DC Circulator Proposed Changes Public Hearing

6:29 pm - 8:34 pm  Wednesday, September 14, 2022 | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Spring Worth, DDOT, DC GOV  Robert Bartolo  Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator  Mark Sussman  DDOT Host  ASL Interpreter  Betty Landesman  Melissa- ASL Interpteter  Heather Foote  DDOT Guest  TPOWELL  Gary Stoddard  Ken Jarboe  Jarred Toups  Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06  Brian Austin  Deborah Monts  Henry  londonn  Call-in User_2 (202246****)  


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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:02:01.814 --> 00:02:17.954
Good evening, thank you for joining us today. Um, we appreciate you taking the time out of your day to be part of this public hearing. Um, I.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:02:17.984 --> 00:02:32.024
We'll like to welcome you on behalf of the district Department of transportation to the 2022 proposed service changes public hearing on September 14, 2022.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:02:35.684 --> 00:02:54.614
Our agenda today, we'll cover some project background general overview timeline of the project. We will talk a little bit about the transit development plan, public outreach as well and then dive into.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:02:54.644 --> 00:03:14.234
Proposed service changes, we'll go through a timeline and an explanation of some of the items that will influence the implementation of the proposed changes based on the feedback that we receive tonight. And throughout the comment period.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:03:15.794 --> 00:03:36.914
And we'll open it up for questions and answers, but we're really here mostly to listen and listen to your feedback throughout this evening. Before we dive in. I want to make sure that you have the tools to be able to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:58.064
To participate effectively during the virtual public hearing and so we will review some basic controls to help you be able to participate in the best, possible way. This note this is an open meeting as is required by D. C. code. 25780.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:06:49.304 --> 00:07:07.814
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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:08:11.025 --> 00:08:31.215
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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:08:31.634 --> 00:08:32.774
Of the presentation.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:08:35.443 --> 00:08:54.554
And with that, we will proceed now with starting our meeting and sharing some information that led to the proposed changes that we're sharing with you today. The transit development plan is.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:08:55.755 --> 00:08:59.625
That the DC circulator programmed us every 3 years.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:09:01.515 --> 00:09:22.365
Focus on recommending expansions of service as well as evaluating opportunities for improvements to the existing service. Um, whether that's operational or to enhance performance, the trends of development plan that was released on April, 20.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:09:22.394 --> 00:09:43.514
2022 was the transit development then 2020, and this can focus on the expansion of the circulator toward 7 and proposes opportunities for improvements to the circulator system operations and performance or the overall system.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:09:45.104 --> 00:10:04.064
This process started in 2020, January 2020, and it has extended due to impacts through the planning process by the pandemic. The project was this planning process is heavily.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:10:05.354 --> 00:10:24.494
Influenced by public outreach, which was impacted, it's really pandemic, but it normally follows, um, very similar process since 2014, which was the 1st, transit development pen that was released for circulator. It focuses on data collection.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:10:25.845 --> 00:10:34.485
Which extended throughout the initial period of the project from January all the way into the fall of 2020.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:10:35.715 --> 00:10:44.115
We're able to conduct some public outreach that provided some data and then additional technical.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:10:47.025 --> 00:11:07.965
Information that was gathered that allowed us to begin to evaluate the system as it was operating at the time previous to the pandemic as well as it began to conduct an alternative analysis of potential connections around ward 7.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:11:08.119 --> 00:11:28.964
Implement the new route we then transition to preliminary recommendations on a draft of the transit development plan that was released in the spring of 2021 where thankfully, we were able to begin to conduct more outreach.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:11:29.354 --> 00:11:50.264
Some of the effects of the pandemic began to be addressed and the city began to open as vaccinations became available in that draft. We submitted a preliminary recommendation of a route for 7.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:11:50.564 --> 00:12:10.814
Well, as preliminary recommendations for system improvements that we wanted to share with the public and focus our feedback on that outreach, extend it from the spring all the way again, to the fall of 2021 and.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:12:11.685 --> 00:12:32.535
That the team then went through that information and proceed it to provide final recommendations on a draft that was released recently to the public that document it's available on our website. It goes more in depth into.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:12:33.345 --> 00:12:53.715
Everything that was evaluate it, and I'll in the next few slides talk a little bit more about the outreach and a little bit more about what we heard from the public right now, in the timeline, as you can see, we have released the document there's a public period now.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:12:54.014 --> 00:13:14.894
Or comments, which has led us to this public hearing, or the 2 proposed changes that the agency would like to move forward with. And then there will be a period of preparation for implementation based on the feedback that we receive from the public. In this slide. I won't dive too much like.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:13:15.105 --> 00:13:35.805
Walk everyone through some of the timeline in the previous slide. This has some dates. This presentation will be made available also to the public. But I do want to highlight in particular. The projects that are happening that will support.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:13:36.254 --> 00:13:44.834
The implementation of 1 of the proposals. Um, and that is the word 7 route. Um, we have.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:13:46.064 --> 00:14:07.184
2 projects side by side that are happening in preparation to the implementation of a route in Ward. 71 is the expansion and capacity to house electric vehicles in our self Capitol street facility. We were able.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:14:07.215 --> 00:14:28.335
To compete the design, or the facility, this August 2022 and that design is in the process of being put out or a construction bit as we speak. And our hope is that we will be.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:14:28.364 --> 00:14:49.424
Able to initiate those improvements this fall and then be able to complete the 1st, phase of the improvements that would allow for the capacity of the facility to house from 14 to 28 vehicles. And.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:14:49.544 --> 00:15:10.634
Accommodate the 14 vehicles that are needed to implement the word separate route parallel to that. The city is also in the process of procuring 14 additional electric vehicles that will serve the board 7 route and those vehicles. Um, we are in the.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:15:10.664 --> 00:15:31.784
Process of evaluating pilot vehicle is normally the 1st vehicle from the built that it's review. That's very typical in bus procurements. Um, there's provisions that we make based on the product that we receive. And then that.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:15:31.789 --> 00:15:52.814
Forms the build of the remaining 13 vehicles, those vehicles are also expected to be received in the city in the summer of 2023 and we might begin to see that those vehicles arriving in the city on June 2023. so those 2 vehicles, those 2 projects.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:15:53.145 --> 00:16:14.085
Right impact the, uh, our ability to launch the service as we are hoping in the summer of 2023. so, um, a little bit of feedback that I wanted to share on the transit development plan, public outreach.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:16:14.234 --> 00:16:34.514
That we weren't able to conduct and that help, um, influence a lot of the information and decisions that recommendations that came about on the transit development plan. We weren't able to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:16:35.264 --> 00:16:56.384
In both our outreach regarding system expansion and our outreach on the system evaluation. So system expansion was to focus on the word. 7 route. We were able to reach 1730.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:16:56.414 --> 00:17:16.484
3 individuals that formally provided feedback, um, this is in addition to feedback that we might have heard also in meetings and then 1456 individuals that contributed feedback on the system evaluation of the existing.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:17:17.538 --> 00:17:38.684
System a lot of this feedback aside from, uh, surveys that we conducted, where it was also provided through conversations with and civic associations as well as virtual focus groups that we conducted.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:17:39.255 --> 00:17:48.135
And some meet the rider events that were, we were able to also have, uh, prior to the pandemic.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:17:51.405 --> 00:18:12.525
Some of what we heard on the focus groups, which was a focus feedback that we, um, undertook specifically for the new board. 7 route came from residents from word 7 and 48 that feedback inform a lot of the planning process in the fall.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:18:12.764 --> 00:18:33.464
Once we propose, um, 7 different alternatives on, um, on how the 7 route could connect either within the route, or to other parts of the city we incorporate it a lot of that feedback and we're able to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:18:34.694 --> 00:18:54.824
Highlight through that process some of the destinations and I will go in depth, but some of of the things that you will see in their outward influence a lot by what we heard in terms of destinations that residents wanted to reach as well.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:18:54.855 --> 00:18:55.635
Us.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:18:57.884 --> 00:19:18.704
That we had identified that had some net transit network gaps so you might have had metro service or access to metro rail but there were areas towards 7 that just didn't have additional connectivity or or increasing in demand for service.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:19:19.004 --> 00:19:21.974
The service that was, there was no longer sufficient.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:19:24.555 --> 00:19:44.505
Through that outreach, like I mentioned in in the spring of 2021, once we release the official draft of the document, we were able to participate in various agency meetings. Um, we had office hours some residents took, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:19:47.084 --> 00:19:55.484
Advantage of that we're having office hours also throughout this process and I'll talk about that later.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:19:57.224 --> 00:20:17.954
We had a text message and email blast campaign, social media campaign, just to let people know the document was out and we were collecting feedback as well as meet the writer pop up events throughout word 7 where there, there's existing bus service, but.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:20:18.704 --> 00:20:37.634
Oh, so there there were writers that could provide very specific feedback. Um, during the fall of 2021, when we had concluded our outreach a lot of the basically proposals were.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:20:39.374 --> 00:21:00.314
By the team, based on what we heard had heard during the 2020 outreach were confirmed, and we then transitioned to advance the preferred alternative from the public, which was 407, the Union station to Dean would route. And that's if you see.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:21:00.885 --> 00:21:19.995
Our proposed, um, proposal for, for that extension that this was the result of of that effort with this said, I'm going to pass on the, uh, my colleague.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:21:23.235 --> 00:21:28.125
Section on describing what the proposed changes are Thank you.

