{"id":693,"date":"2021-06-14T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T11:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=693"},"modified":"2021-06-17T23:39:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:39:48","slug":"ddot-changes-17thst-bike-plan-refuses-public-presentation-residents-appeal-to-mayor-bowser-cm-pinto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/693","title":{"rendered":"DDOT Changes 17thSt. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Release: Monday, June 14, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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DDOT Changes 17th<\/sup> St. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Residents led by a neighborhood civic association demand the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hold a public presentation of recent changes to the controversial 17th<\/sup> St. Bike Plan which threatens the safety of residents who frequent the commercial district between P and R Streets NW, the economic and social nerve center of the community. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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Neighbors learned of radical changes in the plan at a civic association meeting when Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto announced gleefully that DDOT had found a solution to the longstanding controversy \u2013 \u201call traffic will be funneled through one lane,\u201d she said. Efforts by Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) to get a presentation have been stonewalled. Dupont ANC Commissioner Pasternak (ANC2B04) announced in a loud voice last week that \u201cDDOT will not make any changes.\u201d <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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\u201cRefusal to hold a public presentation of major changes is contrary to city policy and is itself provoking,\u201d said DECAA president Nick DelleDonne. \u201cWe are not the enemy. We are constituents, taxpayers and, unlike DDOT staff, we live here,\u201d he said. In a survey of merchants this weekend, they say they have not been consulted, are unaware of the changes and concerned about how it could work.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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DECAA\u2019s raised the issue of ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance and DDOT said ADA compliance is not required north of Massachusetts Ave. DECAA\u2019s Board Member Ed Hanlon called DDOT\u2019s stance \u2018immoral.\u2019 DECAA is considering a lawsuit.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n


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In a meeting Sunday, DECAA determined to bring the matter to the attention of Mayor Bowser and Councilmember Brooke Pinto. DECAA will sponsor a neighborhood petition seeking a public presentation.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Release: Monday, June 14, 2021 Contact:\u00a0Nick DelleDonne ,\u00a0\u00a0 delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 \u00a0 DDOT Changes 17th St. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto \u00a0 Residents led by a neighborhood civic association demand the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hold a public presentation of recent changes to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,67,69,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc","category-planning","category-transportation","category-w2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","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=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}