Posts by Steve Seelig — Contributor
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Protected bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue could mean safer roads for all types of users
Protected bike lanes could soon be coming to Connecticut Avenue NW, as the District Department of Transportation narrows down its preferred options in its Reversible Lane Safety and Operations Study. First envisioned to study if the dangerous reversible rush-hour lanes could be eliminated (there were more than 1,500 total crashes on this street between 2015-2019), DDOT expanded its scope to review whether a protected bike lane was feasible. Keep reading…
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ANC commissioner tries to stall New Mexico Ave. bike lanes
Despite having endorsed bike lanes on New Mexico Avenue in July, ANC 3D will consider a draft resolution asking the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to delay installing the lanes at its meeting tonight. New Mexico Avenue forms one of the few street connections between American University and the neighborhoods of Glover Park and Wesley Heights. The resolution,… Keep reading…
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Ward 3 Democrats forget mission, fixate on parking
A Republican, Patrick Mara, just got the most votes in DC’s Ward 3 in a special election. Leaders of the Ward 3 Democratic Committee, an organization formed “to support and elect Democratic candidates for local and national office,” meanwhile, were more concerned with ramming through a resolution against the DC zoning rewrite’s parking proposals. This… Keep reading…
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Cafritz presents Chevy Chase building to skeptical neighbors
“This neighborhood doesn’t need any revitalizing,” said one resident who lives near 5333 Connecticut Avenue, NW, throwing back into developer Jane Cafritz’s face a newspaper quote where she said the proposed glassy, 9-story, 263-unit residential building would revitalize the neighborhood. Hearing this, the crowd of Chevy Chase DC residents,… Keep reading…
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Parking-free, mixed-use building is right for Tenleytown
Douglas Development wants to rebuild Tenleytown’s long-vacant Babe’s Billiards into a mixed-use development with 60 residential units and ground floor retail space. Perhaps most significantly, Douglas wants to build no parking at all on the site. The once-popular neighborhood nightspot has been shuttered for several years, despite its location just a few… Keep reading…