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ANC 3F considers draft resolution supporting addition of Connecticut Ave. bike lanes and removal of reversible rush-hour lanes

ANC 3F plans to take up a resolution at its April meeting on DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes study. And it wants our feedback. ANC 3F’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee wrote the draft resolution for the commissioners’ consideration, and committee chair Bob Deyling presented it at ANC 3F’s March 16th meeting. The draft resolution urges […]

DDOT recommends dropping two concepts from Connecticut Ave. reversible lanes and bike lanes study

by Marlene Berlin As part of its study of alternatives to Connecticut Avenue’s reversible lanes, DDOT introduced four concepts in June for running through traffic models. The agency now proposes dropping two of the four concepts from its study. We wrote a detailed article about the concepts and the study area, so to sum up: […]

DDOT floats concepts for upper Connecticut Avenue which add bike lanes and remove reversible lanes

by Marlene Berlin The DC Department of Transportation is months into a study of Connecticut Avenue’s reversible vehicle lanes. In the current phase, DDOT is using computer models to look at how different lane configurations and usage would impact travel and safety along the 2.7-mile primary study area between Calvert and Legation Streets NW, as […]

Connecticut Ave.’s reversible lanes and potential bike lanes to be studied

by Marlene Berlin The District hasn’t conducted a comprehensive study of Connecticut Avenue in 15 years. In about 15 months, we could have a new perspective of vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian safety on the Avenue, the reversible lanes, and the impacts on neighborhood streets and nearby arterials if reversible lanes were to be eliminated and […]

DDOT considers narrower bike lanes, more parking and dropoff spaces for next Connecticut Ave. safety study concept

Early DDOT concepts for a safer Connecticut Avenue included removing all street parking in the stretches between commercial areas. DDOT officials hinted at a January 19th public meeting that the next concept reveal will be different. Call it “a spoiler alert,” DDOT’s Ed Stollof told the meeting hosted by the Cleveland Park Community Association and […]

See DDOT’s block-by-block concepts for upper Connecticut Avenue safety improvements and bike lanes

The reversible rush-hour lane markings have been erased. A new 25 mile-per-hour speed limit is being implemented. And the process of designing bike lanes, 24-hour parking zones, left-turn lanes, bus stops and pedestrian crossings is now under way for Connecticut Avenue from Calvert Street to Legation. These are all steps taken since Mayor Muriel Bowser […]

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