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Jarred Toups 00:21:31.994 --> 00:21:50.804
Thank you. All right. Um, so I'm just going to do a quick overall presentation on the high level, sort of, details and technical information about the 2 recommendations. Um, so the 1st, with these recommendations is stop consolidation on the Georgetown.

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Jarred Toups 00:21:51.135 --> 00:22:01.965
Station rats, uh, this recommendation was 1st proposed in the 2017. um, so the 2020.

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Jarred Toups 00:22:02.414 --> 00:22:23.474
We took the recommendation and just did additional quantitative analysis. Um, so we looked to do stuff consolidation because, um, it can improve productivity, um, running time and reliability when the bus doesn't have to stop quite as often um, the DC circulator.

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Jarred Toups 00:22:23.509 --> 00:22:44.564
Standard is having 4 stops per mile. That's sort of the system wide target that we try to meet with all the routes as we do recommendations. Uh, the current average stop spacing for this route is 4.9 stops trial. Um, so nearly 5. so that's very much the.

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Jarred Toups 00:22:44.684 --> 00:23:05.174
Close to stop spacing of all the routes in the system. So we looked at the routes proposal or sorry? Excuse me? We looked at the stops proposed from the 2017 D, and assess them based off total ridership. Most of them were, um, pretty low in ridership and most of them had nearby stops.

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Jarred Toups 00:23:05.834 --> 00:23:17.444
To where, even if this stop was consolidated, there's another option for that community, uh, very close by. Um, so in total, uh, we're looking to remove 11 stops on this route.

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Jarred Toups 00:23:19.064 --> 00:23:21.164
If we could go forward to the next slide.

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Jarred Toups 00:23:24.884 --> 00:23:43.874
So this is the list of stops that we're removing, uh, for several of these, it's a stop pair. So, both the East and West found at certain intersections, and for a few of these stops, uh, it's just, it was on a part of the route that operates in 1 direction. And if you wanted to look at these more.

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Jarred Toups 00:23:43.880 --> 00:24:04.545
So, uh, the stop list is available on, uh, DC circulars website, um, as well as that same map showing, which stops are being consolidated next slide. Please. So, the other recommendation that, um, we would like to push forward, um, is the new board 7 routes.

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Jarred Toups 00:24:05.324 --> 00:24:26.174
This route was a part of the initial goal goals of the transit development plan for 2020. uh, we were tasked with introducing and restoring service to board 7. so, after the extensive, uh, public engagement and review that survey mentioned a few slides ago, um, we're presenting.

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Jarred Toups 00:24:26.204 --> 00:24:47.294
This new route that connects the dean with Metro station to Union station in the heart of the city. It starts at the Metro, um, runs long Eastern Avenue up to division Avenue runs down division Avenue passed Nancy Allen boroughs Avenue, and makes its way to East capital. After it.

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Jarred Toups 00:24:47.355 --> 00:25:08.475
On the East capital, it serves the building road area and bidding road metro station stops again before crossing the river and also serves the stadium Armory material station, and then continues to operate on East capital street up until it reaches the Capitol and then turns North.

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Jarred Toups 00:25:08.744 --> 00:25:29.624
To meet up at Union station with 3, other of the circulator routes, the red line of, uh, Metro and numerous metro bus routes as well as inner city bus routes. Um, this in total, this route is about 14 and a half miles long and would require, uh, 12 vehicles during.

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Jarred Toups 00:25:29.655 --> 00:25:46.185
Peak period during rush hour, uh, to operate abnormal circulator service and those are the vehicles that, uh, mentioned, uh, the dots is in the process of acquiring and if we could do the next slide.

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Jarred Toups 00:25:48.974 --> 00:26:09.044
In terms of how we came to this final alignment during our market analysis of Ward 7, and where people in words that are trying to go, um, overwhelmingly the general traffic data as well as the transit specific data showed that people were trying to go eastward towards Capitol Hill towards.

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Jarred Toups 00:26:09.254 --> 00:26:16.874
Station and further points westward, heading into the core of the city downtown in a lot of adjacent areas.

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Jarred Toups 00:26:19.215 --> 00:26:40.095
Expands transit to, um, areas that are previously underserved. Um, there's no bus slide running on East capital on the West side of the Anacostia river. So that would be, um, brand new area for transit and it also provides a unique 1 seat ride, um, to Union station. And to Capitol Hill, from the building road.

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Jarred Toups 00:26:40.155 --> 00:26:59.235
For division Avenue and deployed, um, and this is, uh, especially effective because the circulator fares 1 dollar. So this provides another option for getting across Anacostia to Union station. That's a low fair option compared to metro rail.

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Jarred Toups 00:27:01.664 --> 00:27:22.424
When we presented route possibilities towards the public, in the 2nd, round of outreach, uh, we presented 7 alternatives. This was the most popular alternative. It was, um, the 1st choice for 36% of respondents. Um, which is almost triple the next to, uh, most popular.

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Jarred Toups 00:27:23.054 --> 00:27:43.574
And in terms of, uh, being in the top 3 choices, good, this route was either the top or 2nd or 3rd choice for over 60% of survey respondents. Um, it has 12 stops in Ward 7.

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Jarred Toups 00:27:43.604 --> 00:28:04.634
63% of its full stops, and the remaining stops are in Ward 6, and if we could do the final slide. So, um, this route provides a unique, uh, East Coast, East West connection between Ward, 7 and board 6, it supplements the existing um, we'll motto route 97 service.

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Jarred Toups 00:28:04.730 --> 00:28:25.815
Which only runs, um, on peak hours during rush hour and even then that route 97, I don't believe runs this exact alignment. It's a partial overlap. And it also provides a connection between Dean with Metro station. The bending road metro station stadium, army, armory and Union station. Again.

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Jarred Toups 00:28:25.905 --> 00:28:44.415
At the same 1 dollar fair. So this provides another low fair option to connect these stations that does not exist. Um, the full routes, uh, round trip length again, 14 and a half miles. Um, round trip travel time is around 110 minutes.

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Jarred Toups 00:28:46.694 --> 00:29:04.754
And we also looked at key destinations within a quarter mile of the routes, um, including 1, grocery store, multiple shopping centers. Um, 23 schools, and, uh, over 44,000 people and 25,000 jobs are within a quarter mile this route.

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Jarred Toups 00:29:07.454 --> 00:29:10.664
And I think there's another slide. I remember.

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Jarred Toups 00:29:12.945 --> 00:29:18.615
I think we're back to the timeline, which I believe this is where we're going back to you. Correct?

