Posts by Joe Sternlieb

Joe Sternlieb is the CEO of the Georgetown Business Improvement District. He was the deputy director of the Downtown BID between 1996 and 2006. Before that he was the chief of staff on the DC Council Committee on Economic Development.

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  The Circulator is dead. Long live the Circulator!

  TransitOpinionBy Dan Tangherlini (Contributor), Joe Sternlieb May 28, 2024

  At a time when bus service wasn’t thriving in the District, the Circulator was established with funds that had to be used by DC explicitly on bus. Key goals were to connect the National Mall to the soon-to-be-developed Southwest Waterfront, and to make bus appealing to a wider range of riders than before. 20 years later, its founders are ready to bid it a fond farewell (mostly). Read their reflections on the system’s history and aims.  Keep reading…