plan thrown together in the last couple of months that will leave students, residents, and workers without the transit they need.”