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:29:19.065 --> 00:29:19.755
Yes.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:29:22.394 --> 00:29:42.014
So, uh, that was a summary of our proposed, um, service changes that we will like to move forward with, in 2023 that transit development plan for 2020 also includes more long term recommendations that, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:29:42.044 --> 00:30:03.014
This time we're constrained as a program to implement due to spacing and number of vehicles that a lot of the implementation of some of those recommendations would require. But at this time with this.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:30:03.169 --> 00:30:24.314
To propose changes, we are having a common period, which will extend till September 23 2022. that is not this Friday, but the following Friday. So they're still, there's still time for this information.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:30:24.345 --> 00:30:44.505
To be shared, if you have the opportunity to share it with other members of the community or potential writers that the service could support. So we would love to hear from from you after September 23rd will close the comment period.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:30:45.734 --> 00:31:05.894
We will evaluate the feedback that was received by the public and see how that impacts the proposed changes whether they both could move forward or if there's any additional adjustments or feedback. Um, an example of this could be.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:31:06.884 --> 00:31:27.584
On the bus stop consolidation maybe we don't move with all day 11 stops we move with or with less, but that, um, uh, right, right now that you have the 11 that we're proposing um, and the same with word 7 route, um, there's an opportunity.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:31:27.884 --> 00:31:48.884
To provide feedback 1 last time on the route as well as on the, um, stop star being proposed that that's, you know, you might be okay with the route, but not the stuff that we're proposing, or 1 particular routing of the of the segment of the route. He's shared.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:31:48.944 --> 00:31:51.734
That feedback and those comments with us.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:31:53.294 --> 00:32:13.964
Our hope in the next week week, and a half is to continue to share that information. We've been attending agency meetings and we're at 7 and reaching out to other sections of the city since the service service. The city.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:32:14.384 --> 00:32:25.844
Loud various words, and we're hosting, like, I mentioned, um, information hours.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:32:27.014 --> 00:32:47.954
1, next Saturday, and then another 1, the following Wednesday, um, Saturday will be from 1130 to 130 and then, uh, PM, and then on next Wednesday will be from 12 to 1 aside from that. And we will share this.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:32:48.139 --> 00:33:08.324
The end, there's information that the team will provide for myself as well as a colleague. And I'll speak to that where you can contact us directly as well as provide any comment at any time through our website.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:33:09.464 --> 00:33:12.434
In writing, or via email, or via.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:33:14.929 --> 00:33:36.074
Our hope is that we will, once we obtain this feedback, like I mentioned, we will then go through it make any necessary adjustments and then release what the final proposed changes will be later in the fall. And then we'll move to work with the community on the implementation.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:57.134
1 of the set, uh, proposals with that set. Um, this is again, some of the general information, our next steps of tracking the comments. Like I mentioned again, the comment period ends.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:33:57.705 --> 00:34:17.355
At 1159 0 PM on September 23rd 2022, we will provide a complete summary report of this process on the outreach including the comments. We won't share personal information, but we will share the comments that were provided on the feedback as well as.

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Report of the changes that we will move forward with and then move, um, hopefully to develop and operational implementation plan for the word southern route following the conclusion of of this process.

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So we have, and I think this will be shared on our chat. I think a link, um.

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The our title 6, um, forms, we used to do this in paper. I think if you went to the meetings previously, um, now we as recipients of federal assistance and ongoing programs and activities, um, and public meetings.

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We have to make sure they're conducting compliance with title 6 of the civil rights acts of 1964. and this ensures that throughout this meetings, there's non there's no violation of any of the protected assets under the title.

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Civil Rights Act, this is completely voluntary, but we will appreciate if you can provide this at the end of the meeting, and we'll going to go really quick to the last slide and then, and then go back open it up for any questions or clarifications to the public.

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My name, which I forgot to introduce myself in the very beginning is seriously there. Yes, I am. The deputy associate director for operations that helps oversee the DC. Circulator at the district. Department of transportation. Spring worth is a project manager.

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Our bus planning team at the transit delivery division. She and I have been working alongside the 4 square horse, integrated consulting team to produce this document of the transit development plan the recommendations as well as.

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Working with the community to, uh, out this, uh, proposed changes effort and make sure that we, you have individuals that you can talk to, that you can, uh, share your feedback with. So our information it's here in the presentation.

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Our direct numbers and are direct emails you can feel free to reach out to us. If your question it's not addressed tonight. And or if you have questions, um, you know, following this evening and this will be in the presentation that will be posted on.

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Website, I'll go back to this during the Q and a, um, here yet I'll just leave it here and with that, that's the conclusion of the presentation and we will open it up for questions at this time. Um, see some.

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Questions that were, uh, share on the chat. Um, we will likely, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:37:49.214 --> 00:38:09.614
Share any feedback between Jared and myself, so we might have both of us clarifying or answering any questions. The 1st question share on the chat was for the Georgia Union station. Stop consolidation you consider.

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Eliminating the 13 and K stop instead of the 11th and K stop there will still be convenient stop at 14 K with all the same possible bus transfers without the 1110. K stop. There's a large cap between 13 and 7 without stops.

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Um.

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Do you want to take this question since you guys conducted the field work?

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Jarred Toups 00:38:39.765 --> 00:38:51.825
Yeah, give me just a 2nd, I'll try to pull up the, uh, right map just to make sure that I don't get my stops mixed up. Give me just a minute, um, to get the right data.

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Yeah.

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Well, while he's searching for that, um, just wanted to clarify. A lot of our process is going out.

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Riding the routes as well as doing counts at a lot of this stops the counts, allow us to track boardings and the boardings.

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I'll let Jarrett speak to this, but that will influence some of the that heavily influence. Some of the decisions around how much activity we were seeing insert them stops. Um, but this is a great question. Um.

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Do you want to ready.

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Jarred Toups 00:39:43.304 --> 00:39:55.694
Yes, I'm trying to just try to pull up the right spreadsheet to make sure I'm correct but I'm pretty sure it was a matter of when looking at the individual stop. Right? And ship of the routes we were moving.

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Jarred Toups 00:39:56.804 --> 00:40:14.534
That it was just a question of the 13rd stop saw a lot more ridership at the 11st. K. I'm still trying to find the right spreadsheet to make sure I have the numbers to back that up, but looking at my notes from previous meetings. I'm pretty sure that was the logic behind that decision.

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Okay.

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Jarred Toups 00:40:16.724 --> 00:40:17.504
Sorry.

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It's.

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Jarred Toups 00:40:18.524 --> 00:40:19.094
Okay.

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Okay.

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I think there was a question.

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And, um, I see says, I'm not ignoring you I'm trying to cover through the chat really quick. 1st. Um, I don't know if commissioner, if you want, I didn't see your your question. Um, you wanted to speak about the Robin Washington circle.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:40:50.145 --> 00:40:54.825
I don't know if you, if you wanted to unmute or if you want to provide some additional feedback.

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Or you want us to explain in, in general, any changes around there.

