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ANC 3F March 15 agenda: Days Inn update; New DDOT dashboard for tracking traffic safety reports

March 10, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

A representative from the company that manages the Days Inn at 4400 Connecticut Avenue told the February 15th ANC 3F meeting that they had “thoroughly audited” safety protocols, and found no warning signs or unusual activity the night of the fatal shootings. Jamie Howser, the regional director of operations at Coakley & Williams Hotel Management […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, News, Pedestrian Updates

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Goodbye reversible lanes, hello bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue

December 16, 2021 by FHC 3 Comments

An Axios DC article yesterday morning on DDOT bike lane projects planned through 2024 took note of what was missing: “lanes on Connecticut Avenue, which would connect upper Northwest to Dupont Circle and downtown.” A few hours later, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DDOT filled in some of those missing lanes. They announced the elimination of […]

Filed Under: Bike DC, Featured, Getting Around, News

Improving a strip of DC land would make Rock Creek Park more accessible to neighborhood walkers and bikers

September 1, 2021 by FHC 4 Comments

by Paul Harrison For a neighborhood so close to the urban gem that is Rock Creek Park, Forest Hills surprisingly lacks easy and accessible ways to walk to Beach Drive and the many forest trails that diverge from it. The Trust for Public Land, among others, has well established the health and economic benefits of […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Featured, Getting Around, News, Rock Creek Park

Broad Branch Road was blocked for drivers, cyclists and hikers alike on Tuesday morning

August 25, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin For a time on Tuesday morning, it didn’t matter whether you were moving on two legs, two wheels or four. It wasn’t possible to get to Broad Branch Road north of Ridge Road. A tree had come down near the Soapstone Creek culvert. The road was also blocked off at Davenport. And […]

Filed Under: Getting Around, News

We have until August 22 to tell NPS what we think about permanently closing parts of Beach Drive to motor vehicles, and to suggest additional options

August 5, 2021 by FHC 1 Comment

The northern section of Beach Drive has served as both a scenic north-south commuter route for drivers and as a recreational path for bicyclists and pedestrians for years. In April last year, the National Park Service gave the recreational uses priority 7 days a week, and is now considering permanently closing some sections of the […]

Filed Under: Getting Around, News, Rock Creek Park

He envisioned Albemarle Street as an ‘attractive’ thoroughfare from AU to Mount Pleasant. It was not to be.

July 26, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Ann Kessler A 1913 real estate map of Washington makes it look easy to drive into Rock Creek Park from Connecticut Avenue. Just turn onto Albemarle Street and continue straight into the park. The publisher of this map obviously took liberties, perhaps taking to heart this description of Albemarle in The Washington Post in […]

Filed Under: Forest Hills, Getting Around, History, News

DC is enforcing rush-hour parking restrictions on Connecticut Ave. now

June 30, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

Updated to add Council member Cheh’s June 30th constituent newsletter and DDOT’s enforcement bulletin. Here’s the news from Ward 3 Council member Mary Cheh’s Facebook page: There is a significant update to last week’s #Ward3 newsletter: DDOT has announced that all rush-hour parking restrictions are in effect on Connecticut Avenue NW and that full ticketing […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Getting Around, News

NPS will present options at July 8th virtual meeting for Beach Drive’s car-free zones

June 24, 2021 by FHC Leave a Comment

A car-free upper Beach Drive recently got the DC Council’s endorsement. But the decision ultimately rests with the National Park Service, and NPS says it is considering “a range of alternatives,” which it will present at a public meeting on Thursday, July 8th. The 90-minute virtual meeting will begin at 6 p.m., and you’ll find […]

Filed Under: Bike DC, Featured, Getting Around, News

A car-free upper Beach Drive picks up DC Council’s endorsement

June 1, 2021 by FHC 4 Comments

Updated with the results of the DC Council vote on Monday, June 1. by Marlene Berlin The DC Council voted 9-4 Monday to approve a resolution urging the National Park Service to permanently close sections of upper Beach Drive to motor vehicles. D.C. Council votes 9-4 to ask National Park Service to close upper Beach […]

Filed Under: Bike DC, Getting Around, News

Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes were to resume operations on June 1. Then, they were not.

May 26, 2021 by FHC 13 Comments

The reversible rush hour lanes on Connecticut Avenue have been suspended since March 19th, 2020. For a while on Monday, it looked like that was about to change. It started with an email sent to members of the community advisory committee for DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes safety study. “I want to advise you that […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Getting Around, News

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