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DDOT trims bus-priority pace but keeps Georgia Avenue and bikeshare investments in FY26 plan
Summary
The FY26 proposal shifts the pacing of DDOTs bus-priority work rather than abandoning it, while the mayor's plan continues capital support for Capital Bikeshare and bike network expansion, officials told the Council committee.
DDOT testified that bus-priority funding and the timing of projects will be "rightsized" in the FY26 CIP, with the agency re-prioritizing projects to match staff bandwidth and the effects of WMATA's Better Bus Network redesign.
Director Sharon Kirschbaum told the committee DDOT will continue to focus on high-frequency corridors and projects that will most improve bus speed and reliability. The FY26 CIP includes $56,500,000 over the capital improvement plan to continue delivering bus-priority projects, she said.
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