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DDOT Host 00:41:08.984 --> 00:41:11.684
To you should be unmuted now.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:41:14.744 --> 00:41:20.144
Thank you, um, I was trying to also use my.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:41:23.175 --> 00:41:42.495
So, yeah, something that I just wanted to bring up again about Washington circle, um, is the detour for lack of a better term of for the bus to make turning movements on to 20.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:41:42.554 --> 00:42:03.284
21st streets, instead of going through the circle itself, as it does on the West side of the circle really adds to the travel time and travel time variability for the bus. Um, making those left turns. Um, as you all know, just.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:42:04.094 --> 00:42:24.824
It takes, it takes a lot of time, especially if there are a lot of drivers on on the road. And that's usually at the at the time when, you know, the bus needs to be, um, saving time, the most, uh, as opposed to losing more time. And I I know I've spoken to some people at circulator before.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:42:24.855 --> 00:42:45.105
About this mm. Hmm. Um, and just the responses I've gotten seem as though, uh, people I've spoken to didn't fully understand what I was getting at. But essentially, what I was suggesting is that instead.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:42:46.124 --> 00:43:07.094
Later westbound turning left onto 21st street I believe it is. Um, it would actually go into the service line. Westbound make a stop right before Washington circle, then go through the circle um, as it does today.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:43:07.130 --> 00:43:28.185
And then make that same stop that it does today on at 24th. And then the same would be for the same to go for eastbound, um, where the bus would make the stop that it does on the, the West side of the circle continue through the circle. Not turn right on Pennsylvania.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:43:28.544 --> 00:43:49.424
Turn right onto K, make a stop right there on the East side of the circle, and then continued through through to K street from there and just being able to do that would really reduce travel time, travel, time variability. Um, because you're.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:43:49.454 --> 00:44:02.624
Reducing all the turning movements associated with bringing the bus to Pennsylvania app and I understand the idea that you want to get the bus as close to Foggy bottom station as possible. But, um.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:44:05.294 --> 00:44:25.184
Those stops on the East side of the circle wouldn't put people that much further and I think people would be willing to walk or roll the extra feet if it means, that the bus is going to be on time and more reliable is not making unnecessary turning movements.

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Commissioner, I'll, I'll take that, um, you will be very happy to know that you're not the only person suggesting that there's other individuals that are suggesting it, um, 1 of the actual.

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Recommendations from the team that's putting together the, uh, project for the case street transit way also have also brought that to our attention. So that is a recommendation that's being strongly consider. Not only for circulate our service, but also.

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So some of the will model service and, um, so so that's noted, but thank you for sharing it tonight, but it yeah, it is. It is. Um, it is something that, um, we have looked at. There's actually, um.

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Jared, and I had a meeting with the case street team and there's an actual, um, stop. It's not active, but there's a bus stop in that area that you mentioned that in that corner of the, um, of the circle too. So so that's, you know that's great. Because it a, um.

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Have that have this be quicker to implement.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:45:54.884 --> 00:46:06.854
Yeah, no, that would be great. And and again, um, I think at this point, you all know my email address and and contact information. So if you have any more questions feel free to reach out at anytime.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:46:08.084 --> 00:46:08.954
Right Thank you.

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Maxime Devilliers, Commissioner 2F06 00:46:09.494 --> 00:46:09.914
Thank you.

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Jarred Toups 00:46:13.244 --> 00:46:15.014
I found the numbers. Yeah.

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Great.

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Jarred Toups 00:46:15.644 --> 00:46:30.644
To go back to the previous question about 13 versus 11st streets, the, uh, at least in 1 direction I can. I'm pretty sure it's the same both directions. The 13rd street, um, stops on the George charging station. Um.

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Jarred Toups 00:46:31.905 --> 00:46:51.765
100 people more in each direction so it's almost 50% higher ridership or higher yes. Total stop activity compared to the 11st street stops. So that would be, uh, if we were to flip the recommendation, that would have a negative impact or force more people to walk further.

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Jarred Toups 00:46:53.324 --> 00:46:55.694
So that was the logic behind that decision.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:46:59.684 --> 00:47:17.744
Okay, I'm going down through the chat and I was leaving the slides up so people could get the information. I think everyone has the information at this point. So I'm gonna stop sharing and I will start my video.

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And, see me, I will continue going down the questions.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:47:26.625 --> 00:47:47.355
I think, um, get Gary, I think it was next with a question regarding 11 street. 1110 K is about, I don't know if you wanted to elaborate Mr. Gary on on that.

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Comment or.

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Jarred Toups 00:48:01.664 --> 00:48:09.164
He was just knowing that it's not a stop here and now that I'm looking at the map in more detail he's right. It's, uh, only 1 stop at 11. K.

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Okay.

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Jarred Toups 00:48:10.994 --> 00:48:14.804
Okay, yeah, so I think he was just, uh, helping my job for me.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:48:15.764 --> 00:48:18.704
Okay, thank you. Oh.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:48:18.764 --> 00:48:21.914
Okay, our next.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:48:23.984 --> 00:48:29.924
Question confirm Mr. Bartolo right back to.

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This is not a stop location. This is as a system improvement recommendation, or the Eastern market pass around. The street of 4th, Pennsylvania has been an issue on the Eastern market circulator or 4 years. Now there must be a process to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:48:52.605 --> 00:49:03.855
Together with the community and to find a workable solution I know has detailed plan that was rejected by the.

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In 2020, after to your study, and this is in reference for some context for the rest of the of the group are wherein Eastern market pass around terminates on Eastern market. But.

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Due to some of the issues that we have in a lot of the routes in the city um, we have to identify turnaround locations that are, um, safe enough or or the vehicles and the community pedestrians. And so we have been for.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:49:46.184 --> 00:50:06.884
4 years now doing, uh, use, uh, you term movement on 4th, Pennsylvania, South East. This is the turning we'll find out. Mr. Bartolo refers to and some of the issues that Mr Bartolo has highlighted.

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Has impacted him and some other members of the community is, um, some of the loud noises that made by by the vehicles as well as some of the vehicles, um, also that, um, laid over near that space, which it's not allowed. That's an.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:50:28.459 --> 00:50:49.604
Operational issue or circulator, but also by Metro Ramada, this is also an issue that's been raised. And this is just part of the limitations and with the service and just to add additional comment from Mr. Bartolo. I'm just kinda reading from the chat, but I'll let you.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:50:49.634 --> 00:51:10.754
Speak Mr. varicella too. If you want to clarify anything more recently, the proposed move of Eastern market to L. street. 7 street was likewise rejected a year ago by the who claimed they were not notified and let's work together to find a productive route with all the need for you. Turn that will help.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:51:10.784 --> 00:51:31.904
A little ridership discuss in your most recent this, this was actually a great recommendation to if you look at the transit development document. Mr. Bartolo made, which was included, you see that inclusion, which is.

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I mean, a bit farther into that area of Capitol Hill of capital and, um, the national, um, the existing route of Eastern Mark elephant basically making a full loop off the route. Um, this recommendation was included.

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But, like I mentioned earlier in my presentation, we are at this time limited as a program.

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On the ability to continue to expand service beyond that 7 route, um, due to the lack of capacity in our in our facilities, but that that's a different project for, uh, different public meeting that we can share as.

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Look for a permanent home for the DC circulator, um, program, and, uh, can allow us to expand our feet in our service.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:52:37.364 --> 00:52:42.584
I think Mr Bartolo did you want to share anything else?

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Did you want to expand on on your comments?

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DDOT Host 00:52:51.975 --> 00:52:56.775
In the meantime, um, there are 3 hands race that we could swap to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:52:58.275 --> 00:53:01.305
Okay, I can't see that. So.

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Yeah, no worries.

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Jarred Toups 00:53:03.825 --> 00:53:11.625
Um, sorry, just before we get I applied to I saw 2 more questions to chat about the 13rd and I wanted to clarify.

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Jarred Toups 00:53:12.284 --> 00:53:33.074
Um, well, to clarify the numbers I brought earlier, um, Maxine mentioned that has a stop in both directions while limited K is only 1 direction. And if this hadn't effect on the numbers, I reported the numbers I reported of the 13th street. Um, stop having nearly a 100 more riders that's just in the.

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Jarred Toups 00:53:33.169 --> 00:53:54.314
In that direction, so that's comparing 1 stop to 1 stop. Um, so, uh, that's, you know, I'm glad that in that case of no, we're not comparing to the 1, um, in terms of is it worth evaluating adding a westbound 11th street stuff as an alternative? Well, 1, for starters, just with the, uh.

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Jarred Toups 00:53:54.344 --> 00:54:15.314
The recommendations it's, I'm looking at the current, uh, uh, Google Maps, and where the, uh, Georgetown Union station, where the route turns up north on 11st street to get back to K after it makes that left on K. the 1st, available stop is back at 13.

