by Marlene Berlin DDOT is making traffic and pedestrian safety improvements in the Forest Hills neighborhood under two of its programs and a green infrastructure project. The agency would maximize […]
Read: CM Frumin’s letter to the mayor about Connecticut Ave. (Updated)
This article has been updated to include some new math on DDOT crash statistics. December 15th was the second anniversary of the day Mayor Muriel Bowser and DDOT announced “the […]
Upper Connecticut Avenue has three new speed cameras. Fines for speeders will soon follow.
Three speed cameras now on upper Connecticut Avenue are among 17 placed across the District “where data analysis identified speeding as a safety issue,” DDOT said. An October 10th press […]
Opinion: The Connecticut Ave. safety project should not be weakened – it holds the promise of Vision Zero.
by Julia K. Stevenson When committing to Vision Zero in 2015, Mayor Bowser made us all a promise: She pledged to bring roadway fatalities and serious injury numbers down to […]
Opinion: The case for better Connecticut Avenue bus service, and how advocacy could make it happen
by Marlene Berlin As WMATA develops its “Better Bus” regionwide plan, a big question for residents along upper Connecticut Avenue is whether bus service really will be better: faster, more […]
DDOT installs a raised crosswalk at 32nd and Albemarle Streets
by Paul Harrison A raised crosswalk and curb cuts have been installed at Albemarle and 32nd Streets, a location where many seniors and young families cross to go to school, […]
The story of a speed table: Navigating DDOT’s new traffic-calming request system
by Marlene Berlin On May 22nd, DDOT notified ANC 3F that the 3100 block of Albemarle Street would be getting a speed table. The ANC was given ten business days […]
WMATA is accepting comments on its “Better Bus” route proposals through June 18
The previous version of this article was written to promote ANC 3F’s May 16th meeting. WMATA did not attend. The article has been further updated to include the new deadline […]
Neighborhood in the News: Van Ness sniper anniversary; Conn. Ave. project’s hairpin turns; Rivlin home remade
Edmund Burke School shooting, one year later: April 22nd was the anniversary of the Van Ness sniper attack, and The Washington Post and ABC7 checked in on the school security […]
Opinion: The Connecticut Avenue project has a new timeline. And it needs a new name.
by Marlene Berlin DDOT’s name for its Connecticut Avenue project has changed, and so has its timeline. The project involves reconfiguring travel lanes and bus stops, and adding bike lanes […]