Testing Out New Transportation Options in the Nation’s Capital
Route Fifty
By Molly Bolan
Oct. 20, 2022
"Washington, D.C. is launching a new initiative to test out emerging transportation options, like electric cargo bikes and on-demand shuttles, in the southwest corner of the city. But the project is about much more than splashy vehicle tech, according to local officials.
While the “mobility innovation district” will look at ways to make it easier for residents and visitors to get around, another key goal has to do with equity and giving people in underserved neighborhoods better options for traveling to work and other destinations.
City officials say they’ll learn what initiatives work best and try to replicate those in other parts of town, Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio said at the project’s kick-off event on Thursday..."
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