<div dir="auto">Quick questions:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I understand the city budget is very tight. Is it correct to assume that removing bus lanes would save money? </div><div dir="auto">And, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If yes, is this a money saving effort that may create funding for the Conn Ave bike lanes that you and Mr Frumin put back into the city budget request last week? <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And, </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you had to prioritize a tight budget, would you prioritize buses in your Ward or bike lanes and why? </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 9:21 PM Charles Allen <<a href="mailto:charles@charlesallenward6.com">charles@charlesallenward6.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks David! Last year, when WMATA rolled out their Better Bus initial plans, I held a series of meetings and feedback sessions to help push WMATA to do better. That led to this letter I submitted to WMATA to make changes: <a href="https://www.charlesallenward6.com/read_cm_allen_s_letter_to_wmata_on_ward_6_better_bus_routes" target="_blank">https://www.charlesallenward6.com/read_cm_allen_s_letter_to_wmata_on_ward_6_better_bus_routes</a>. Now that they're out with their revised plans, I'll do the same again and this route will be a focal point (along with others). I'll add you to the list for those emails and updates, and welcome the feedback so that we can fight for the type of bus connections our neighborhood needs.<div><br></div><div>Charles<div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Charles Allen</font></div><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Email: <a href="mailto:callen@dccouncil.gov" target="_blank">callen@dccouncil.gov</a><br>Website: <a href="http://www.CharlesAllenWard6.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.CharlesAllenWard6.com</a></font></div><div><font size="1">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/CharlesAllen" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/CharlesAllen</a></font></div><div><font size="1">Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/charlesallendc" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/charlesallendc</a></font></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 8:45 PM D H <<a href="mailto:davidwholmes@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidwholmes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">This has happened before. ANC 6A vigorously opposed the loss of bus lines that served east DC and Capitol Hill. Like the current effort to cut service for hospital and senior housing workers and patient families, a proposal was advanced to economize at the expense of those who provide food, janitorial services and basic health needs of patients. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Essential services provided by those who cannot afford a car or a second car for two-earner families. The proposed change, then and now, would have cut or eliminated convenient and essential (both early and late shifts) bus service. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">These buses provide essential transportation to Metro and, along their route, directly serve the hospitals and senior centers. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My wife and I have used the work of house cleaners, health care worker s, physical therapists, etc when we've been ill. They mostly used the bus lines to get to our home.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The ANCs won then. Metro needs to once again serve the needs of all the people of DC, not just the wealthy and middle class but those who make things work and who provide essential care and cleaning services. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">David Holmes</div></div></div>
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