Posts tagged Anc
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Urbanist heroes of the week: The college students who won discounted bikeshare passes
Last week, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced that college students at DC-based universities will be able to purchase discounted $25 Capital Bikeshare passes, thanks to the efforts of student advocates. The passes, which typically cost $85 annually, will be available for purchase immediately for George Washington University students. Keep reading…
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An Eckington bikeshare debate goes off the trail(s)
The ANC 5E meeting on June 18 was a lesson in how ANCs can put one commissioner’s personal preferences ahead of the concerns and safety of the community. After nearly three and a half hours of meeting to discuss an agenda that was supposed to last two hours, the ANC shut down debate and voted to write a letter of opposition to a new bikeshare station. Keep reading…
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A Bloomingdale ANC is trying to water down a street safety plan to temporarily save two parking spots
First Street NW in Bloomingdale is a residential street, but many drivers use it as a commuting thoroughfare, making it dangerous to people walking in the neighborhood. Residents have complained about it for years, but happily there's a plan to add better pedestrian infrastructure and to slow drivers down. There's just one catch. Keep reading…
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Get to know your ANC Commissioners
Last year, DC residents elected a lot of exciting and new Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners to their local government. They’ve been quite busy! We’re checking in on some of them to see what they’re doing, and to give you some more insight into what they stand for in our fine city. Keep reading…
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Bicycle lanes on Woodley Place would fill a critical infrastructure gap
Bicycle lanes on Woodley Place NW would fill in a critical gap in Woodley Park's bicycle infrastructure. On Monday, March 18 ANC 3C commissioners will discuss a District Department of Transportation (DDOT) proposal to add the lanes. Keep reading…
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Neighborhood Spotlight: Embrace “geekiness of all stripes”
Robb Dooling is a particularly engaged urbanist. He’s a member of DC’s Multimodal Accessibility Advisory Council, which advocates for better transit and public spaces for people with disabilities. In 2018, he was elected as an serves as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for 6C06 in NoMa and Old City. Keep reading…
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Lessons from an unlikely community organizer in River Terrace
In 2005, Malissa Freese took an eye-opening trip in search of a new home. Coming off DC’s Interstate 295, she hit the block of Benning Road NE that houses a Pepco facility and made a left turn on Anacostia Avenue into River Terrace, a cul-de-sac neighborhood that sits along the Anacostia River (where, full disclosure, this writer grew up). Keep reading…
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How should DC weigh a protected bikeway versus parking in Dupont?
In 2005, the District Department of Transportation published MoveDC, an ambitious plan which included a future protected bikeway network including on 21st Street between western Dupont Circle and the National Mall. Now, 14 years later, DDOT is working to design and ultimately build this portion. Keep reading…
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Residents and two museums take different sides at a contentious meeting about a Dupont bike lane
How can DC best get people on bikes safely through the west side of Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom? If people have been parking their cars nearly for free for years, do they have a right to veto changes to a street? Keep reading…
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Urbanist Hero(es) of the Week: ANC commissioners give up their parking passes
Seventeen (and counting) Advisory Neighborhood Comissioners are pledging to give up their free parking passes, making them our latest Urbanist Heroes of the Week. Signees are urging the DC Council to prioritize making the city safer for people bicycling and walking, and to do more to address climate change. Keep reading…