and still be subject to the metered fare. The Universal DC TaxiApp, which is the first of its kind, will begin testing in March 2015.
Black Film Festival at MLK Library
The DC Public Library presents its 26th Annual Black Film Festival. This year’s selections feature awardwinning leading men including Denzel Washington, Chadwick Boseman, Morgan Freeman and Boris Kodjoe. Every Tuesday evening, 6 p.m., in February in Room A-5. Please call 202-727-1291 for titles and more information. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St. NW. 202-7270321. dclibrary.org/mlk
Final Circulator Transit Development Plan
The District Department of Transportation has released the 2014 Final DC Circulator Transit Development Plan. The Final 2014 TDP identifies six new routes and four route extensions for the 10-year growth plan, which will be implemented in three phases: Phase I (FY 2015 – 2017) New Routes: National Mall; National Cathedral-McPherson Square Metro. Extensions: GeorgetownUnion Station Extension to National Cathedral; Union StationNavy Yard Extension to Southwest Waterfront; Dupont-GeorgetownRosslyn Extension to U St/Howard University; Potomac Ave Metro-Skyland Extension to Congress Heights. Phase II (FY 2018 – 2020) New Routes: Convention CenterSouthwest Waterfront Service; Serving NoMa (corridor pending further study). Phase III (FY 2021 – 2024) New Routes: Dupont-Southwest Waterfront; Columbia Heights-
Washington Hospital CenterBrookland-NoMa. For more information, contact Circe Torruellas at circe.torruellas@dc.gov or call 202-671-2847.
Age-Friendly DC Strategic Plan Released
Mayor Gray has released the AgeFriendly DC Strategic Plan. The plan’s release marks a significant step on the District’s journey to become an age-friendly city under the terms of the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Environments initiative. In October 2012, Mayor Gray announced that the District would seek the WHO designation as an Age-Friendly City, which indicates that the District is livable and accessible for aging residents and that the services the District delivers take the needs of aging residents into account and that service-delivery agencies and staff demonstrate an understanding of, and sensitivity to, the needs of older residents. The Age-Friendly DC Strategic Plan is at agefriendly. dc.gov.
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District’s Population Continues to Grow
The District of Columbia continues to be an attractive place to live, as the latest estimates from the US Census Bureau were released showing that 9,782 new residents were added between July 2013 and July 2014, keeping Washington, DC on the list of the top positive growth areas in the country. The District’s total population now stands at 658,893—a figure not seen since the 1970s. The District grew by 1.5 percent over the year. For the fourth year in a row, the District remained among the nation’s top five fastest-growing states. u Midcity DC | January 2015 u 27