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Council Member Brooks-Powers addresses DOT's performance on Streets Plan mandates
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Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers highlights DOT's shortcomings in meeting the Streets Plan mandates for 2024. She points out that DOT fell short on protected bus lanes, transit signal priority installations, and protected bike lanes.
- DOT built 13.5 miles of protected bus lanes, far below the 30 miles required annually
- Only 766 intersections received transit signal priority, short of the 1,000 required
- 29 miles of protected bike lanes were installed, an improvement but still below the 50-mile benchmark
Selvena Brooks-Powers
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Thank you.
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I'm gonna kick it off with Streets Plan.
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In DOT's most recent Streets Plan report which was released this past March, the department admitted that in 2024 it only built 13.5 miles of protected bus lanes which once again is far short of the 30 miles required annually.
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DOT is also required to install transit signal priority at 1,000 intersections annually but completed only 766 last year.
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The report noted that DOT installed roughly 29 miles of protected bike lanes in 2024 which is an improvement but still less than the 50 mile benchmark required by legislation.
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Does DOT have enough funding to meet all streets plan mandates?