Transportation and the Environment

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PERFORMANCE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE Bicycle Advisory Council Multimodal Accessibility Advisory Council Pedestrian Advisory Council and District Department of Transportation Friday, February 9, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Virtual Hearing via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.html https://www.facebook.com/CMcharlesallen AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY a. Public Witnesses 1 Panel 1 (approximately 9:35 a.m.) 1. Heather Foote, Co-Chair, Pedestrian Advisory Council 2. Jeff Johson, Co-Chair, Bicycle Advisory Council 3. Warren Gorlick, Co-Chair, Bicycle Advisory Council 4. Santiago Lakatos, Commissioner,ANC 1B 5. Aman George, Commissioner, ANC 4D 6. Joe Bishop-Henchman, ANC 5F 7. Zachary Israel, Public Witness 8. Josh Jacobson, Chair, ANC 1E Transportation and Public Spaces Committee 9. Huma Imtiaz, Commissioner, ANC 5E04 10. VJ Kapur, Commissioner, SMD 5C07 Panel 2 (approximately 10:35 a.m.) 11. Janell Pagats, Chair, ANC 3C 12. Elliot Higgins, Public Witness 13. Roberta Shapiro, Commissioner, ANC6A 14. Chuck Elkins, Commissioner, Co-Chairman of ANC3D Transportation Committee 15. Scott Price, Representative, Capitol Hill Village 16. Richard Wetzell, Public Witness 17. Richard Stirba, Public Witness 18. Dale Prince, Public Witness 19. Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network 20. Robert Oliver, Public Witness Panel 3 (approximately 11:25 a.m.) 21. Kelly Collins Choi, Director of Policy & Land Conservation, Casey Trees 22. Tricia Duncan, Chairman, SMD 3D02 23. Rachel Clark, Public Witness 24. George Tsibouris, Public Witness 25. Andrew Heimert, Public Witness 26. Barbara Meeker, Public Witness 27. Louis Santucci, Public Witness 28. Taunya Martin, Public Witness 2 29. Jennifer Thorpe-Lewis, Public Witness 30. Moira Jones, Public Witness Panel 4 (approximately 12:20 p.m.) 31. Angela Brooks, Campus Director of Operations, KIPP DC 32. Gerry Burnett, Public Witness 33. Jared Sussman, Public Witness 34. Nathan Harrington, Executive Director, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, Inc 35. Marc Shaller, Public Witness 36. Moira Jones, Public Witness 37. Kalli Krumpos, Senior Organizing Manager, Capital Trails Coalition 38. Alyssa Proudfoot Siegel, DC Organizer, Washington Area Bicyclist Association 39. Pat Bahn, Public Witness 40. Alex Baca, D.C. Policy Director, Greater Greater Washington Panel 5 (approximately 1:15 p.m.) 41. Rebecca Miller, Executive Director, DC Preservation League 42. Andrew Breza, Public Witness 43. Ezra Deutsch-Feldman, Public Witness 44. Ashwin Jagannathan, Public Witness 45. Barry Karas, Public Witness 46. Shirley Rivens Smith, President, North Woodridge 47. Josh Rising, Member, Ward 3 Bicycle Advocates 48. Deborah Shapley, President, Restore Mass Ave 49. Artilie Wright, Public Witness 50. Chelsea Van Thof, Public Witness Panel 6 (approximately 2:10 p.m.) 51. Max Ewart, Public Witness 52. Ricki Peltzman, Public Witness 53. Greg Akerman, President, Baltimore-DC Building Trades 54. Steve Lanning, Former Business Manager/Consultant, LiUNA Local 11 55. Kunta Bedney, Organizer, Brotherhood of Carpenters 56. Kai Hall, Coordinator, DC Transportation Equity Network 3 57. Trupti Patel, Public Witness 58. Nicholas DelleDonne, Member, DC Safe Streets Coalition 59. Carolyn Gehrig-Cook, Public Witness 60. Lee Mayer, President, Save Connecticut Ave Panel 7 (approximately 3:00 p.m.) 61. Elizabeth Crafford , Public Witness 62. Rochelle Gray, Public Witness 63. Aru Sahni, Commissioner, ANC 5F 64. Robin Watkins, Public Witness 65. Trey Sherard, Riverkeeper, Anacostia Riverkeeper 66. Benjamin Laurenson, Public Witness 67. Gregory Billing, Transportation Director, Georgetown BID 68. Michael Matthews , Public Witness 69. Brooke Bernold, Public Witness 70. Gail Fast, Public Witness Panel 8 (approximately 3:45 p.m.) 71. Maya Martin Cadogan, Executive Director and Founder, PAVE 72. Kerry Savage, Director of Policy and Advocacy, PAVE 73. Tyesha Andrews, Parent Leader, PAVE 74. Jocelynn Johnson, Public Witness 75. Matt LaFortune, Chair, ANC 6B Transportation Committee 76. Marvin Brown, Co-founder, Ward 8 Bike Alliance 77. Joyce Robinson-Paul, Commissioner, ANC 5E01 78. Jennifer Lewis, Public Witness 79. Amber Gove, Chair, ANC6A 80. Matthias Paustian, Public Witness Panel 9 (approximately 4:30 p.m.) 81. Ashley Ruff, Commissioner, ANC 7F02 82. Lea Johnson, Board of Directors Member, Friends of DC Streetcar 83. Michael Havlin, President & Board Member, Friends of the DC Streetcar 84. Gordon Chaffin, Member, Friends of the Metropolitan Branch Trail 4 85. William Washburn, Chair, Environmental and Climate Justice Committee NAACP Washington DC Branch 86. Mike Litt, Sustainable Transportation Chair, Sierra Club DC Chapter 87. Malvina Gasco, Member, Friends of South Dakota Avenue NE 88. Sherin Koshy, Stewarding Committee Member, Friends of South Dakota Avenue NE 89. Rebecca Miller, Executive Director, DC Preservation League 90. Aileen Nowlan, Public Witness Panel 10 (approximately 5:15 p.m.) 91. Jeffrey Rueckgauer, Public Witness 92. Kunta Bedney, Council Representative, Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters 93. Charles Denney, Public Witness 94. Thomas Mangrum, Public Witness 95. Moira Jones, Public Witness 96. Gregory Akerman, President, Baltimore/DC-Metro Building Trades Unions 97. Stella Tarnay, Co-founder and Executive Director, Capital Nature 98. Annie Acosta, Public Witness 99. Matthew Girardi , Political and Communications Director, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 100. Anthony David, Public Witness Panel 11 (approximately 5:55 p.m.) 101. Kathy Henderson, Commissioner and 5D Court Watch Coordinator, ANC 5D06 102. Kishan Putta, Commissioner, ANC 2E 103. Delores Bushong, Member, Langdon Park Forest Stewards 104. Steven Harrell, Public Witness 105. Taylor Terry, Public Witness 106. Mark Maves, Public Witness 107. Martine Combal, Public Witness 108. Ben Bahn, Public Witness 109. Stephen Kenny, Public Witness 110. Peter Harnik, Public Witness 5  Panel 12 (approximately 6:30 p.m.) 111. Adam Prinzo, Commissioner, ANC 3C02 112. Toleathia Green, Public Witness 113. Monte Edwards, Trustee, Committee of 100 on the Federal City 114. Paula Edwards, Commissioner ANC4A01 115. Reggie Donaldson, Public Witness 116. Laura Phinizy, Member, Streetlight Advisory Panel IV. BRIEF RECESS b. Government Witness (approximately 7:00 p.m.) 1. Sharon Kershbaum, Interim Director, District Department of Transportation V. ADJOURNMENT 6