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DDOT Streetcar Public Outreach Tour

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DDOT will be holding open houses in all 8 wards to “engage residents and businesses in the implementation of improvements proposed for the transit system for the city, including streetcars.”

Schedule (All meetings run from 7:00-8:30pm)

Ward 6:  Thursday, October 22, 2009
J.O. Wilson Elementary, 660 K Street, NE

Ward 1: Monday, October 26, 2009
Columbia Heights Education Campus, 3101 16th Street, NW

Ward 4: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Brightwood Elementary, 1300 Nicholson Street, NW

Ward 2: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Hyde Elementary, 3219 O Street NW

Ward 7: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Thomas Elementary, 650 Anacostia Avenue, NE

Ward 8: Monday, November 2, 2009
Savoy Elementary, 2400 Shannon Place, SE

Ward 5: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Luke Moore Academy , 1001 Monroe Street, NE

Ward 3: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Stoddert Elementary, 4001 Calvert Street, NW

Topics of discussion will be the progress on DC’s first two streetcar lines (H Street NE and Anacostia) , and updated plans for future streetcar lines, as well as other future transit investments. Its likely that the information presented an updated version of the results of DDOT’s 2004 DC’s Transit Future Study, which is posted online.

Try to make at least one of the meetings if you can. Streetcars have huge potential to reshape the city, just as Metro did 3 decades ago, so getting feedback from as many residents as possible is important. The Ward 6 and Ward 8 meetings should be especially interesting, as these two wards will host the first two streetcar lines, and will likely be filled with residents with a lot to say.