By Bakari Height
The mayor’s office of Washington DC is cutting a vital service to the riders, visitors, and especially workers of the region- the red yellow colored downtown buses known as the DC Circulator. Originally created to serve a void in the larger metro transit system of subways and buses, these 100% electric buses will cease to exist at the beginning of 2025. The fate of the workers, many belonging to the ATU Local 689, is up in the air as there is no guarantee that they will all go to WMATA, the regional transit agency. On September 23rd, the ATU Local held a rally featuring the current president, past president, supporting ward and council members, as well as workers. This served as a great moment of solidarity in a time where bureaucracy has failed on keeping promises.