How do the candidates running in the 2026 DC Primary Election propose to meet the District’s transportation needs?
This post shares candidates’ responses to questionnaires and surveys from organizations across DC that, like WABA, work to advance safe, sustainable, equitable transportation. Please consider them as you make your voting choices, and you might find helpful a previous post that covered primary election dates and mechanics and transportation and related priorities.
Before continuing, a disclaimer: As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, WABA does not endorse candidates or contribute to campaigns, but we can and do educate candidates, share information about the candidates’ positions, and work to get out the vote. Any preferences listed below, stated or perceived, are the views of the authoring organizations and are not shared by WABA.
Greater Greater Washington
- Responses from candidates for Mayor of the District of Columbia: Gary Goodweather, Janeese Lewis George, Kenyan McDuffie
- Responses from candidates for the at-large majority-party council seat: Kevin Chavous, Michael Graham, Fred Hill, Candace Tiana Nelson, Oye Owolewa, Lisa Raymond
- Responses from candidates for the at-large minority-party council seat (special election): Doni Crawford, Elissa Silverman
- Responses from candidates for the Ward 1 council seat: Rashida Brown, Terry Lynch, Aparna Raj, Miguel Trindade Deramo
- For the Ward 3 council seat: Matthew Frumin, Adam Prinzo
- For the Ward 5 council seat: Bernita Carmichael, Zachary Parker
- For the Ward 6 council seat: Charles Allen
DC Bike, Walk, Bus PAC
- Responses from candidates for mayor of the District of Columbia: Gary Goodweather, Robert Gross, Janeese Lewis George
- Responses from candidates for the at-large majority party council seat: Kevin Chavous, Dyana Forester, Michael Graham, Candace Nelson, Oye Owolewa, Lisa Raymond
- Responses from candidates for the at-large minority party council seat (special election): De’Andre Anderson, Doni Crawford, Elissa Silverman
- Responses from candidates for the Ward 1 council seat: Rashida Brown, Terry Lynch, Aparna Raj, Miguel Trindade Deramo
- Responses from candidates for the Ward 3 council seat: Matt Frumin, Adam Prinzo
- Responses from candidates for the Ward 5 council seat: Zachary Parker
- Responses from candidates for the Ward 6 council seat: Charles Allen
DC Sierra Club
Read more about DC Councilmember’s records through 2025, including on sustainable transportation.
AARP
- Responses from candidates for mayor of the District of Columbia
- Responses from candidates for the at-large majority party council seat
- Responses from candidates for the Delegate to the US House of Representatives
Questionnaires Covering DC Home Rule
Recent federal attacks on DC transportation safety – the Trump Administration’s attempt to remove 15th St. bike lanes (thwarted by a WABA lawsuit!) and congressional and administration attacks on No Turn on Red, automated traffic enforcement, congestion pricing, and District policy on police pursuits – are attacks on DC Home Rule.
The questionnaire circulated by the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia (ACLU-DC) doesn’t cover transportation, but it does ask “In the fifty years since the D.C. Home Rule Act passed, Congress and the executive branch have interfered in D.C.’s local affairs and democracy. How would you protect D.C.’s local autonomy?” The candidates’ responses are worth a look.
Similarly, Free DC asks “How has the multi-generational struggle for Home Rule and statehood shaped your journey as a leader?” Here are links for:
- Responses from candidates for mayor of the District of Columbia: Gary Robert Goodweather, Janeese Lewis George, Robert Gross, Rhonda Hamilton, Kenyan McDuffie, Yaida Oni Ford
- Responses from candidates for the Delegate to the US House of Representatives: Deirdre Brown, Gordon Chaffin, Kymone Freeman, Trent Holbrook, Brooke Pinto, Sandi Stevens, Robert White, Kelly Mikel Williams, Kinney Zalesne
A DC Transportation Candidate Forum Recording
If you’d like to hear directly from candidates running for DC Mayor or for an at-large seat on the DC Council, you can check out a recording of the March 1, 2026 DC Transportation Candidate Forum WABA cohosted with the Bike, Walk & Bus PAC, the DC Transportation Equity Network, DC Families for Safe Streets, Greater, Greater Washington, and Washington Parks and People.
Do you have a voting plan?
How will you vote? Again, you might wish to check out our Part 1 post, which covered primary election dates and mechanics and transportation and related priorities.
Please use your voice in the upcoming elections so that biking, walking, transit, and traffic safety get the support from public officials that they deserve. Thanks for voting!
Anacostia Library voting photo by Tim Evanson, CC BY-SA 2.0