Several D.C. Council members raised questions about the plan this week, days after the mayor organized support for the competing K Street Transitway project.
Metro board members said Thursday they oppose a plan that would make bus service free in the District, aligning themselves with a competing project as city and Metro leaders chart a path forward during a pandemic that has reshaped transit.In sending a letter to D.C. leaders, transit officials also made a rare choice to insert themselves publicly into a five-month political fight between Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and council members over whether to make D.C.
Bowser has opposed making Metrobus service free in the city, citing the costs and a need for more analysis, while supporting a K Street Transitway project that would dedicate bus lanes along downtown’s main east-west artery. Most members of the D.C. Council argued the project was outdated during the pandemic era, opting for subsidized bus service for riders as the best use of city money.
Allen first pitched the idea in March 2020 on the steps of City Hall, initially proposing that all D.C. residents receive $100 a month in SmarTrip fare credit. Two weeks later, the proposal was shelved as city leaders focused on a pandemic that rose the profile of public transit, which shuttled low-income and essential workers to jobs as many others worked from home.
Bowser lobbied council members to vote against the proposal last year, saying it needed more cost analysis. D.C.'s chief financial officer then told council members in February that the city’s financial fortunes had shifted and the city wasn’t projected to have enough money to fund the program. “I think that what you’re really going to see are Virginia and Maryland board members trying to decide what the District is allowed to do,” Allen said.
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