Updates
A record of past MAAC recommendations and the District initiatives we’ve weighed in on. For current activity, see the monthly minutes.
Letters & recommendations
Updates & recommendations
A public record of MAAC’s advocacy — from recent letters to the DC Council back to the Council’s early work in 2021.
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Council testimony · July 13, 2026
Automated Vehicle Deployment (Bill B26-0684)
Written testimony from MAAC member and disability rights advocate Kelly Mack before the DC Council Committee on Transportation & the Environment, documenting decades of inaccessible on-demand transportation in the District and setting out the accessibility requirements the Council should mandate from the start of automated vehicle passenger service. Includes suggested policy language.
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Action Alert · June 2026
AV Action Alert — Demand Accessible Automated Vehicles
A DC Council bill would let automated vehicles (AVs) operate as taxi and ride-share service — but it does not require them to be accessible to disabled riders. Here is the background, the advocacy actions you can take, and suggested messaging for contacting your Councilmember as the bill moves forward.
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Letter to DC Council · April 27, 2026
Accessibility Requirements in AV Legislation
MAAC wrote to all DC Councilmembers urging that any legislation permitting the testing or operation of automated vehicle (AV) passenger service include accessibility requirements for disabled customers — wheelchair-accessible vehicles, deployment in underserved areas, pricing transparency and protections, and stakeholder engagement with disability and advocacy groups.
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Council testimony · February 18, 2026
Daylighting & Bus Priority
Testimony before the DC Council Committee on Transportation & the Environment, pressing DDOT on daylighting — keeping intersections and crosswalks clear — and on bus priority. The testimony documents the agency’s response to MAAC’s daylighting request and the institutional barriers to safer streets.
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Letter to DDOT · February 14, 2026
ADA Pick-Up / Drop-Off Zones
A letter to DDOT Director Kershbaum on the District’s shortage of ADA pick-up/drop-off (PUDO) zones, how daylighting and curbside revenue pressures have squeezed accessible loading out of the curb, and what it would take to restore it.
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Letter to DDOT · February 14, 2026
Red Pavement at Bus Stops
A letter to DDOT Director Kershbaum recommending durable red pavement at bus zones so buses can pull flush to the curb for wheelchair boarding — with the regulatory basis (MUTCD 11th Edition), results from other cities, and phased cost estimates.
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Letter to DDOT · February 14, 2026
Horizontal Wayfinding Pilot
A letter to DDOT proposing a 3-to-5-stop pilot of sidewalk wayfinding markings to help transit riders — including people with low vision — navigate to stops, with a path to classify them as traffic-control devices via an FHWA Request to Experiment.
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Letter to DFHV · June 19, 2025
Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle Service Follow-Up
A follow-up letter to the Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) requesting concrete data on wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) service — fulfillment rates, wait times, and evening/overnight availability — following MAAC’s December 2024 letter below.
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Council testimony · February 11, 2025
Performance Oversight Testimony
Chair Karthik Balasubramanian’s oral testimony at the FY2025 performance oversight hearing before the Council Committee on Transportation & the Environment — on MAAC’s arterial street-space principles, the shortfall of Vision Zero, and DDOT leadership’s record on accessibility.
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Recommendation · February 12, 2025
Principles for Arterial Street Space Usage
MAAC’s unanimously adopted priorities for how arterial street space should be allocated — ADA-compliant sidewalks first, then 24/7 protected transit lanes and ADA pick-up/drop-off zones, with non-ADA private car storage last and never subsidized.
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Coalition letter to DC Council · 2025
Motor Vehicle Insurance Modernization Act
MAAC joined a coalition of organizations urging the DC Council to raise the District’s decades-old minimum auto-insurance coverage — protections that fall hardest on crash victims in Wards 7 and 8, where traffic fatalities are most concentrated.
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Letter to DFHV · December 20, 2024
Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicle Service
A letter to DFHV leadership on the systemic failure to provide reliable 24/7 wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) service — prompted by a MAAC member left to navigate city streets alone in her power wheelchair at 1:30 AM when no WAV could be secured from any provider.
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Letter to DDOT · September 11, 2024
Daylighting Action Plan
A letter to DDOT leadership conveying MAAC’s unanimous June 2024 resolution calling for a citywide action plan to bring the District into compliance with its daylighting laws — keeping intersections and crosswalks clear so pedestrians, especially disabled residents and children, can be seen.
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Letter to DDOT · August 30, 2024
Consultation on Capital Projects
A letter to DDOT leadership conveying MAAC’s June 2024 resolution requiring DDOT to consult the Council on capital projects, so accessibility is designed in from the start rather than retrofitted after the fact.
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DDOT response · April 10, 2024
DDOT Responses to MAAC Questions
DDOT’s written answers to the questions MAAC submitted ahead of its April 2024 meeting — covering sightlines, sidewalk accessibility, and curbside management — kept here as part of the public record of the Council’s exchanges with the agency.
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Recommendation · October 18, 2021
Georgetown Sidewalk Extension Recommendation
At a public meeting on October 13, 2021, MAAC recommended to DC Councilmember Mary Cheh and DDOT Director Everett Lott that the District prohibit scooters and bikes from riding on the sidewalks in Georgetown’s commercial business district.
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Update · March 10, 2021
moveDC
moveDC is the District’s long-range transportation plan. Under the Mayor’s direction, it sets the goals, policies, strategies, and metrics DDOT uses to address transportation needs across all eight wards. MAAC encouraged residents to weigh in during the 2021 public comment period.
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Update · March 10, 2021
Vision Zero
Through DC’s Vision Zero initiative, the District set a goal of reaching zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries — pursued through data, education, enforcement, and engineering. MAAC tracks the District’s progress against that promise.
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