Release: Saturday, Oct. 4, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Update with photos – CM Pinto Avoids Merchants, Residents Protesting DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan Residents & merchants of East Dupont rallied at the Safeway on 17 th St., NW, Friday, Oct. 1, to draw attention to a dangerous and confusing bike plan installed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) […]
Media Alert: Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 ‘Dangerous by Design’What: Rally Against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto When: Friday, Oct. 1, 3:30-5 pm Where: Safeway, 17th & Corcoran Streets, NW On Friday October 1, DECAA & […]
Release: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DC Auditor Examines Mayor’s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes Last week, the DC Auditor announced a probe into Vision Zero, a program administered by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), to reduce traffic fatalities. The fact is that deaths have risen in each of the past […]
Release: Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Bike Protests Spread to NE DC No Comment from DDOT On Friday, NBC4 News reported on a protest of the installation by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) of protected bike lanes on busy West Virginia Avenue, NE. Residents of Ivy City told reporter Darcy Spencer […]
Media Alert: Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Protest Rally of DDOT Bike Plan in Ivy City: When: Today, Friday, Sept. 24, 11 am – 1 pm Where: 1900 Block, West Virginia Ave., NE Residents Protest DDOT Bike Plan in Ivy City Residents, supported by the DC Coalition […]
For Release: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656 First Accident Shows Hazards of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan “It was like a bomb went off,” said an observer, when one of the heavy-duty Waste Management trash trucks hit a Jersey wall and a tire exploded outside the restaurant Floriana, near 17th and Q Sts., […]
Media Alert: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 What: Dupont ANC meeting to consider Masonic Temple development DDOT 17th St Bike Plan: When: Today, Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 pm Where: By Zoom – https://bit.ly/ANC2BSeptember2021 Community Demands will be made – Stop Excavation at the Masonic Temple over […]
For Release: Monday, Sept. 6, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656 NE Residents Join Citywide Opposition to DDOT Bike Plans With the recent installation of protected bike lanes in the 1900 block of West Virginia Avenue NE, residents in the largely Black neighborhood have lost almost all parking spaces. They are the latest […]
For Release: Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656 DDOT Will Fix a Broken Bike Plan on 17th St. with Tickets DDOT has a carrot and a stick and if the residents and patrons on 17th St. insist on being bad actions, DDOT will punish them. That is what DDOT said at […]
For immediate release Aug. 11, 2021 CONTACT: Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656; delledonne.n@comcast.net DDOT 17th St Bike Plan – CM Pinto Sets Public Meeting after Completion On August 9 in a form letter to constituents who have asked for a public presentation of DDOT’s reckless 17th St Bike Plan, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto offered “a community […]