Category: Transportation & Transit

Media Alert – DDOT 9th St. Bike Plan Raises Problems – Rally, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2 pm

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, […]

DDOT Director Lott Calls 17th St. Bike Speedway a ‘Critical Connector’ for Through Traffic ? Why Won’t CM Pinto Give Community a Public Presentation?

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 […]

Walking Tour of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan – Today, 17th & Q Sts., 11 am

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. […]

Mayor Bowser Hears Our DDOT Complaint for Bike Plan Presentation

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 […]

BREAKING – CM Pinto Says: No, to 17th St Bike Plan Presentation

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 […]

DDOT Bike Plans Face Rising Opposition, Merchants, Civic Associations Demand DDOT Stop Stonewalling

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 […]

DDOT Changes 17thSt. Bike Plan – Refuses Public Presentation; Residents Appeal to Mayor Bowser, CM Pinto

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 […]

DupontANC Elections – An Opportunity and A Hazard

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 […]

Dupont East Forum: Candidates Support Open Space, Biker Control, Affordable Housing

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 […]