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.

Click HERE to view the interview.

 

 

Press Release

 

DC’s Department of Aging must join the discussion on biking

Over the last few years, especially during COVID, DC has pushed installation of bike lanes in what amounts to a radical transformation of traffic patterns, removing traffic lanes, adding bike lanes, deliberately causing congestion, creating confusion, and increasing...

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DDOT Chief Proud of Website Wiped of Crash Record

At a DC Council hearing Tuesday, June 10, District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Director Sharon Kershbaum expressed pride in a new DDOT website of self-evaluation named ‘before/after evaluations.’ Kershbaum said such studies had long been sought and...

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DDOT Wipes Crash Record on Bike Lanes

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) wiped its website of a finding of a dramatic rise in crashes on protected bike lanes following testimony at the DC Council hearing on Monday, June 2. DDOTs...

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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...

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Nick DelleDonne
DC Safe Streets Coalition
dcsafestreetscoalition@gmail.com
703 929 6656