Posts by Robert Gardner — Advocacy Committee

Robert Gardner is the Government Relations Director at Lime. Over the course of his career, he’s worked on a range of issues, including health care, environmental justice issues, and rural poverty. He spends a lot of time thinking about how we define our lives by the cars we own (or don’t own).

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  Part of Georgia Avenue will be closed to cars for Open Streets this weekend

  RoadsBy Robert Gardner (Advocacy Committee) October 3, 2019 11

  As we reported in August, a three-mile section of Georgia Avenue will be closed to automobile traffic—but open to people!—on Saturday, October 5 between 10 am and 2 pm. This is the District’s inaugural Open Streets event.  Keep reading…

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  Seminary Road in Alexandria could become safer for people bicycling and walking

  RoadsBy Robert Gardner (Advocacy Committee), Jim Durham (Guest Contributor) April 9, 2019 155

  On Monday, March 25, City of Alexandria Transportation staff unveiled options to address safety issues on a section of Seminary Road east of I-395. The project offers an important chance to improve safety on a ~mile-long residential corridor that has been on the city’s radar for a long time.  Keep reading…