by Marlene Berlin You, too, can advocate for safer streets. An important opportunity to do so is coming up in a couple of weeks: at DC Council hearings. Each year […]
One Solution to Driveway/Sidewalk Conflict
by Barbara Cline All day, every day, I am dodging cars. And I am not talking about crossing busy streets. I am talking about walking on our sidewalks. Our sidewalks […]
DDOT Needs New Sidewalk Gaps Procedures
by Marlene Berlin and Sharon Bauer for Iona Senior Services Pedestrian Advocacy Project Sidewalks are a network to get us from one place to another, just like roads. But the […]
Where In Ward 3 Are Sidewalks Needed Most?
by Marlene Berlin and Sharon Bauer Sidewalks are more than a way to get from one place to another on foot. They connect us to our neighbors and neighborhoods. And […]
Brandywine Sidewalk Opens
By Patricia Davies On Friday, January 4, at 4 p.m., a small crowd gathered at the Forest Hills Playgound on Brandywine Street at 32nd Street to celebrate the opening of […]
The Magic Of Sidewalks
by David Falk One spring day, they appeared as if by magic: Men and equipment, digging dirt and pouring concrete across Linnean Avenue from my house. Within a few days, […]
What locals want in a Broad Branch Road rehab: Separate walking/biking paths
DDOT is making preparations to rehabilitate a 1.7 mile stretch of Broad Branch Road, between Linnean Avenue and Beach Drive. Right now, that stretch is a narrow, winding, two-lane road […]
Photos: Brandywine Sidewalk
Work has begun on the new sidewalk going in on the north side of Brandywine, between 30th and 32nd Streets. See the photos below: Thick vegetation has been cleared away […]
Pedestrian Update: Under-Reported Crashes and New Sidewalks
by Marlene Berlin There was a gruesome pedestrian crash on Connecticut Avenue at Northampton Street on October 21st. Please see my Letter to the Editor in the Current: [box][title]Pedestrian crashes […]
Forest Hills’ Secret Connection
by Dorn C. McGrath, Jr. Ward 3 has a secret! Or let’s say it’s just a mostly “undiscovered resource.” It exists today, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Veazey […]