Last summer, DDOT installed speed tables on three of the streets surrounding Murch Elementary. Traffic safety concerns remain.
Today at 3 p.m., representatives from Murch and Deal Middle School will be taking a DDOT rep and Ward 3 Council member Matt Frumin on a tour of trouble spots. ANC 3F commissioners will also be on hand, and the community is invited to join the walkthrough.
They’ll be meeting at the main entrance to Murch on Davenport Street, between 36th Street and Reno Road. And they’ll be taking the following route:
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Green Eyeshades says
DCist reported yesterday (April 27) that DC Council’s Committee on Transportation and the Environment has reversed the mayor’s defunding of Vision Zero:
“Other issues in the committee’s budget changes include moving automated ticket enforcement revenue back to street safety projects and beginning a new e-bike rebate program. Bowser’s proposed budget moved the ATE funds to the general fund to cover revenue shortfalls.
“The revenue will now again be dedicated to safe streets capital projects, multi-modal lanes, traffic enforcement, and implementation of laws that make streets safer, including Allen’s Vision Zero Enhancement Omnibus law, Councilmember Janeese Lewis George’s Safe Routes to School legislation, Councilmember Christina Henderson’s Safe Passage to School Expansion Act, and former Councilmember Mary Cheh’s Safer Streets Act.”
https://dcist.com/story/23/04/27/dc-council-nixes-k-street-corridor/