{"id":740,"date":"2021-07-08T17:35:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T17:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/?p=740"},"modified":"2021-07-09T18:34:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:34:06","slug":"mayor-bowser-hears-our-ddot-complaint-for-bike-plan-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/dc\/740","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For Release: Thursday, July 8, 2021<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Mayor Bowser\u00a0heard the community call for a public presentation of the controversial and confusing 17th<\/sup> St Bilke Plan proposed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). \u201cI will look into it,\u201d she said in response to a direct quest to tell DDOT to hold a public presentation. Following a ribbon cutting for senior apartments in NE on July 7, Nick DelleDonne, president of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) told Mayor Bowser that Safeway had joined DECAA\u2019s call for a public presentation, becoming the 20th<\/sup> merchant on the block, including TrueValue and CVS, to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Alex Pardo, Executive Director of Shaw Main Streets, DECAA is organizing a city-wide coalition to fight DDOT\u2019s stonewalling. \u201cIn 20 years of civic life, I have never seen such intransigence from the administration,\u201d said Padro, calling for a city-wide coalition<\/span> of neighborhoods from Shaw to\u00a0Burleith\u00a0to fight DDOT\u2019s intransigence. Bike lanes encourage speeding and endanger pedestrians. Merchants need parking. The city needs compliance with ADA. \u201cOur village is unique,\u201d said DelleDonne.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This weekend, Councilmember Mary Cheh said a public presentation is \u201ccustomary and required<\/b>.\u201d In June, DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson said, \u201cIf DDOT wants to go forward they absolutely have got to discuss what their plan is before they do it and work out the issues before they do it<\/b>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In Shaw, Alex Padro and Allan Ebert of 9th<\/sup> Street Association hosted a DDOT presentation for merchants on 9th<\/sup> Street, Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is our letter to the Mayor today:<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Mayor Bowser,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you for stopping yesterday at the Todd A Lee ribbon cutting to hear our complaint about DDOT's refusal to publicly present its plan for bike lanes on the congested section of 17th St., NW, between P St. and Riggs Place, in East Dupont Circle.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Confusion over the plan is widespread for both residents and businesses.\u00a0 How will the safety be assured of seniors with walkers, toddlers on a rope on their way to daycare and the disabled? Among the businesses, 20\u00a0 merchants, including Safeway, TrueValue and CVS, have formally joined our request for a public presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are certainly not against bike riders and increasing the use of bike. For East Dupont, this includes exploring alternative routes, bike routes on 14th, 15th and 20th Streets already exist — but DDOT will not listen. Other communities unhappy with DDOT's approach has led to a new coalition across the city, from Shaw to Burleith, that opposes DDOT\u2019s bike-centered intransigence. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Please see that we get what is customary and required \u2013 a public presentation by DDOT of its plan for 17 St. Bike Plan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you again, <\/span><\/p>\n

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Nick DelleDonne <\/span><\/p>\n

Dupont East Civic Action Association <\/span><\/p>\n

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


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For Release: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Contact:\u00a0Nick DelleDonne ,\u00a0\u00a0 delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 \u00a0 Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation \u00a0 Mayor Bowser\u00a0heard the community call for a public presentation of the controversial and confusing 17th St Bilke Plan proposed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). \u201cI will look into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,67,69,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dc","category-planning","category-transportation","category-w2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740","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=740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dcfeedback.com\/fit2print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}