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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
They’re four for four now. The four advisory neighborhood commissions in the Connecticut Avenue reversible lane study area have passed resolutions in support of a concept that removes the rush-hour lanes and adds bike lanes north of Calvert Street NW. The Chevy Chase ANC held the fourth and final vote. On Monday, April 26th, five […]
In case you missed it: The Washington Post published an article last weekend over the Connecticut Avenue reversible lanes and bike lanes proposals. The Post article includes some details of the safety study and a small business perspective that we have not covered in our own stories about the DDOT study: Adding protected bike lanes […]
by Marlene Berlin I got to ride the Metro a couple of weeks ago. This was not a planned trip, but I boarded willingly due to car trouble and my desire to get back on the horse after my Covid-19 vaccination. When I boarded at the NIH Metro stop, the station and cars were nearly […]
The end of May is also the end of the District’s Slow Streets program as we know it. The slow streets were intended to give people on foot and on bikes more elbow room. But drivers routinely ignore the 15 mile-per-hour speed limit. As DCist reports, signs have been removed, and the barriers moved or […]
The L2 Metrobus stops at Cumberland and outside the Forest Hills of DC home have been moved. The southbound Cumberland stop and shelter is now north of the Davenport intersection. The northbound Forest Hills of DC/Everett Street stop has been moved south to Ellicott. DDOT wanted to move the stops for the safety of passengers […]
