[Ebbc-Talk] DDOT needs to start delivering on its promises Washington Post Opinion David Alpert

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ddot-needs-to-start-delivering-on-it=
s-promises/2013/11/15/784be872-4b0b-11e3-9890-a1e0997fb0c0_story.html

> The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) promised to complete a n=
umber of important projects by now or by the end of this year. Quick quiz: =
Can you identify which of these have met or will meet the promised deadline=
?=85

> The answer:  None of the above.  DDOT has delayed or given up on all of t=
hese promises. This wasn=92t a case of the agency coming up short because i=
t set overly ambitious timetables. With the exception of the streetcar proj=
ect, which has advanced under something of an artificial, politically inspi=
red deadline, DDOT set conservative goals and failed to meet even those...

> Nor is any of this new.  The Washington Area Bicyclist Association critic=
ized DDOT in 2011 for adding only one mile of bike lanes that year, compare=
d to a goal of 10 miles in the city=92s Bicycle Master Plan and 6.5 miles t=
hat the agency actually studied and planned. On

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