Mayor Muriel E. Bowser condemned the D.C. Council's plan to pay for free bus service by defunding a long-planned downtown transit project.
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Monday criticized the D.C. Council’s plan to pay for free Metrobus service at the expense of a long-planned downtown transit project that she said is critical to rejuvenating the downtown corridor amid uncertainty about the city’s financial outlook.
Bowser on Monday said the transit project is critical to revitalizing the city’s struggling downtown corridor, a key economic driver that was significantly hurt by the pandemic. The transformation of K Street, she said, would help to lure back workers during a rise in telework while creating a setting for more housing downtown.
Council member Charles Allen , the lead sponsor of the free bus program, had vowed to find money for free bus service and insert it into the council’s proposed fiscal year 2024 budget, which will receive a vote in June. Last week, Allen announced a proposal that would allocate $153 million over four years — roughly $39 annually — for Metro for D.C., taking from the $116 million earmarked for the K Street Transitway and $10.3 million in recurring operating funds designated for public works.
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