Mayor Adrian Fenty has ordered the D.C. Department of Transportation to address the “top transportation concerns” citywide, but critics question whether the list the agency compiled was based on real need, or on who made the most noise.

The top 26 concerns, from sidewalk repairs to crosswalk repainting, were immediately moved to the front of the line for DDOT action, and mostshould be resolved by Sept. 30, according to an April 18 memo from Emeka Moneme, DDOT director. They were chosen based on the volume of complaints received by the mayor’s community relations team and how long each issue was in the system, Fenty spokeswoman Dena Iverson said.