Yannik Omictin is the Student Association’s vice president for government relations and co-founder of the GWU Urban Studies Initiative. Last Wednesday, the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission approved a plan to extend sidewalks on campus to allow for enough space to physically distance. But there was a better plan on the table that was abandoned. We had a historic opportunity to return our streets to the people, but the University and the ANC prioritized cars instead.
