9TH STREET BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Media Alert FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 10, 2021 CONTACT: ALLAN EBERT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 202-409-4669 connectallan@gmail.com DDOT 9th St. Bike Plan Raises Problems Rally, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2 pm Businesses on the 1900 block of 9th Street NW fear that DDOT’s Bike Plan for protected bike lanes will reduce parking, […]
Category: Transportation & Transit
DDOT Director Lott Calls 17th St. Bike Speedway a ‘Critical Connector’ for Through Traffic ? Why Won’t CM Pinto Give Community a Public Presentation? In a TV news report on the Heated Debate on Bike Lanes on July 13, NBC NEWS4 reporter Mark Segraves quoted Director Everett Lott of the District Department of Transportation […]
Media Advisory For Release: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne, delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656 NBC4 Reports 'Confusing' Traffic on 17th St. DDOT Continues to Stonewall Rally and Walking Tour of 17th St. by Neighborhood Coalition Where: 17th & Q Sts., NW, When: Wed., July 14, 11 am Guest: Reverend Graylan Scott Hagler, Plymouth Congregational Music by Lorenz A. […]
For Release: Thursday, July 8, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation Mayor Bowser heard the community call for a public presentation of the controversial and confusing 17th St Bilke Plan proposed by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT). “I will look into […]
Media Alert and Release : Saturday, July 3, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 BREAKING – CM Pinto Says: No, to 17th St Bike Plan Presentation Friday, July 2, Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto refused to provide a public presentation for the benefit of her constituents in Ward 2 regarding DDOT’s confusing 17 th St. Bike Plan. But, oddly, she […]
For Release: Monday, June 28, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DDOT Bike Plans Face Rising Opposition, Merchants, Civic Associations Demand DDOT Stop Stonewalling DC neighborhoods, including Dupont East, Shaw, Glover Park and Burleith, are getting together in collective protest of DDOT’s proposed protected bike lanes through congested commercial and […]
For Release: Monday, June 14, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 DDOT Changes 17th St. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto Residents led by a neighborhood civic association demand the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) hold a public presentation of recent changes to the […]
Media release October 22, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656 DECAA Considers Lawsuit of DDOT’s 17th St. Bike Plan Addressing District Department of Transportation’s (DDOT) 17th St. Bike Plan at a meeting of Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA) Monday, Oct. 19, ANC Commissioner Ed Hanlon (SMD 2B09) presented the case that the Plan is […]
For Release: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 Contact: Nick DelleDonne , delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 Dupont ANC Elections – An Opportunity and A Hazard Neighbors heard candidates for the upcoming ANC2B election at a forum sponsored by Dupont Circle Citizens Association on September 30, and it appears, some of the candidates incriminated themselves with their own […]
Media Release On Sept. 19, 2020 Contact Nick DelleDonne 703 929 6656 Dupont East Forum: Candidates Support Open Space, Biker Control, Affordable Housing Preserving and creating more open space was a major issue at the At-Large Candidate Forum held Thursday, Sept. 17, by the Dupont East Civic Action Association (DECAA). Without dissent, candidates called […]