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DDOT considering Davenport, Chesapeake and Yuma in “slow streets” expansion

July 3, 2020 by FHC 14 Comments

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” […]

Filed Under: Featured, Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates

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Opinion: Yes to DC’s “slow streets,” but we’ll need more, and the laws need to catch up

June 17, 2020 by FHC 5 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, Pedestrian Updates

Southbound Connecticut Ave. curb lane at Veazey closed for water line work – so pedestrians can use it

September 9, 2019 by FHC

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. […]

Filed Under: Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates

Connecticut Ave curb work is prep for crosswalk removal and bus stop moves

April 16, 2019 by FHC

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 – […]

Filed Under: Metrobus and Rail, News, Pedestrian Updates

Connecticut Ave. study to expand in scope after community input

March 11, 2019 by FHC

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates

Opinion: We’re “tired of the aggressive and fast drivers” at Albemarle and 30th Streets

February 1, 2019 by FHC

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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Opinion, Pedestrian Updates

ANC 3F’s Dec. 18 agenda: UDC & 4250 Connecticut; 2900 Upton traffic calming update

December 12, 2018 by FHC

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? […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates, Real Estate

Upton Street might get speed humps in answer to an 8th grader’s call for traffic calming

October 8, 2018 by FHC

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 […]

Filed Under: Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates

Study a bikeway and ditch the reversible lane on Connecticut Avenue, residents say

September 4, 2018 by FHC

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 […]

Filed Under: Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates

New crosswalk activated at Connecticut Ave. and Windom Place

June 27, 2018 by FHC

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 […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Getting Around, News, Pedestrian Updates

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