An Op-Ed in the Louisville Courier-Journal argues against one-way streets downtown, making many points relevant to the 15th Street reconstruction in Logan/Dupont. Some I hadn’t heard before, like the fact that drug dealers and drive-by shooters prefer one-way streets. Via Richard Layman.

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Tagged: 15th street, crime, dc, logan circle, one way streets, public safety, roads, traffic

David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.