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Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced that all rides on the DC Circulator bus service will be free from Jan. 28 until Feb. 28, 2019 as part of her #FairShotFebruary campaign.

Uber drivers in the Washington, D.C. area are seeing a decline in fares due to the government shutdown, as workers stay home, and are also facing competition as some federal employees, who are out of work because of the shutdown, have started working at ride-sharing companies to make up for their disrupted income.

Gig economy companies like Lyft, DoorDash and Postmates are now coming to the rescue of federal workers, whose livelihood is affected by the ongoing government shutdown, through hiring them for their services.

The Union Station in Washington, D.C., the second busiest train station in the U.S., will be modernized and expanded by the national railroad service Amtrak, which announced the project last week.

New regulations approved by D.C. mayor administration will take effect from January 1, 2019. These include new laws on quality healthcare and childcare initiatives and updated traffic laws for safer streets.

Starting from January 2019, local families living in food deserts in Washington, D.C. will be offered $2.50 Lyft Shared rides to local grocery stores for a six-month pilot period, transportation company Lyft has announced.

Parking spaces for tour buses in D.C. will be doubled by spring this year before the tourist season peaks. D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) is hoping that this measure will streamline the traffic and improve passenger safety on and off motor coaches.

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has announced a comprehensive expansion of the dockless vehicle sharing program for 2019 under which ten right-of-way occupancy permits will be given to dockless bike operators.