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.

An eastbound driver approaches one of Davenport Street’s blind corners. The pedestrian pathway ahead is buried in leaves.

Last fall, DDOT proposed making the 2800 block of Davenport Street a one-way heading east, and adding a wider pedestrian walkway, two speed humps, and driver feedback signs (the ones that tell you your speed).

DDOT collected community feedback until the end of December, and during ANC 3F’s January 14th meeting, it revealed a new plan based on the comments for and against. The protected walking path and the one-way designation are out. The speed humps and driver feedback signs will remain, as will the existing narrow pedestrian pathway that, during the ANC meeting, was also described as unsafe.

The discussion begins 50 minutes into the video:

For years, residents on the block have warned of speeding commuter traffic on a street what DDOT says is supposed to be used for local access only. All residents opposed the 24/7 one-way street plan. DDOT also said it had received many comments requesting time-based one-way access, but decided it’s not feasible because it can confuse drivers, and there have been issues with wrong-way driving on other one-way streets in the District.