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Jarred Toups 00:54:15.469 --> 00:54:36.284
Streets right before Franklin park and then we weren't really, uh, so to put in a new stop, would actually be having to build a new stop in the new bus pad and require new infrastructure, which was, I think, correct me if I'm wrong sort of outside the scope or.

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Jarred Toups 00:54:37.095 --> 00:54:39.165
Resources available for this recommendation.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:54:40.785 --> 00:54:42.105
That you're correct. Yeah.

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DDOT Host 00:54:48.044 --> 00:54:50.984
Okay, so colon easier 22246.

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Here are now unmuted.

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Anonymous 00:54:56.054 --> 00:55:13.244
I thank you. This is just a general question about circulator, the circulator program, and I'm wondering if there's any plans to work more collaboratively with almada. So that, for example, the bus ETA tool can include circulator.

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Anonymous 00:55:13.364 --> 00:55:16.244
Um, routes, thank you.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:55:18.585 --> 00:55:20.565
We can definitely take that.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:55:21.764 --> 00:55:31.604
That comment it is, it is the same very, very similar system. It's the same system just different customers, but it's, it's, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:55:31.634 --> 00:55:33.824
We can definitely, um.

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Share that.

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Anonymous 00:55:36.824 --> 00:55:55.574
Because right, right now, for example, if I'm somewhere where I have 2 options to get, where I'm going, I can take a Walmart or out 1 way, or I could take a circular circulate around another way and piece, especially, you know, if I'm piecing together 2 different buses anyway, it is really helpful to just have.

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Anonymous 00:55:55.605 --> 00:56:06.975
1 website to go to to see what buses coming most quickly. Um, and that sort of thing, as opposed to trying to open multiple apps to check. When I'm standing at 1 bus stop.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:56:10.154 --> 00:56:15.074
That's great. We will, we will take that back to to the team.

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And share with Metro, there might be a couple of months for people to in the meeting listening.

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That next call.

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DDOT Host 00:56:30.464 --> 00:56:37.634
Yes, our next hand that was raised is Mark assessment. You should not be unmuted.

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Mark Sussman 00:56:38.174 --> 00:56:44.924
I just wanted to 1st, just express my gratitude and support for the word 7 route. I think it's going to.

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Mark Sussman 00:56:44.929 --> 00:57:05.954
In a great addition to the circulator program 1, I made this request for you to comment on the website, but also wanted to make it here. I think a stop at Lincoln park that leverages the 96 bus stops both North. And South of the park at 12 street would be a great addition to that route. Given that the.

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Mark Sussman 00:57:06.135 --> 00:57:27.195
The closest stops right now, or 19th and 8th, which is, excuse me, 17th and 8th, which is a 9 block distance that 1 would have to walk in order to leverage this new route and given the novel nature of the East West crossing on East capital. That connects RFK metro stock with Union station, I think, for.

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Mark Sussman 00:57:27.494 --> 00:57:34.184
6 versions, which I am 1 of, I think this would be in a great addition and you'd get great ridership by adding a Lincoln Park stop.

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Mark Sussman 00:57:39.104 --> 00:57:40.364
That's all that was my comment.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:57:41.144 --> 00:57:45.284
Thank you note it and record is that this is good feedback.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:57:49.424 --> 00:57:49.874
Thank you.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 00:57:56.024 --> 00:57:58.964
Last 1 was there another.

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DDOT Host 00:57:59.924 --> 00:58:03.494
Apologies, uh, Heather, you should now be unmuted.

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Heather Foote 00:58:06.584 --> 00:58:07.904
Yes, can you hear me.

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DDOT Host 00:58:08.204 --> 00:58:08.684
Yes.

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Yes.

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Heather Foote 00:58:09.704 --> 00:58:16.634
So my question also relates toward 7 and.

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Heather Foote 00:58:19.575 --> 00:58:24.795
I think that it's critically important to.

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Heather Foote 00:58:26.475 --> 00:58:47.565
Develop, um, as the months go by presentations for a wider experience, a wider range of experiences of transportation networks, because this presentation, that would be exceedingly difficult for many, many people. I know.

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Heather Foote 00:58:47.624 --> 00:59:08.684
Follow and just in general observation, um, I want to underscore what Mark said about the incredibly importance of doing the connection, um, across the river and be a wonderful addition to ward 7 with obviously tremendous.

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Heather Foote 00:59:08.749 --> 00:59:25.994
Teamwork behind it. My sense is and I talk to people both in Ward 8 who are at an event, um, which included a ward 7 residents there and also the word 7, um, senior center informally is, um.

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Heather Foote 00:59:28.005 --> 00:59:28.485
Uh.

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Heather Foote 00:59:31.364 --> 00:59:51.854
I think the expectation of the, um, average resident would be that this means, um, the ability to get around ward 7 more easily and I think the focus has been to create a network to connect this route to other routes.

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Heather Foote 00:59:52.664 --> 01:00:13.094
Of the circulator and certainly connecting to utilization and the other across the river meaning I'm going, uh, West, um, is important, but I think the perception maybe of an average resident may be quite different about.

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Heather Foote 01:00:14.174 --> 01:00:20.054
What the prior you might have been and so I just want to urge you to, um.

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Heather Foote 01:00:22.604 --> 01:00:42.314
Create a number of different presentations with far less detail that, um, also help people to understand as, um, Mr. has been explaining, um, 407, uh, why it's taken so long. And, uh.

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Heather Foote 01:00:45.794 --> 01:00:50.654
What are the reasons that the route the preferred route is going.

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Heather Foote 01:00:51.824 --> 01:01:11.714
Across the river and, uh, covering a, um, smaller section of Ward 7 again, it's public perceptions of what the return of the circulator might mean and a lot of the technicalities and the, the realities of, um.

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Heather Foote 01:01:13.365 --> 01:01:15.015
How you do this kind of planning.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:01:20.024 --> 01:01:37.274
Thank you Heather not that this is great feedback. Um, this is 1 of the reasons, I think. Um, and I, it, it's not only me it's, uh, you know, as an agency has shifted to not only.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:01:38.474 --> 01:01:59.114
Doing meetings like this, which are, uh, recorded and to provide just a broader, um, uh, information. Right. Uh, and in detail that individuals can go back to but we have been having this, uh, office hours and I think.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:02:00.554 --> 01:02:20.504
Those offer a lot of that kind of 101. how is this applicable to the individual opportunity for them to ask those questions? Um, we have also partly some work with you, but also other members of the community to make ourselves available.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:02:20.510 --> 01:02:38.835
To go out and speak to different groups and share the information that we have gathered, but also open it up for questions. That might be specific to that particular audience. I do.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:02:40.814 --> 01:03:00.374
I appreciate the feedback of thinking through also on even presentations how that information is, uh, it's presented. Um, I have been in conversations with Heather before and, and really thanks for her advocacy. There's now a map of the route that.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:03:01.425 --> 01:03:18.135
More legible, I think, for communities that, um, you know, by not be visually able to to see a tiny, tiny streets and and maps, um, the way that, that we've been defining them, um, we're open to.

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Heather Foote 01:03:18.165 --> 01:03:19.335
Thank you, thank you for.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:03:19.335 --> 01:03:22.545
Yeah, yeah, we're happy.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:03:22.549 --> 01:03:43.694
to discuss that and one of the things i think throughout this process of trusted development plans that we've been doing really since since the beginning that we gather a lot of great feedback from the community is to meet the writer events and we're happy that we're back in that space where 

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:03:43.700 --> 01:03:53.625
Or we can meet you at the stop, or meet you, you know, in your community and share the information in person again.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:03:55.064 --> 01:04:04.904
But thank you, Heather I think Molly has been tracking. I think you've had the next person.

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DDOT Host 01:04:05.564 --> 01:04:06.764
Yes.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:04:07.424 --> 01:04:08.474
Mr. Barcelo?

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DDOT Host 01:04:08.624 --> 01:04:09.314
Yes.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:04:09.494 --> 01:04:11.894
Okay, great. Sure.

