{"id":2782,"date":"2021-09-02T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T11:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2021-10-12T23:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:58:45","slug":"ddot-will-fix-a-broken-bike-plan-on-17th-st-with-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/2782","title":{"rendered":"DDOT Will Fix a Broken Bike Plan on 17th St. with Tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"gmail-paragraph\" style=\"margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif\"><span class=\"gmail-normaltextrun\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)\">For Release: Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"user-select: text;\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-paragraph\" style=\"margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures:none\"><span style=\"user-select: text;\"><span class=\"gmail-normaltextrun\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)\">Contact:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures:none\"><span style=\"user-select: text;\"><span class=\"gmail-normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)\">\u202fNick\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"border-bottom:transparent;background-position:0% 100%\">DelleDonne<\/span><span style=\"user-select: text;\">,\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-paragraph\" style=\"margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"mailto:delledonne.n@comcast.net\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:blue\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"gmail-normaltextrun\"><span style=\"user-select: text;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(60,97,170)\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures:none\"><a href=\"mailto:delledonne.n@comcast.net\" >delledonne.n@comcast.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"gmail-normaltextrun\"><span style=\"user-select: text;\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51)\"><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures:none\">\u202f, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail-paragraph\" style=\"margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:\"Times New Roman\",serif\"><span class=\"gmail-normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)\">703 929 6656<\/span><\/span><span style=\"user-select: text;\"><span class=\"eop\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">DDOT Will Fix a Broken Bike Plan on 17<sup>th<\/sup> St. with Tickets<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">DDOT has a carrot and a stick and if the residents and patrons on 17<sup>th<\/sup> St. insist on being bad actions, DDOT will punish them. That is what DDOT said at an ANC2B meeting Aug. 17. Last week DC contractors, Ft Myers Construction and DCI, installed new signs for unsuspecting residents. This week the city began to issue literally hundreds of tickets up and down the street. Yesterday, about noon, a DDOT van pulled up at the Safeway and let off a meter maid who began ticketing cars left and right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">Now that the DDOT 17<sup>th<\/sup> St Bike Plan has removed most legal parking, almost all parked vehicles can be ticketed. That is how DDOT makes a broken Plan work. \u201cBusiness will fail,\u201d said Nick DelleDonne, president of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA), which is advising people to fight the tickets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">The whole strip along Corcoran by the Safeway is illegal. TrueValue Hardware and McDonalds lost all street parking this week. Patrons are complaining that they cannot carry all their wares home on their back. We reported one patron emerging from McDonalds with dinner for his family found his car ticketed. What part of his week\u2019s wages was that? Patrons are saying they will shop elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">The owner of Cairo got a $100 ticket. Picasso got four tickets. But DC government workers are being excused. DECAA has photos of MPD, DPW and DC contractors wantonly parked in no-parking zones with impunity. Yesterday a housing inspection emerged to find the meter maid had issued a ticket and got it revoked on the spot as government business. Two standards exist \u2013 one for them and one for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">DECAA has begun a campaign against the DDOT 17<sup>th<\/sup> St. Bike Plan. It urges ticket holders to ask for a hearing and send tickets to CM Pinto at <a href=\"mailto:bpinto@dccouncil.us\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,98,127);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><a href=\"mailto:bpinto@dccouncil\" >bpinto@dccouncil<\/a> us<\/span><\/a><span class=\"gmail-MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline\"><span style=\"color:rgb(32,98,127);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"gmail-MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\">who has refused to hold a public presentation of the Plan<\/span><\/span>. \u201cThere is no justification for ticketing under these circumstances. We will go with you to the hearing,\u201d said DelleDonne. <u><span style=\"color:rgb(32,98,127);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial\"><\/span><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">On Monday night, Georgetown ANC heard about proposed DDOT plans and pushed back. \u201cWe can do the same and get this reckless and dangerous plan revoked,\u201d said DelleDonne. On Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7 pm, Dupont ANC will consider a resolution for an extension of the 17<sup>th<\/sup> St. Plan to Florida Avenue. Plan on attending. We will post the link. Join our campaign to PUSHBACK. Sign our petition here <a href=\"https:\/\/chng.it\/R6Z8QLyL\" style=\"color:blue\">https:\/\/chng.it\/R6Z8QLyL<\/a><span style=\"color:rgb(54,49,53)\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(54,49,53)\">DECAA has scheduled strategy meetings on Saturdays at 10 am. Contact us to get the link.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Release: Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021\u00a0 Contact:\u202fNick\u00a0DelleDonne,\u202f\u202f delledonne.n@comcast.net\u202f, 703 929 6656\u00a0 \u00a0 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,1,67,69,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-dc","category-planning","category-transportation","category-w2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2782\/revisions\/2849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}