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The erosion undermining the Albemarle Street sidewalk at 32nd Street began long before Mary Beth Ray called our attention to the problem three years ago. So did her work to get it addressed. For nine months prior, the then-ANC 3F03 commissioner had urged various DC agencies to address the problem, a situation a Washington Post […]
Something’s been missing from a portion of Yuma Street between Connecticut Avenue and 35th Street NW: a sidewalk on the south side. No longer. The sidewalk’s absence has long been noted by neighbors, but it became more glaring when Murch Elementary moved to UDC this fall. Students walking to the campus from the north and […]
The intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Ellicott Street now has a walk signal. This pedestrian-activated light is part of DDOT’s Connecticut Avenue crosswalk plan. It joins two similar signals on Connecticut Avenue, one near Newark Street and another at Northampton Street. Not familiar? Here’s what to do: Pedestrians Push the walk button, which you’ll find […]
The new pedestrian-activated traffic signal at Connecticut and Ellicott Street is to be activated any day now, but plans for a similar light at Chesapeake have hit a snag. Wasim Raja, the head of traffic lights at DDOT, was ready to start the design process for installing a HAWK light at Chesapeake and Connecticut. But […]
by Marlene Berlin Pedestrians crossing Connecticut Avenue at Ellicott Street are about to get some help. Wasim Raja, head of traffic signals at the District Department of Transportation, told me over email that the HAWK pedestrian signal at Ellicott and Connecticut will go live by the end of July. Installation of this signal began in […]
At long last, an update on Broad Branch Road. It’s been more than a decade since DDOT and partners started planning a major rehabilitation and reconstruction of Broad Branch Road, which could include walking and bike paths where currently there are none. It’s been more than three years since the final public meeting. And it’s […]
by Marlene Berlin A DDOT contractor is digging holes in sidewalks and digging a trench in the asphalt at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Ellicott Streets. Here’s why. The pedestrian-activated signal promised for this intersection is finally going in. This light is part of the Connecticut Avenue crosswalk project headed by DDOT Pedestrian Coordinator […]
by Marlene Berlin A drive-thru at the restaurant Chick-fil-A wants to open at the Van Ness Burger King location is likely to have a significant impact on vehicle and pedestrian traffic. But the impact on pedestrians wasn’t part of Chick-fil-A’s initial traffic study. That’s a major omission not only on Chick-fil-A’s part, but on DDOT’s, […]
Why are these ANC commissioners kicking up their heels? Because they are standing (or leaping, in Mary Beth Ray’s case) on the new sidewalk at Park Van Ness. The sidewalk reopened the afternoon of Friday, March 4th, more than two years after Saul Centers and Clark Construction blocked it off to begin construction. Now that […]
by Marlene Berlin As we noted here, the sidewalk in front of Park Van Ness, at 4455 Connecticut Avenue, will not open until March 4th, five days after Clark Construction’s already-revised completion date. The first time Saul Centers and Clark pushed back the sidewalk opening, they had faced unexpected repair work on Pepco infrastructure on […]
