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Center for Transportation Excellence
1030 15th Street NW
Suite 750 West
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: (202) 349-1037
Fax: (202) 318-1429
info@cfte.org
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District Of Columbia
Capital: Washington
Population: 571,822
Major Metropolitan Areas: Washington
Federal Transportation Spending: $416,344,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
The District of Columbia offers the following ballot measure procedures: initiative, referendum and recall. Supporters have 180 days to gather signatures after filing a ballot measure proposal. The District of Columbia does not permit ballot measures in odd numbered years.

State Election Site: http://www.dcboee.org/main.html

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/dc.html

Outreach/Contact Information

Advocacy Groups

Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities ( http://www.washingtonregion.net/ )
Action Committee for Transit ( http://www.actfortransit.org/ )
Coalition for Smarter Growth ( http://www.smartergrowth.net/ )
Modern Transportation
Coalition for the Capital

Rail Passenger Group

No rail passenger association

State DOT

http://www.ddot.dc.gov/main.shtm

Transit Agencies & MPOs

Washington Metro ( http://www.wmata.com/ )
Commuter Connections ( http://www.mwcog.org/commuter/ccindex.html )
Maryland Transit Administration ( http://www.mtamaryland.com/ )

Media Information

Newspaper(s)
Washington Post ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ) Washington Times ( http://www.washtimes.com/ ) Washington City Paper ( http://washingtoncitypaper.com/ ) Washington Business Journal ( http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/ ) Roll Call ( http://www.rollcall.com/ )
Radio	Television
WAMU NPR/BBC ( http://www.wamu.org/ ) WCSP - Washington DC ( http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspanradio.asp ) WTOP - Washington DC ( http://www.wtopnews.com/ )	WRC -- NBC ( http://www.nbc4.com/ ) WJLA -- ABC ( http://www.wjla.com/ ) WUSA -- CBS ( http://www.wusatv9.com/ )

Other Resources

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=washingtondc

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/dc.cfm