Posts tagged Ddot
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Lifecycle of a road diet: DDOT dashboard offers insight into traffic safety investigation process
A new DDOT dashboard outlines the timeline the agency says people can expect after submitting a 311 service request for a traffic safety investigation. Keep reading…
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How DC plans to address the impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure
This summer we saw how climate change affected the region’s roads and public transit systems. Here’s what some agencies in DC are doing about it. Keep reading…
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The Wendy’s at DC’s most hated intersection is in its final hours
Like your burgers with a side of traffic danger? Now is your last chance to visit the Wendy’s at the center of DC’s most bewildering intersection. Keep reading…
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Every block matters in the fight for safer streets and the climate
One block can make the difference between a safe bike network and retrenching DC’s car dependence. An ANC writes about the struggle for safety and the climate in the backyard. Keep reading…
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Can a new kickstand help curb the e-scooter domino effect?
Mobility company Lime announced last week it is changing up the kickstand on its latest generation of electric scooters. Will it tip the scale in the number of fallen scooters and blocked streets in DC? Keep reading…
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How DC Route 295 isolates neighborhoods in Northeast DC from the rest of the city
The Lane Place pedestrian overpass, which was destroyed when a truck driver collided with it last month, is one of a limited number of crossings of DC Route 295 that connect a set of neighborhoods along the Anacostia River in Northeast DC to the rest of the District of Columbia. While the bridge is slated to be replaced, the collision has highlighted the ways in which long-distance transportation infrastructure isolates these neighborhoods. Keep reading…
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Community leaders documented over 375 sidewalk repair requests during “Sidewalk Palooza.” Here’s what we learned.
Last month, we organized the first-ever “Sidewalk Palooza” to draw attention to pedestrian infrastructure and pedestrian safety issues in DC and the disparity between the city’s response time to these problems versus road infrastructure like potholes. Keep reading…
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Asphalt art is popping up at intersections from Logan Circle to Mount Pleasant
As part of a safety and mobility study, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is putting up art installations at intersections in an area stretching north from Logan Circle through Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant. Keep reading…
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Get the details on the latest design plans for Dave Thomas Circle
On May 17 the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) released the latest renderings for the redesign project at the intersection of Florida and New York avenues NE, known by many as “Dave Thomas Circle”. Keep reading…
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What does WMATA’s non-dire 2022 budget mean for an equitable recovery in DC?
We were worried for a minute there. WMATA’s FY2022 budget, which runs from June 2021 to June 2022, could have been bad. But the $2.07 operating billion budget passed at the WMATA Board’s meeting in April means that, while not the full restoration to pre-pandemic levels that advocates hoped for, services will look fairly similar to what they used to. Keep reading…