{"id":2787,"date":"2021-09-06T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2021-10-12T23:58:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:58:32","slug":"ne-residents-join-citywide-opposition-to-ddot-bike-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/2787","title":{"rendered":"NE Residents Join Citywide Opposition to DDOT Bike Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Release: Monday, Sept. 6, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u202fNick\u00a0DelleDonne,\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

delledonne.n@comcast.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u202f, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

703 929 6656<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NE Residents Join Citywide Opposition to DDOT Bike Plans<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0 They are the latest victims of the mad rush by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to install protected bike lanes in neighborhoods throughout DC, despite health and safety concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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DDOT is pushing its Plans over community objections. The ANC5C resolution specifically approves bike lanes that \u201cminimize the impact to local resident street parking.\u201d \u201cResidents are unable to pull up near their buildings to unload groceries without obstructing bike lanes or traffic, a danger to themselves, cars, and the bikers,\u201d writes property owner Dr. Allison Agwu in a letter to DDOT. A physician and professor, Agwu said the plan forces residents to find parking far from their homes in a high crime area, including seniors, youngsters and the handicapped.<\/span><\/p>\n

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DDOT\u2019s map grid \u201cis not consistent with what was implemented,\u201d Agwu writes, arguing DDOT pushed the plan \u201cforward in the midst of a pandemic.\u201d It does not appear that residents were given appropriate notice, she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Ivy City neighborhood is the most recent addition to the Citywide Coalition on DDOT Bike Plans. \u201cDDOT Bike Plans are causing concern and outrage in neighborhoods throughout the city,\u201d said Nick DelleDonne, who is organizing with leaders around the city to pushback. \u201cThe Plans, most objectionably, are developed by a staff of bicycle specialists without benefit from traffic experts, without care for the safety of pedestrians, and perhaps most important without study, which is generally considered the hallmark of planning,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The DC Coalition now includes participants from Shaw, Dupont Circle, Burleith, Glover Park, Capitol Hill East, Columbia Heights, the business communities, and churches. Shaw Main Streets Executive Director Alexander Padro said with over two decades of civic involvement, \u201cWe have never seen such intransigence and lack of transparency in any DC administration.\u201d \u201cWe are raising questions of ADA compliance which appear nowhere in the Plans,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sign our petition on DDOT\u2019s 17th<\/sup> St., NW, Plan<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0https:\/\/chng.it\/R6Z8QLyL<\/span><\/a>\u00a0A message will automatically be sent to the Mayor, DDOT and CM Pinto.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Release: Monday, Sept. 6, 2021\u00a0 Contact:\u202fNick\u00a0DelleDonne,\u202f\u202f delledonne.n@comcast.net\u202f, 703 929 6656\u00a0 \u00a0 NE Residents Join Citywide Opposition to DDOT Bike Plans \u00a0 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.\u00a0 They are the latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,1,67,69,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-dc","category-planning","category-transportation","category-w5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787","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=2787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2848,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}