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The crews installing new curbs along Connecticut Avenue over the past couple of weeks were also making preparations for changes to unsignalized pedestrian crossings at Appleton and Cumberland Streets – and bus stops at Cumberland and Everett Streets. The pedestrian ramps at Appleton and Cumberland are gone. The crosswalk markings at Appleton have also been […]
by Marlene Berlin Late last year, DDOT Transportation Planner Robyn Jackson spoke to the communities along Connecticut Avenue and asked for feedback on DDOT’s plan to study the reversible lanes on Connecticut Avenue. The scope, as we understood it then: Connecticut Avenue will be the primary focus, but the study will look also at impacts […]
by Stefanie Harrington and Joan Schaefer Most people in Forest Hills likely know the traffic issues that neighbors on Albemarle and 30th Streets face, especially during morning and evening rush hour. The intersection of these streets is an especially dangerous spot, because the area is heavily foot trafficked, drivers have poor visibility, and it’s at […]
The safety concerns and efforts of three kids on Upton Street helped bring about a DDOT traffic study and a recommendation for speed humps on one block. What’s the status? There will be an update at ANC 3F’s December 18th meeting. Also on the agenda: a resolution on UDC’s plans to lease and then buy […]
The Holder kids could teach us a thing or two about civic engagement. More than a year ago, the three siblings set out to solve the problem of speeding on Upton Street east of Connecticut Avenue. That included: Writing a letter to Council member Mary Cheh Collecting neighbor signatures on a petition calling on DDOT […]
Adapted and reposted with permission from Greater Greater Washington. The original published on GGWash.org on August 2nd. Less than three weeks later, a vehicle overturned at Connecticut and Cumberland. Less than a week after that, a driver crashed into a tree at a bus stop at Connecticut and Macomb. Pat Jakopchek is the commissioner representing […]
The crosswalk was striped. The new signals installed. All that remained was to uncover and turn on the lights – and the new crosswalk on the south side of Connecticut Avenue at Windom Place was open for business as of Tuesday, June 26th. Here’s closer look at the walk signal on the other side of […]
Neighbor Ken Sands sent this harrowing account of a pedestrian’s rescue from a flash flood on Albemarle at 32nd Street: What appeared to be a “normal” thunderstorm the evening of May 31 became life-threatening for a retirement-aged woman who fell into the deep rushing water on the Albemarle Street roadway just east of Connecticut Avenue […]
by Marlene Berlin Connecticut Avenue is getting not just one, but two new crosswalks at Windom Place. DDOT is completely rebuilding the entire intersection between the 4300 and 4400 blocks of Connecticut, and the work is to be completed this summer. The crosswalk at the south end of the intersection will be entirely new, and […]
DDOT gave us the news last July: an additional crosswalk would be installed at Connecticut and Windom Place. At the time, DDOT said work was expected to begin in November 2017. The project still has a green light. It’s just delayed. Wasim Raja, DDOT’s associate director of traffic engineering, told Forest Hills Connection via email: […]
