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Neighbors sign letter pressuring DDOT to do more to cut down on pedestrian crashes
Neighbors sign letter pressuring DDOT to do more to cut down on crashes
Neighbors in Ward 5 have circulated a letter to their advisory neighborhood commissioners calling on them to pressure the District s Department of Transportation to take action after a recent spate of crashes that have killed pedestrians, cyclists and in one instance a moped driver.
WASHINGTON - Neighbors in Ward 5 have circulated a letter to their advisory neighborhood commissioners calling on them to pressure the District s Department of Transportation to take action after a recent spate of crashes that have killed pedestrians, cyclists and in one instance a moped driver.
A rendering of a protected bike lane along 15th Street NW. Image from DDOT.
As part of the District’s Vision Zero goals, 20 miles of protected bike lanes are planned to be added to DC by 2022. One of those projects is a two-way protected bike lane between Pennsylvania Avenue NW and East Basin Drive SW.
The District Department of Transportation and the National Park Service are holding a public meeting to offer updates on the extension of the 15th Street NW Cycletrack, this Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.
Share your thoughts about the preliminary design process. Click here for more information about the project and the meeting.
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More than 40 pedestrians and cyclists have suffered injuries in Ward 2 this year.
News By Vita Fellig May 10, 2021 12:25 AM
Traffic fatalities in the District have nearly doubled since this time last year.
Sixteen people have been killed in traffic-related accidents so far this year, nearly double the nine deaths registered at this time last year, according to data from the Metropolitan Police Department. Local leaders said city officials should improve biking and walking infrastructure and implement tougher traffic enforcement to curb the rise in deaths.
Nine pedestrians, two cyclists and three motorists have died in accidents in the District this year, according to District Department of Transportation data, which accounts for 15 of the 16 fatalities in 2021. In one such incident, a cyclist was struck and killed by a car on Massachusetts Avenue last month just hours after tweeting about unsafe transportation infrast
DC’s Dave Thomas Circle by airbus777 licensed under Creative Commons.
Those itching to see the progress made on the redesign project at the intersection of Florida and New York avenues NE, known by many as “Dave Thomas Circle” may soon get their chance. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is holding a public meeting Monday, May 17, to discuss the preliminary design proposal for the project.
The intersection is infamous to Washingtonians for its confusing traffic pattern and unfriendly bike/pedestrian landscape. A 2020 life plan study by DC’s Office of Planning found that Dave Thomas Circle was “despised” adding: “People surveyed during field work and online described the FL/NY intersection as a terrible place. People walking, biking, and driving experience the FL/NY intersection as frustrating and dangerous, and many try to avoid travelling through it.”