Thanks to the Safer Streets Amendment of 2022, the so-called Delaware Yield or Safety stop – which allows bicyclists (including in bike lanes or in a general travel lane) to treat a stop sign as a yield sign and proceed through without stopping is now law in the District of Columbia (this makes DC only the second state/jurisdiction on the east coast to do so – though a bunch of western states have it)
Note, you must proceed at appropriate speed, you must determine that there is no hazard, you must lawfully yield the right of way (in particular to pedestrians)
Also note that you are still required to stop at red lights and NOT proceed until you get a green light. But (as before) you may proceed on a pedestrian signal including an LPI (Leading pedestrian indicator).
I think I have seen this debated on the pages of Greater Greater Washington since about 2010? Advocacy takes time to yield results, but like water wearing away a rock, it can achieve surprising results.
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