Date: April 11, 2024
Contact: Lee Mayer, President
202-439-4744
DDOT Director Says Conn Ave Safety Plan Will Not Have Bike Lanes
Today, during the DC Council’s Transportation Committee budget hearing, Councilmember Matt Frumin asked DDOT Director Sharon Kershbaum, about the status of the Connecticut Ave safety project. She said the “plan will not include a bike lane” and “it will be a safety project.” She explained how the plan was initially about safety, and somehow, it morphed into a bike project. Director Kershbaum went on to say that in the future, DDOT will “be far more intentional about where we put a bike lane and not just do it every time we do a road diet.”
The thousands of Save Connecticut Ave supporters thank DDOT and Mayor Bowser for recognizing the danger these bike lanes would have posed to residents, zoo visitors, service providers, the mobility challenged, the disabled, businesses and emergency responders.
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