When we wrote about some of DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue traffic safety plans last month, we did not include the agency’s plans to move or remove some bus stops along the corridor. Among other changes, DDOT wants to move the southbound Metrobus stop at Brandywine Street from the north end of the intersection to the south, […]
Connecticut Ave. and Murch School traffic safety plans, and more from ANC 3F’s April 21 agenda
DDOT is moving forward with some of the projects proposed in the agency’s Connecticut Avenue multimodal safety improvement planning, and is making parking and other changes around Murch Elementary. The DDOT notices of intent will be discussed at ANC 3F’s April 21 virtual meeting. (See the agenda below.) The Murch plan includes adding a mid-block […]
Pedestrian safety updates: New walk signal at Conn. and Chesapeake, Reno Road issues, Soapstone-Rock Creek trails gap
by Marlene Berlin Let’s start with some good news: After 15 years of study and advocacy, Chesapeake Street at Connecticut Avenue finally has a fully operational traffic light. Installation started in December, and the signal was activated on March 10th, but its origins go all the way back to 2010, when Connecticut Avenue Pedestrian Action, […]
ANC 3F March 10 agenda: Reno Road safety resolution
We’re still writing up the news from ANC 3F’s February meeting (coming soon!) and already, the March meeting is almost upon us. The March 10th hybrid meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Forest Hills of DC Senior Living (4901 Connecticut Avenue) and on Zoom. The commissioners intend to vote on a resolution concerning Reno […]
ANC 3F Feb. 24 agenda: More flags for Reno Road crossings, and a Rock Creek trails gap
ANC 3F’s meeting on Tuesday, February 24th is a return to the Zoom-only format. And the commissioners are packing a lot into the two hours allotted. The draft agenda (below) includes a grant request from Van Ness Main Street’s initiative overseeing Forest Hills Park improvements, and the purchase of more “see me” pedestrian visibility flags […]
ANC 3F Jan. 13 hybrid meeting agenda: Water main work, Whale Tea cocktails, Forest Hills Park funding
ANC 3F, returning from its December hiatus, is also returning to the hybrid meeting format when it meets next Tuesday, January 13th. The commission’s October meeting at Forest Hills Senior Living and over Zoom was a test run, and its first hybrid meeting since 2020. The draft agenda of the January 13th meeting (below) includes […]
A new purpose for Days Inn parking structure, the end of a streatery, and more news from ANC 3F’s Nov. 18 agenda
ANC meetings often make news. Sometimes ANC meeting agendas do, too. Take, for example, the agenda for ANC 3F’s meeting on Tuesday, November 18th (below). Note the agenda item about 3415 Yuma Street NW. That’s the parking structure behind the Days Inn, and you might recall that the hotel’s operator put the property up for […]
ANC 3F Oct. 14 agenda: To hold an in-person public meeting for the first time in years
“Big News! ANC 3F will be meeting in person in October!” writes 3F chair Courtney Carlson. Big news, indeed. ANC 3F hasn’t held an in-person meeting since February 2020. In March of that year, the Covid-19 pandemic was shutting everything down, and “out of an abundance of caution,” then-3F chair Monika Nemeth announced that month’s […]
Tune in for the Oct. 1 hearing on Canna Art’s medical marijuana retail license
On October 1, ABCA’s Alcohol and Cannabis Board will hold a hearing on Canna Art’s application for a medical cannabis retail license. The storefront is at 5008 Connecticut Avenue, across the street from Politics and Prose. The hearing will be streamed live on Youtube. According to the agenda, Canna Art and other cases will come […]
A brief history of sidewalk advocacy in the neighborhood
by Marlene Berlin The newest sidewalk on Forest Hills was completed in late August. The gap it filled in, along Davenport Street, was on the District’s radar for nearly two decades. The sidewalk gap along Davenport Street between Linnean Avenue the middle of the 3000 block (near the big sycamore tree) was marked in red […]