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Robert Bartolo 01:04:14.654 --> 01:04:15.344
Can you hear me.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:04:16.154 --> 01:04:17.474
Yes, yes, yes.

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Robert Bartolo 01:04:17.894 --> 01:04:37.124
yeah so i i'm just wondering if we can work together to solve this problem um it's been going on for four years now there's been several meetings you've had some detailed plans um the seems to reject the plans um but maybe there's a way we can work through it come to 

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Robert Bartolo 01:04:37.304 --> 01:04:41.084
A consensus on a plan, so they don't get rejected when you present them.

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Robert Bartolo 01:04:43.424 --> 01:04:45.944
The route that you have, where where it has to make.

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Robert Bartolo 01:04:47.205 --> 01:04:51.435
And I've worked with some of them people have suggestions. I'm not saying that my suggestion is.

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Robert Bartolo 01:04:52.789 --> 01:05:13.934
The suggestion, it's just 1 of several suggestions. You guys probably have some ideas um, because I've spoken with the members and it just seems like there's a communication gap where you present something and they feel like they've been taken by surprise and then they reject it. And then there's no back.

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Robert Bartolo 01:05:13.964 --> 01:05:35.084
Forth and so I'm just looking for a way to if we can establish some kind of back and forth on a good solution. Because, you know, that heading you turn is quite inefficient. Right? There are no writers, it takes at least 5 minutes to make that you turn with no writers. And so it's not helping traffic any.

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Robert Bartolo 01:05:35.205 --> 01:05:45.885
To have empty buses driving around and and as your report noted, the ridership of Eastern market circulator is the lowest of all of them.

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Robert Bartolo 01:05:48.224 --> 01:06:08.924
And I've watched it, I mean, you can sit outside the building and look at the circulator on average. It's got maybe 1 person on the bus sometimes 0, sometimes 2 or 3. but I've never seen it have the same number of people that Metro buses.

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Robert Bartolo 01:06:08.954 --> 01:06:26.234
Or that the other speculators have so I'm just thinking, like, how can we work together on this? And because I feel like I make suggestions and then you're just dismissing them. And then that's it. And then 4 years go by. And we still don't have a solution.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:06:27.795 --> 01:06:41.685
Yeah, so a couple of things we didn't dismiss your suggestion. I was included if you remember on the transit development plan, we did include extending the route, um, basically as a loop.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:06:43.514 --> 01:06:50.954
So so it is documented as a possibility, which I think on the, on the outside, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:06:51.254 --> 01:06:57.134
We were supportive, um, to to continue to explore that, um, in the next.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:06:58.664 --> 01:07:19.124
which because it's up in that mike well it's gonna happen next year because it's every three years right i know we're a bit behind um however the the reality is that that that recommendation will require additional vehicles and we we are constrained in 

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:07:19.454 --> 01:07:33.524
I have shared that, um, repeatedly, because there's a couple of other recommendations that I know are desired by other sections of the city. We have, um.

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Robert Bartolo 01:07:34.064 --> 01:07:35.444
It's okay I, I'm not married.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:07:35.474 --> 01:07:35.804
And.

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Robert Bartolo 01:07:35.834 --> 01:07:39.974
I'm not married to the loop. Okay. It was just 1 of several suggestions.

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Robert Bartolo 01:07:40.635 --> 01:07:45.105
Your suggestion was to do street, right? 7th.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:07:45.855 --> 01:07:46.275
An issue.

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Robert Bartolo 01:07:47.025 --> 01:07:50.445
And then call it, and I'm just letting, you know, that card the AMC.

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Robert Bartolo 01:07:50.535 --> 01:07:53.055
By surprise you published it.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:07:53.205 --> 01:07:53.415
Huh.

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Robert Bartolo 01:07:53.475 --> 01:08:11.595
You did make it public, but they were like, oh, it's buried in the in the transportation plan and so they rejected it and they and they got a bunch of people to write to you and reject that. Okay. So, is there another plan? I'm not saying it has to be my plan. It can.

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Robert Bartolo 01:08:11.624 --> 01:08:32.713
Your plan I'd be supportive of your plan I tried to make the point that your plan was a good plan. You just had to walk a few more blocks, which I don't view as a big deal and, and I live near the Eastern market circulator, and I work near the font Plaza, but I never take it. And, like, your report says there are 3 metros.

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Robert Bartolo 01:08:32.774 --> 01:08:53.774
Get me to the font Plaza, which is very close to the war. It's very close to where I work also, but I never write it. I take the metro Metro is a great system, even even with the 7,000 series buses. We'll situation very low. Wait times. I mean, now.

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Robert Bartolo 01:08:54.374 --> 01:09:02.954
Popping on the Metro, it's not even a problem so I don't I don't the circulator doesn't do anything for me, but I understand that some people write it.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:09:05.594 --> 01:09:26.294
I think it's a good recommendation to, uh, for us to go back and think of other strategies that we can then come back and present to the agency. And I, I think that can be noted just, um, similar to to this extension, um, that we recommend in the.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:09:26.355 --> 01:09:46.605
Future, um, anything we, we do with this route as recommend that it it is a route that, um, it's low performing in terms of of ridership and that. We definitely want to continue to work with the community to ensure that it's, uh, utilize.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:09:47.504 --> 01:10:08.624
By the, the most, um, individuals possible. So we, we hear you. Mr. I think that as the next step for us is to go back to the drawing board and work with you on the to revisit other solutions for an alternative.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:10:08.654 --> 01:10:10.184
The round point for the route.

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Robert Bartolo 01:10:11.264 --> 01:10:11.954
I'm happy to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:10:12.134 --> 01:10:13.304
The routing.

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Robert Bartolo 01:10:13.634 --> 01:10:29.774
I'm happy to make that happen so let's let's work together cause some of the members have some suggestions. It doesn't have to be my suggestion. It can be your suggestion. Maybe there's a compromise. Maybe instead of turning on, you go a little closer.

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Robert Bartolo 01:10:29.864 --> 01:10:32.954
To Eastern market, so it's just 2 blocks away.

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Robert Bartolo 01:10:34.125 --> 01:10:43.665
Well, the other thing is, it seems like these buses in other metro buses need locations to make you terms right? 90 s and.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:10:43.665 --> 01:10:45.915
Turn around.

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Robert Bartolo 01:10:46.185 --> 01:10:55.125
okay turnaround points right and so you need to i don't know what you need to do but you probably need to broaden a few intersections so that the 

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Robert Bartolo 01:10:55.214 --> 01:11:16.274
Can make turnarounds and I think that's all we're talking about, but it doesn't seem like when they do some, like, there's the pen street project, and they're making all kinds of changes to Pennsylvania Avenue there, but it doesn't seem like there's any request to to enhance the turnaround ability of the circulator or I.

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Robert Bartolo 01:11:16.335 --> 01:11:23.265
In 96 bus has to go down and make a U turn at 4 street also and that can't be very efficient either. Right?

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:11:23.895 --> 01:11:24.345
Is.

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Robert Bartolo 01:11:25.184 --> 01:11:45.704
And so, that's another suggestion, let's, um, and I don't think it would take much for a turnaround location. You probably just have to broaden some sidewalks and some curbs right? So that the bus has a little more room in certain places, but it doesn't seem like, is there anywhere in the city where you've made.

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Robert Bartolo 01:11:46.424 --> 01:11:50.744
Accommodations for buses to make you turns as part of a capital project.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:11:53.295 --> 01:11:53.805
or 

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Robert Bartolo 01:11:54.285 --> 01:12:02.265
Or turnarounds, like, what modification have you made to any intersection anywhere in the city to facilitate bus turnaround?

