Posts tagged 18th Street
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DDOT needs clear guidelines for pedestrian design
DDOT will spend much of its road stimulus money to completely reconstruct several roads, including Sherman Avenue, which we discussed recently. Another is 18th Street NW, from Massachusetts Avenue to Florida Avenue, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The 18th Street design contains some significant pedestrian improvements, particularly bulb-outs at many corners. DDOT engineers… Keep reading…
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Adams Morgan intersection update
At Adams Morgan’s crossroads, the intersection of 18th, Columbia, Adams Mill, and Calvert, DDOT is planning significant improvements for pedestrians. Keep reading…
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Needed: leadership and management at DDOT
If there’s one constant among DC neighborhood activists and officials, it’s that everybody complains about DDOT. Part of this is inherent in being the transportation agency: as Chris Ziemann said at Wednesday’s Dupont ANC meeting, everyone is a consumer of DDOT’s product, the streets. Keep reading…
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18th Street Dupont reconstruction off?
I’ve heard from a source that the reconstruction of 18th Street in Dupont is now postponed to 2011. Maybe DDOT swapped its priority with that of 18th Street in Adams Morgan? Keep reading…
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Crossable intersections in Adams Morgan
Adams Morgan has many more pedestrians than cars. But its major intersections have wide turns and slip lanes that speed traffic while making crossing difficult. Keep reading…
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Dupont’s 18th Street next for reconstruction
On top of the streetscape reconstructions planned for 17th Street, 14th Street, U Street, and Adams Morgan’s 18th Street, DDOT recently announced plans to rebuild 18th Street between Massachusetts and Florida. Some plans were done years ago and shelved, but 18th Street’s water main needs rebuilding, and so the street redo is back on the front burner. Keep reading…