BID Transportation Working Group Update


 

At the Georgetown Business Improvement District meeting on Sept. 15, the Transportation Working Group updated the community on a number of projects relevant to the neighborhood. First up, the working group updated BID on negotiations with the District Department of Transportation around subsidizing Circulator trips from Union Station and K Street NW to Georgetown. BID expects free service to start in the spring. Next, BID discussed DDOT’s environmental assessment process in Georgetown for streetcars. BID expressed support for an engineering solution that could extend service to Georgetown University. In addition, BID presented consolidated community support for a 2028 plan that would bring Metro to Georgetown by splitting the blue line, building two or more stops in Georgetown and creating a new tunnel under the Potomac. BID also announced that it is nearly finished studying an aerial gondola that would run from Georgetown to Rosslyn. The aerial gondola could be constructed in one year, BID reported. Lastly, the Circulator line that runs between Dupont Circle and Rosslyn will expand service to U Street. The Circulator that runs between Union Staton and Georgetown will also expand, up to the area around the National Cathedral. Another extension will bring the Circulator to the National Mall.

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