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:12:04.365 --> 01:12:13.815
Our mind goes straight to the woodley park and its Morgan route around what? Lee park there hasn't been.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:12:15.465 --> 01:12:35.085
Modifications we can make to to how that, um, turn around it's made, um, capital wise, but definitely on how the traffic goes so that we've moved stop bars. We've created a dedicated space for the bus to lay over, um, coloring the.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:12:35.354 --> 01:12:45.794
The asphalt, um, and, um, establishing more, um, coordination with with the pedestrian crossings.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:12:48.314 --> 01:13:06.734
Around that area. So, um, there's, there's that that's a great recommendation. Mr. I think, um, I will look into, um, the Pennsylvania Avenue improvement project to see if there's opportunities there that could benefit this this route.

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Robert Bartolo 01:13:08.774 --> 01:13:09.074
I think.

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Robert Bartolo 01:13:09.109 --> 01:13:30.254
We'd have to initiate any opportunities. They're not going to come naturally. Right? So you would have to put in you would have to put in a request for a bus turn around location and look, I'm not blaming you guys, because you guys put together a detailed plan to reverse the traffic flow on the street. And I I saw your presentation.

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Robert Bartolo 01:13:30.465 --> 01:13:38.955
It seemed very detailed, right? You hired a firm to do all of this and I don't know why the agency rejected.

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Robert Bartolo 01:13:40.964 --> 01:13:57.794
Because the existing situation cannot be better than what the plan that you put forward that they rejected. That's my, that's my opinion. So, I'm not right so, I'm not, I'm not faulting. I'm not faulting.

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Robert Bartolo 01:14:00.975 --> 01:14:09.525
It's just there seems to be a miscommunication where well, anyways, I probably said enough, so let's let's just talk more and agree to work together.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:14:09.555 --> 01:14:15.015
Yes, yes, and and, um, bring along the agency.

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Robert Bartolo 01:14:15.705 --> 01:14:21.015
I will, I'll do that. I'll reach out to them so thank you very much for this office hour. Uh, you take care.

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Robert Bartolo 01:14:21.284 --> 01:14:22.124
Let's talk more.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:14:22.214 --> 01:14:23.504
Thank you.

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Robert Bartolo 01:14:23.984 --> 01:14:24.374
And I.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:14:25.034 --> 01:14:25.994
And I.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:14:28.124 --> 01:14:34.514
Any other question or comment.

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DDOT Host 01:14:37.964 --> 01:14:41.444
Um, Gary Stoddard has their hand raised.

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DDOT Host 01:14:44.685 --> 01:14:46.125
You should now be unmuted Gary.

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Gary Stoddard 01:14:48.255 --> 01:15:04.635
I was calling, I'm sorry, not calling. I was wondering about the start time at the new Ward, 7, uh, route. They, you know, if it won't be.

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Gary Stoddard 01:15:04.729 --> 01:15:07.844
Midnight is going to be a 9 0 PM.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:15:09.344 --> 01:15:11.324
So right now.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:15:13.274 --> 01:15:33.524
What, when we did an initial estimate of the of the cost um, it, it will mirror the Congress has Union station around and Eastern market route, ending at 90 PM, start time similar to all the other routes at 6 in the morning. I think weekdays.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:15:36.435 --> 01:15:50.145
That's kind of where we are right now, Gary, but, um, we welcome feedback if, um, those hours should be extended or reduced, you know, I, I doubt reduction, but right. If, if they need to be different.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:15:52.155 --> 01:16:12.375
1 of the things that we are also working through is, uh, securing operating funding for the route. Um, this is part of the mayor's, um, budget and so that also influences, um, the, you know, funding availability, um, as well as, um, you know.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:16:12.434 --> 01:16:19.964
From the public, but right now it will mirror the times like the of the commerce sites Union Station route.

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Gary Stoddard 01:16:20.474 --> 01:16:33.494
Okay, I just was wondering why the most affluent communities in D. C have bus service until midnight on every day of the week until 3. 0.

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Gary Stoddard 01:16:33.585 --> 01:16:34.275
On a weekend.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:16:36.045 --> 01:16:36.795
On the weekends yeah.

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Gary Stoddard 01:16:36.825 --> 01:16:54.615
That's the most, the people that need it that needed at least get it the most and the people that needed the most, get it the least. So people on board, 7 and 8, they depend on the circulator and so, therefore, with that being said, it should, it should.

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Gary Stoddard 01:16:54.734 --> 01:17:04.604
Mirror Whitney park, Georgetown, Dupont Circle, they needed the most so how the budget was constructed.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:17:07.934 --> 01:17:10.214
We welcome the comments, Gary.

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Gary Stoddard 01:17:10.214 --> 01:17:28.514
But also, 1 more 1 more during Sundays when me and my Co workers drive the bus, and we always come up with a question why did why they don't have a Sunday route or why they don't have a.

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Gary Stoddard 01:17:28.574 --> 01:17:43.334
They wrote a holiday schedule, a Sunday scheduled holiday schedule because of the bunches the buses bunch up at the end of the line. Because can you imagine on Thanksgiving morning, you got a bus every 10 minutes.

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Gary Stoddard 01:17:43.754 --> 01:17:49.634
Street, it's not we need a schedule to accommodate the low rider ship and the low.

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Gary Stoddard 01:17:49.700 --> 01:18:03.525
Traffic and so we made my coworkers are we always wondering why you guys couldn't come up with a modified Thanksgiving schedule, modified more your day schedule a Sunday schedule.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:18:03.855 --> 01:18:10.815
Yeah, and that that's a great comment. I don't think it's so much to schedule Gary, like, for the public facing.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:18:10.850 --> 01:18:31.995
Schedule but it will be the internal runs the schedule, how the runs are are, um, built and and but this is a great, great feedback. So then you don't have, you don't require that the same amount of vehicles, um, for, for a holiday schedule. Like, like you said, a, a holiday where.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:18:32.024 --> 01:18:52.604
There's federal government is closed or or other government entities. So the demand is less. Um, but this is great feedback. Yeah, I don't think it's so much impact every 10 minutes public facing, um, schedule, but definitely, um, how they've run start built for those days.

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Gary Stoddard 01:18:53.384 --> 01:19:14.054
Okay, in the last thing, um, Eastern market, when we, uh, you said you call it a turnaround and, um, it's a child you said neighbors complain about us sitting in their neighborhood. A lot of times safety comes 1st and so that particular area.

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Gary Stoddard 01:19:14.354 --> 01:19:35.444
About 4 street is the safest place for us to wait until it's time for us to move forward because of the traffic at Eastern market because of the double power cars when we make that. You turn a 4th street. Hopefully, there's not a car on that corner. We have to go down to the next.

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Gary Stoddard 01:19:35.475 --> 01:19:56.595
3 or several blocks down to make the turn and so I understand they don't want the buses in their community, but on the safety safety comes. 1st and so we have to find a place, the safest for us. So, we can pull that bus over and wait for its time for us to move the bus.

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Gary Stoddard 01:19:58.005 --> 01:20:17.745
Is 1 more thing since I got you your attention, or standing in Alabama, or standing in Alabama going towards Congress ice metro there's a credit union on that corner and we have discussed this for about 3 or 4 years.

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Gary Stoddard 01:20:17.749 --> 01:20:35.654
About how unsafe it is for us to make that right? Turn onto Alabama Avenue with cars park rate. They're going into that credit union. We have discussed this over and over again, they can tell us put it in writing, put it in the safety box.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:20:36.374 --> 01:20:38.414
You don't have to do that. We are very aware.

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Gary Stoddard 01:20:39.764 --> 01:20:44.414
What are we still discussing this 34 years later?

