DDOT is moving forward with some of the projects proposed in the agency’s Connecticut Avenue multimodal safety improvement planning, and is making parking and other changes around Murch Elementary. The DDOT notices of intent will be discussed at ANC 3F’s April 21 virtual meeting. (See the agenda below.) The Murch plan includes adding a mid-block […]
Pedestrian safety updates: New walk signal at Conn. and Chesapeake, Reno Road issues, Soapstone-Rock Creek trails gap
by Marlene Berlin Let’s start with some good news: After 15 years of study and advocacy, Chesapeake Street at Connecticut Avenue finally has a fully operational traffic light. Installation started in December, and the signal was activated on March 10th, but its origins go all the way back to 2010, when Connecticut Avenue Pedestrian Action, […]
The story of the orange pedestrian flags at Reno Road and Warren Street
Last August, orange flags appeared at the Reno Road and Warren Street intersection. In November, another set arrived. We initially thought they were DDOT’s doing, but the flags are actually the result of ongoing pedestrian safety advocacy by ANC 3F01 Commissioner Amy Rofman and community member Stephanie Resnick. Rofman tells Forest Hills Connection she started […]
A great Hanukkah present: A traffic light at Connecticut and Chesapeake
by Marlene Berlin Connecticut Avenue will soon have a new traffic light helping pedestrians cross the six lanes of traffic. On Monday, December 15th, we saw workers installing vehicle signals at the Chesapeake Street intersection. It seems fitting that the lights are being put up while Hanukkah – the Jewish celebration of lights – is […]
A roundup of recent and ongoing DC work in the neighborhood
by Marlene Berlin At times in recent days, it has seemed like there’s a DC government project on every street in the neighborhood. Here’s a list of the work we’ve spotted over the past two weeks, and you’re welcome to add your own sightings in the comments section below. Early last week, the DDOT started […]
A brief history of sidewalk advocacy in the neighborhood
by Marlene Berlin The newest sidewalk on Forest Hills was completed in late August. The gap it filled in, along Davenport Street, was on the District’s radar for nearly two decades. The sidewalk gap along Davenport Street between Linnean Avenue the middle of the 3000 block (near the big sycamore tree) was marked in red […]
Closing the gaps: New sidewalks for Davenport and nearby streets
A DDOT project under way through August 30th is adding the first sidewalks to one side of the 2900-3000 blocks of Davenport Street and nearby segments of Linnean Avenue and 30th Street. DDOT’s Karyn McAlister shared this map of the work area: There have never been sidewalks on either side of these street segments. DDOT’s […]
A local block popular with cut-through drivers gets its first sidewalk
by Paul Harrison Congrats to our neighbors on 35th Street, who advocated for installation of a paved sidewalk on their street between Alton Place and Yuma Street (the residential block just behind Bread Furst, Zips and the car wash). There are many families with children in the immediate area, and the lack of a sidewalk […]
ANC 3F June 17 agenda: DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue safety project; Canna Art’s medical cannabis license application; the Bowser budget
In April last year, under questioning from Ward 3 Council member Matt Frumin, DDOT director Sharon Kershbaum revealed that bike lanes would be cut from the agency’s upper Connecticut Avenue safety improvement project. DDOT unveiled its new thinking at a June 24, 2024 public meeting, describing and showing preliminary renderings including: Reduction of vehicular travel […]
DDOT scraps proposed one-way Davenport Street by Rock Creek Park (Updated)
Hours after we published this article, we were copied in an email from DDOT’s Christian Piñeiro detailing revisions to the plan and renderings presented at the ANC 3F meeting. DDOT now intends to add three speed humps between Linnean Avenue and Broad Branch Road. Last fall, DDOT proposed making the 2800 block of Davenport Street […]