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DDOT has asked Circulator operator First Transit to change their stroller policy after reading about Ken Archer’s experiences here.

Ken wrote that after allowing parents to bring unfolded strollers onto the bus when space permits, Circulator drivers suddenly started cracking down, citing a new policy. Circulator customer service confirmed it, but DDOT’s John Lisle wrote that this wasn’t DDOT’s policy.

As Carol Buckley wrote in last week’s Current (really large PDF), DDOT subsequently followed up with First Transit, which had indeed imposed the policy. DDOT asked First Transit to allow the strollers while they formulate a more detailed policy, which will probably resemble Thunder Bay, Ontario’s: strollers can use the standing area as long as the bus isn’t crowded and as long as no persons with disabilities, seniors, or other people with mobility impairments don’t need the space.

Have you encountered a problematic government policy? Area government officials are reading your posts and comments.

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.