This is great! Several times I've wanted to walk from Crystal City (National Landing?) but was deterred by unfriendly road design / lack of pedestrian infrastructure.
Voters in W3 backed a Mayor and CM who supported the Conn Ave safety project. Then the Mayor inexplicably abandoned it - and DDOT never gave "great weight" to the 4 ANCs. Anyway, it will be interesting to hear what mayoral candidates in 2024 promise W3 voters re: road safety projects.
W3 voters voted heavily in support of Bowser in the primary and general election. Not only that, W3 voters picked a Dem CM in the primary that supported the W3 project (I believe all of them did!) - and then soundly rejected the GOP nominee who based his campaign opposing the W3 safety project.
What's frustrating is this isn't even a case where voters have simply rejected something. Bowser's DDOT proposed an ambitious W3 road safety project, it was supported by all 4 ANCs, and Bowser in Dec 2021 gave full support to that W3 project. How did W3 voters react in 2022 when they voted?
And the problem is simply we have elected a Mayor and DC Council that have repeatedly shown they don't care all that much about making progress on Vision Zero. They are unwilling to dedicate adequate resources or pursue the type of safety policies or projects that would help us reach our goal.
The DDOT open house on strategic bikeways was fine. It was nice to meet and chat with some other commissioners and DDOT staff. My kid liked the free mini muffins. To me, the relevant data point is deaths have been consistently higher *after* the Mayor made Vision Zero pledge about 10 years ago.
Also, I am thrilled GGWash is taking a stand against BEGA for BEGA's bizarre effort to undermine an important ANC commissioner training. ggwash.org/view/97037/w...
In 2023, we organized trainings for Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. The District government called them an illegal gift—but that local law is unconstitutional, and we’re asking officials to chang...
Check out DC Week Without Driving 2024 and consider joining. I'm excited we have two of us (me and Commissioner Jim Nash) participating from ANC 3/4G. And thankful to have a Ward 3 Councilmember, Matt Frumin, who is in as well! ggwash.org/dcten/week-w...
The Week Without Driving (September 30 - October 6, 2024) challenges District leaders and the general public to learn firsthand about the challenges that nondrivers face in their communities.
I'm attending DDOT's open house tomorrow for ANCs re: strategic bikeways plan. Unfortunately I have low expectations based on what I've seen from DDOT the past year. But I will try to go with an open mind and gratitude they are hosting the event at all. I will let you all know here how it goes.
We had something similar at Chevy Chase Day last Saturday at public library/community center. Cars were supposed to clear out of parking lot by certain time to give people more space (parking lot was used for bounce house, firetruck, etc.) but they didn't - don't think they were even ticketed.