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:20:45.164 --> 01:20:55.094
We've, we've had challenged just in terms of enforcement in that area and that's been the focus now or the, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:20:55.934 --> 01:21:00.614
A safety team to enhance enforcement, but but this is.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:21:02.895 --> 01:21:23.955
You know, they they send people out to enforce, but it's not consistent. And so, um, it's trying to modify behavior. Some of the recommendations that have also resulted is, um, you know, trying to put obstruction in that area. So people.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:21:24.019 --> 01:21:45.134
Doing that, but then that doesn't help you write us making the turn and trying to align the bus again. So it's a very difficult intersection, um, that we need to figure out how to how to address that. Um, not only what.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:21:45.169 --> 01:22:06.314
Enforcement, but also, just how that intersection, it's kinda late later laid out. It's definitely being looked at also by, um, us like traffic safety team. Um, they started initially I don't remember if you remember, like, a year or a year, and a half ago, they start start.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:22:06.344 --> 01:22:27.464
Putting the those dollars without talking to us, and you guys weren't knocking them all out. Um, so so we have to continue to work with them to develop. But for that particular section, which is the most difficult 1, um, related to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:22:27.470 --> 01:22:42.975
In front of that credit union, that's a challenge and definitely a welcome comment for us to continue. You know, say our team has been their operators are telling us this our, our.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:22:43.004 --> 01:22:50.474
Contractor is telling us this, we need to come up with with some solution or half ongoing.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:22:52.875 --> 01:23:13.995
Enforcement on site for ticketing. Um, I think what I hear mostly from, from operators we've heard is really doing the peak hours too. That that's what's happening when school's getting out and it's like, mostly in the afternoons.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:23:14.024 --> 01:23:15.164
Correct me? If I'm wrong.

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Gary Stoddard 01:23:15.974 --> 01:23:16.964
You're correct you're correct.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:23:16.994 --> 01:23:23.174
That that's so, I'm like, can we focus and the enforcement during that period?

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:23:25.694 --> 01:23:46.424
In the afternoon, can we narrow down from this time to this time? Someone has to be there to literally not let people park. Absolutely. I have some people, you know, we move, uh, change behavior, people park in the massive parking lot by the giant and walk to the credit union. Um, so.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:23:46.454 --> 01:23:48.854
Yeah, we hear you.

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Gary Stoddard 01:23:49.304 --> 01:24:05.654
Okay, so the, this fairy version, um, is fair evasion a high priority on you guys, uh, this, because as a bus operator, you are, you are aware of the ferry agent that happens on. Yes. And, um, so.

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Gary Stoddard 01:24:07.725 --> 01:24:28.455
They they they access the state. The fair our, we're not. We're not the police. So we, we state the fair. The fair is 1 dollar but in order to have a peaceful and safe day. No 1 stays to fair. So so we keep driving the bus. So, but you don't have any.

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Gary Stoddard 01:24:29.174 --> 01:24:34.364
Other writers C. P.

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Gary Stoddard 01:24:34.425 --> 01:24:55.245
20 30 people get on a bus and other writers who normally would pay. Now they begin to walk past the fair box. So it's like a domino effect. It's a domino effect is very, even in Georgetown route, the Willie park route where it wasn't comment is becoming common now because they see.

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Gary Stoddard 01:24:55.634 --> 01:25:00.134
Is walking on without paying so that has to be addressed.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:25:00.794 --> 01:25:01.784
Yes.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:25:02.569 --> 01:25:23.594
We need data areas, so I need you to keep pressing that button that says, you know, writer is there, but the money is not. So, um, so then we can quantify that that impact and share it with, um, with the mayor. Um, this is.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:25:23.745 --> 01:25:31.575
A national issue not M, mainly in big cities like like us, New York where we see this.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:25:33.590 --> 01:25:54.735
In in an ongoing basis, there's our concern, our primary concern is to keep the operator safe, that's why we tell you state the fair, but you don't don't push it, but it's critical that you noted as a rider that didn't pay right? And that we have that data to.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:25:54.764 --> 01:25:56.234
And the magnitude of the issue.

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Gary Stoddard 01:25:57.795 --> 01:25:59.475
Okay, well, I think that's it.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:26:00.135 --> 01:26:00.555
Hey.

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Gary Stoddard 01:26:02.024 --> 01:26:02.654
All right.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:26:03.014 --> 01:26:04.664
Any other Thank you.

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Gary Stoddard 01:26:04.754 --> 01:26:08.294
I can't think of anything else, but I'm sure what the meeting is over.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:26:09.704 --> 01:26:13.424
You can call us up and put her put it in the comment.

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Gary Stoddard 01:26:13.964 --> 01:26:16.004
Okay, thank you.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:26:21.194 --> 01:26:22.904
Any other comments.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:26:35.384 --> 01:26:41.444
Hey, we're where about 3 minutes to 830, which will conclude our meeting.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:26:42.704 --> 01:27:03.824
I wanted to take the opportunity, um, just offer for those that remain, or are watching on video to show you where you can provide us with your comments or learn more about this, uh, uh, study and proposed changes. When you go.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:27:03.855 --> 01:27:24.855
Our website, this is our sliders. The website is W. W dot the circulator com very easy to access. Um, and, um, you can either wait for this later to show up proposed service changes, or you can go right here to about.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:27:25.094 --> 01:27:45.974
Us and also go to 2020, TDP and find, uh, the document and information there. We'll go right here. Those changes on the slider, learn more. And here, you can find all the information on the service changes.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:27:47.114 --> 01:28:06.824
We have a really cool feature of, um, call it the jump so you can jump to the section, you, if you're ready for comments or if you need information, special accommodations through virtual meetings, or when we're having these meetings um, you can go there.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:28:07.784 --> 01:28:18.464
Here, uh, has a summary of what the proposed changes. Um, a lot of that is share this presentation but here you have more detail can.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:28:18.675 --> 01:28:23.415
Take on the maps and make them really big and look at them.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:28:26.594 --> 01:28:26.864
Huh.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:28:28.784 --> 01:28:41.834
You have more information that Jarrett alluded to regarding the word 7 route and proposed locations as well as potential other transfers to other.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:28:44.324 --> 01:29:05.084
Amenities, whether that's metro rail, Metro, bus or inter, city rail and intercity bus station you have some of the specific amenities of schools and rec centers and of the community. Um, that reporter amount of our stuff.

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Or proposed stuff.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:29:09.704 --> 01:29:30.464
And this is the initial 1 that shares a lot of the other information connections. Here. You have the proposed changes for Georgetown eustacean row with all the stops again with a map that you're able to click on and, um, you can expand or decrease.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:29:30.495 --> 01:29:51.135
To, you know, really see where, what what is that we're proposing to eliminate or keep um, and then here is all the information on the comment period as well as the remaining virtual hours. Like I mentioned earlier on.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:29:51.620 --> 01:30:12.765
Saturday September 17, and then next Wednesday, September 21st, you can also request for us to attend a community meeting. If you want us to attend were, um, equal are the circulator office number 226702020andtheywillconnectyou with someone.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:30:12.794 --> 01:30:33.794
Our project team, and we will make those arrangements if it's not me, it could be spring or Jared or someone else from the project team that was involved in the process. These are some of the agency meetings, and particularly more 7 that we've been attending. We have another meeting tomorrow.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:30:34.064 --> 01:30:38.504
87 B a man 1 on, um.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:30:39.735 --> 01:30:42.345
September twentieth at 7.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:30:43.814 --> 01:30:55.394
Left, but we're happy to attend any other agency meeting. Here's the information. If you need any assistance for any of the office hours meetings.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:30:57.104 --> 01:31:08.144
As well, as, um, where to provide the comments, so here you can provide a comments, your information, your ward if you have questions.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:31:09.224 --> 01:31:30.284
What does that word mean? It's the different areas of the city how they divide it so you can check there and we'll take it to a map and you can see oh, I'm in word 7 or 8 or 5 um, reason why you're contacting. We've limited them to the 2 proposed changes, but that the.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:31:30.434 --> 01:31:51.464
You can pick 1 and talk about something else. Like, if, if it's a general service recommendation, like we've heard tonight, and then you submit, and it will come to us. So, with that said, I will like to thank everyone that make the.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:31:51.495 --> 01:32:04.455
Time to be here tonight or watch our, um, our presentation we are, um, very happy to be sharing, uh, all the details.

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Circe Torruellas - DDOT-DC Circulator 01:32:05.624 --> 01:32:15.464
With you and look forward to continuing to hear more, uh, comments and feedback Thank you and have a great.