Posts tagged Ddot
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“Zebras” get go-ahead for Pennsylvania Ave bike lanes
Drivers making illegal U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue are a danger to cyclists in the bike lanes, but a small physical barrier called a Zebra could stop them once and for all. The federal Commission on Fine Arts has given DC transportation officials permission for a trial run, but it’s unclear when it’ll actually happen. Keep reading…
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DDOT tries to fill gap in 11th Street bike lanes
ANC1B asked DDOT to explore ways to fill a gap in the 11th Street NW bike lane between Florida and Vermont avenues and held a meeting Thursday to talk about it. Many neighbors along 11th Street are strongly opposed to the bike lanes, primarily because it would require removing about 30 parking spaces. Keep reading…
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15th Street cycle track repaving starts tomorrow
Starting tomorrow, DDOT will repave the 15th Street cycle track between K and Swann streets. The agency agreed to fix the protected bike lane in June after months of complaints from cyclists about its uneven and dangerous pavement. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: It’s electric
Electric bikes are coming; E-bikeshare?; Huge increase in biking to Metro; WMATA didn’t talk to MoCo; DC’s broken parking meter problem; “I Have a Dream”; More parking for 5333 Connecticut?; And…. Keep reading…
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CFA doesn’t have a say over Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes
Pennsylvania Avenue is a nationally and historically significant street, and the Commission on Fine Arts works to preserve it. But their input has become an obstacle to bicyclists who want to use the street safely. Does CFA legally have as much authority as they say they do? DC officials repeatedly say that they don’t have jurisdiction to do what they want on Pennsylvania… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Exceptions
Strip club wants bike lane exception too; DDOT work upsets drivers; Chuck Brown Park breaks ground; Patent troll shut down; Affordable housing goes downtown; More mixed-use coming to Rosslyn; And…. Keep reading…
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Why DDOT chose no cycletrack for one block of M Street
If a church needs 3 of 4 lanes on a street for parking on Sundays, what’s better: shrink down a planned cycletrack to a basic painted bike lane, or allow parking in the cycletrack some of the time? The long-awaited and much-delayed east-west protected bike lane, or “cycletrack,” will finally go in on M Street, NW in October, but without protection for cyclists… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Readiness
EMTs in short supply; Just-in-time memorial fix; Bike lane paving scheduled; Howard Co. goes electric; Think tank goes IMBY; Eastern Shore bridge to be replaced; Bus driver stabbed; And…. Keep reading…
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Most Ward 2 neighborhoods oppose visitor parking passes
Most of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in DC’s Ward 2 have passed resolutions saying they don’t want a free visitor parking placard program in their neighborhoods. The commissions went on record on this issue up to a year ago, but last week, transportation officials announced that they’ll expand the program citywide anyway. Ward 2 Councilmember… Keep reading…
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M Street cycletrack loses a block
The planned M Street protected bike lane, often called a cycletrack, will now be an almost-cycletrack: under the latest plans, bicycle riders will be able to ride protected from adjacent traffic from Thomas Circle to Georgetown except on one block, between 15th and 16th Streets. Keep reading…