{"id":2800,"date":"2021-09-29T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2021-10-12T23:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T23:56:29","slug":"dc-auditor-examines-mayors-mandate-for-protected-bike-lanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/2800","title":{"rendered":"DC Auditor Examines Mayor\u2019s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Release<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>Wednesday,\u00a0<\/span>Sept. 2<\/span>9, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Contact:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Nick\u00a0<\/span>DelleDonne<\/span>\u00a0,<\/span>\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

delledonne.n@comcast.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, 703 929 6656<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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DC Auditor Examines Mayor\u2019s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Last week, the DC Auditor announced a probe into Vision Zero, a program administered\u00a0by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), to reduce traffic fatalities. The fact is that deaths have risen in each of the past six years, but one. \u201cWe applaud this audit,\u201d said Nick DelleDonne, of the city-wide Coalition on DDOT Bike Plans, \u201cVision Zero is being used to justify dangerous bike plans throughout the city.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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The Coalition urges neighborhoods around the city to pushback. Protected bike lanes (PBLs) unexpectedly create a hazard for pedestrians \u2013 seniors on walkers, toddlers on a rope from daycare, the disabled, and the rest of us. PBLs encourage bad behavior, like speeding and running lights and going the wrong way. In the commercial stretch on 17th<\/sup> St., NW, this reckless plan runs through the commercial and social nerve center of the community. DDOT\u2019s 17th<\/sup> St. Bike Plan drives a highway for bikes through the prized livable walkable community. \u201cIt is reckless and dangerous,\u201d DelleDonne said. <\/span><\/p>\n

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DDOT agents have said, \u201cWe heard your complaints but the Mayor has a mandate and the protected bike lanes are going in whether you like it or not.\u201d The so-called mandate is Vision Zero. The Mayor and Councilmembers\u00a0rely on the admirable goal of Vision Zero to justify a blind determination to force PBLs in neighborhoods where their installation is reckless and dangerous. <\/span><\/p>\n

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DDOT is coming increasingly under fire for not planning, as a matter of policy. A recent unanimous resolution of ANC3E in Friendship Heights criticizes\u00a0DDOT in fine detail on this matter. Councilmember Mary Cheh, who chairs the Council oversight committee on transportation, has consequently asked DDOT how its policy is not \u201can abdication of its responsibility\u201d\u00a0to plan. The confirmation hearing for DDOT director Everett Lott is Oct. 26.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The DC Coalition on DDOT Bike Plans will rally, \u2018Dangerous by Design,\u2019 Friday, Oct. 1, at the Safeway at 17th<\/sup> and Corcoran Streets, NW, 3:30-5 pm, to protest a Bike Plan DDOT installed without community engagement. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Release:\u00a0Wednesday,\u00a0Sept. 29, 2021\u00a0 Contact:\u202fNick\u00a0DelleDonne\u00a0,\u202f\u202f\u00a0 delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656\u00a0 \u00a0 DC Auditor Examines Mayor\u2019s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes \u00a0 Last week, the DC Auditor announced a probe into Vision Zero, a program administered\u00a0by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), to reduce traffic fatalities. The fact is that deaths have risen in each of the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,2,1,67,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-citywide","category-dc","category-planning","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800","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=2800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2839,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2800\/revisions\/2839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}