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 […]
L2 bus stops at Cumberland and Everett Streets move so traffic signals can guard riders crossing Connecticut
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. […]
DDOT: Potential traffic diversion from Connecticut Ave. bike lanes is manageable
DDOT presented traffic analysis findings from its Connecticut Avenue reversible lane/bike lane study at ANC meetings in February, including a virtual town hall meeting hosted by ANC 3F on Wednesday, […]
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 […]
DC’s first “slow street” gets new signs
Last June, Mayor Bowser and DDOT announced new “slow streets” around the District where the speed limits would be lowered to 15 miles per hour and vehicle traffic would be […]
New pavement on several area streets; New bike lanes on Van Ness Street
The reduced traffic on our roads has allowed DDOT to accelerate repaving projects. Right now, there’s resurfacing work pending or under way on eleven street segments in ANC 3F alone. […]
DDOT wants our Slow Streets opinions and ideas
DDOT, on August 6th, announced the locations of more 15 MPH “slow streets” in the District, including three in Ward 3: 39th Street NW between Massachusetts Avenue and Fulton Street […]
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 […]
Friday catch up/catch-all post: UDC talks retail; ANC 3F candidates; More ‘Slow Streets’
UDC updates community on retail and campus master plan We’ll have a writeup on the August 5th virtual meeting next week, but if you don’t want to wait, you can […]
ANC3F July 21 agenda: Connecticut Avenue reversible lane study update
From 2015 through 2019, there were more than 1,500 police-reported crashes on the section of Connecticut Avenue with reversible lanes. And though the lane is in operation only 15 percent […]