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DDOT plans to end existing DC Streetcar operations in 2027; agency funds limited SOGR work and a study for alternatives
Summary
Director Sharon Kirschbaum told the Council committee DDOT plans to end current streetcar operations in summer 2027 aligned with contract expiration, will fund limited state-of-good-repair work in the near term and participate in a $2 million RFK-area transportation study to explore East-West transit alternatives.
DDOT Director Sharon Kirschbaum told the Committee on Transportation and the Environment that the departments current plan is to end the existing DC streetcar operations in the summer of 2027, aligning the shutdown with contract expiration.
"The current plan is to end street car operations in the summer of 2027," Kirschbaum said. She described a two-year timeline that would ideally keep service "status quo through '27" while DDOT executes a study of alternatives.
Budget and near-term maintenance The FY26 capital program reduces funding for the streetcar project substantially. Kirschbaum said the proposal cuts the primary streetcar capital authorization from roughly $37.6 million across the CIP to about $6.0 million, with $3.0 million budgeted in each FY26 and FY27 to preserve…
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