DC Safe Streets Coalition
Join us in a united effort across all DC neighborhoods to save our communities impacted by reckless and dangerous DDOT Bike Plans, particularly when unsupported by studies in the planning process.
17th Street NW Bike Plan in Dupont Circle
Who We Are
DC neighbors have mounted a campaign to protest the reckless and dangerous Bike Plans and lane closures throughout the city. Protected Bike Lanes (PBLs) are not advisable through congested commercial streets where there are frequent interruptions in the bike lane. They pose hazards to pedestrians, seniors, drivers, business patrons and bike riders alike, just as the Mayor delayed plans for the massive K Street Transitway and the Connecticut Ave. Bike Plan, we ask for a pause in the network of bike plans and a comprehensive review, a study of alternative routes, ADA compliance, and community engagement in the form of many Town Halls to engage better with the community.
We encourage consideration of alternate cycle routes, alleys and small streets. Commercial stretches are inappropriate for protected bike lanes which set aside dedicated space for bikes in all seasons and all weather, even when they are not used. Closing traffic lanes causes congestion and will discourage business, entertainment and commercial activity in the city. We reject the false planning that creates an unworkable design, removing all legal parking spaces and then punishing patrons and residents for parking illegally. Funneling all traffic through one lane is a grave and reckless mistake.
We petition the Mayor, the Council and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to reject plans which will cripple the economic and social nerve center of our livable/walkable communities. We support efforts to bring neighborhoods together in the DC Safe Streets for All Coalition.
DC Council member introduces bill to close streets to cars far more often.
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Press Release
Bike lanes in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood sparks mixed reactions, calls for removals – WJLA NEWS 4-29-25
Bike lanes in DC's Adams Morgan neighborhood sparks mixed reactions, calls for removals [Link includes video of WJLA broadcast] by Carl Willis Tue, April 29th 2025 at 11:31 PM Some residents in D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood had mixed reactions on new bike...
Adams Morgan Bike Lanes and the Disintegration of DDOT – Kalorama Citizens host CM Anita Bonds tonight
The installation of Protected Bike Lanes on the congested commercial stretch of Columbia Road in Adams Morgan is a prime example of the disintegration of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) where separate staff operations for bus, bike and freight traffic...
The Lost Carrot – Let’s Fix Public Transit First – DC Council Hearing on WMATA Today
In its haste to remove cars from DC streets, DC planners are putting the cart before the horse. They acknowledge the purpose of recent radical road designs is to make driving frustrating and to nudge DC residents to choose public transit. The problem is that DC does...
Seniors Need Cars and Access to the Curb – DC Council Hears from Seniors Today
Since COVID, DC streets have undergone a radical transformation that is supposed to make us safer but is creating confusion instead. Removing traffic lanes and installing bike lanes are creating hazards. The population most at risk to these changes is seniors, but the...
Councilmember Charles Allen: DDOT Does Not Listen – DDOT Director Kershbaum Takes the Stand Today
The leading proponent of bike lanes on the DC Council, Charles Allen, noted at the Council Oversight Hearing Wednesday last week (Feb. 5) that witnesses both for and against bike lanes were in agreement on one thing: DDOT does not listen. Today, February 11, as DDOT...
Columbia Rd. Bike Lanes Roil Community – Neighbors to Complain at Meeting with DDOT Today
Where: Festival Center,1640 Columbia Road When: Thursday, January 16, 12:00 noon. Here is a recent video of traffic on Columbia Rd....
No-Turn-on-Red and Bike Lane Pause Tonight, Jan. 9
As DDOT Director Kershbaum Joins BAC The Bicycle Advisory Council (BAC) will host the Director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), Sharon Kershbaum, at its meeting tonight, Jan. 9, to discuss No-Turn-on-Red which went into effect this year and the...
DDOT’s Plan for Dining in the Street
Hearing Set for Permanent Streateries Now after the COVID pandemic is long gone, the Mayor proposes making temporary structures permanent. Moved by economic hardship restaurants suffered from distance requirements during the pandemic, DC residents extended a helping...
We do not follow Robert’s Rules of Order
Ward 4 Seniors’ Commission Bows to Councilmember “We do not follow Robert’s Rules of Order,“ said the interim chair of the Ward 4 Mini-Commission on Aging, Gail Williams, at its meeting Thursday, November 14. Williams was responding to a call for a Point of Order as...
BREAKING – ‘No New Bike Lanes’ Bicycle Advisory Council to Discuss DDOT Plans Tonight
Mendelson tells Woodridge, residents, he hears from bike advocates Warren Corlick, chair of the Bicycle Advisory Council (BAC) reported on the BAC listserv yesterday, November 12, that the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will pause bike lane plans for two...
Community Challenges South Dakota Ave. Safety Plan
DDOT presents plan at meeting, tonight Nov. 6, 2024 Neighborhood concerns over the South Dakota Ave Safety Study will be heard tonight at a presentation by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). At the request of the North Michigan Park Civic Association,...
‘Fundamentally Less Safe’ – WUSA9 on Columbia Rd Bus Priority Project
WUSA9 reporter Alexis Wainwright spotlighted traffic concerns with the new Bus Priority Project on Columbia Rd in a broadcast on Nov. 1. Throughout her interview with local business owner Shawn Fenty, the new traffic installation showed itself to be a complete...
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Nick DelleDonne
DC Safe Streets Coalition
dcsafestreetscoalition@gmail.com
703 929 6656