DDOT might extend the current 36th Street “slow street” to Broad Branch Road. Or mark the length of Yuma Street between Connecticut and Massachusetts Avenues with barriers and “15 mph” […]
More on DC’s new “Slow Streets:” DDOT engineer explains purpose, criteria, laws on pedestrians on the street
by Marlene Berlin It happened with remarkable speed. On May 29th, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced the Slow Streets Initiative, in which 20 miles […]
Opinion: Yes to DC’s “slow streets,” but we’ll need more, and the laws need to catch up
by the Forest Hills Connection editors On May 29th, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DDOT announced a new 20 mile-per-hour speed limit on residential streets. They also announced that 20 miles […]
Questionnaire: Where should DDOT extend sidewalks to promote social distancing in ANC 3F?
In much of the neighborhood, it’s not terribly difficult to maintain a six-foot physical distance from our fellow pedestrians, or kids on bikes and scooters. The solution can be as […]
A clearer path to a bike path on Broad Branch Road? And other news from a DC Council DDOT oversight hearing
Movement at last on the Broad Branch Road project? For almost two decades, DDOT has been working on plans to rehabilitate and potentially add pedestrian and bike lanes to Broad […]
Conn. Ave reversible lane study one of ANC 3F committee’s 2020 priorities
by Marlene Berlin Since 2016, ANC 3F has had a committee focused on street and sidewalk safety. Its main and ongoing mission is to assess and address the state of […]
Road maintenance on Albemarle Street and sidewalk maintenance on Van Ness Street
by Marlene Berlin Two much-needed transportation maintenance projects are in full swing. Albemarle Street between Connecticut Avenue and 30th Street has been scraped for a new surface and a new […]
Southbound Connecticut Ave. curb lane at Veazey closed for water line work – so pedestrians can use it
DDOT recently told local leaders that WMATA would be performing emergency water work at the Van Ness Metro station and that the sidewalk south of Veazey Terrace would be closed. […]
Lane closures ahead: DDOT begins month-long Connecticut Avenue resurfacing project this week
Metrobus and private vehicle travel on our section of Connecticut Avenue will be disrupted over the coming month by roadwork. Curbed DC has details: A mile and a half of […]
Opinion: New bike lanes on Reno part of a larger effort to make Ward 3 safer
by Josh Rising and Paul DeMaio Everyone should be able to get around his or her neighborhood and city safely and easily, whether that be by foot, bicycle or car. […]