Media Alert: Friday, May 20, 2022
Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,
delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656
Protest Rally at CM Pinto's Bike Ride –
Residents Demand New Look at 17th St. Problems
Ward 2 residents and others will protest DDOT's dictated, confusing and anti-business 17th St. Bike Plan at DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto's bike tour on Saturday morning, May 21. CM Pinto has steadfastly refused to respond to calls for her support of a comprehensive evaluation of the reckless and dangerous bike installation on 17th St. in Dupont Circle.
What: Rally to Protest DDOT Bike Plans
Where: 9th & R Streets, NW (start of CM Pinto tour)
When: Saturday, May 21, 10 am
Live Stream Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dccoalitiononddotbikelanes
The 17th St. Bike Plan includes the dangerous Protected Bike Lanes (PBL) on a congested commercial street, removal of shopper parking and confining all traffic to a narrow single lane, including deliveries, cars and cyclists. It has created a hazardous environment for pedestrians, especially seniors with walkers, the disabled and toddlers on a thread from daycare. DDOT's Plan recklessly jeopardizes the livable/walkable community.
The rally is sponsored by the city-wide Coalition on DDOT Bike Plans which now includes a dozen partners in neighborhoods around the city. CM Pinto’s bike tour carefully avoids 17th St. where residents and merchants have been asking her for a meeting since March 2021, when she announced “a major breakthrough” in the plan for a traffic realignment.
In November last year, the Dupont Circle Citizens Association, passed a resolution that joined DECCA's call for DDOT to remove the protected bike lane. In December, the Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, led by an avid cyclist, noted that the 17th St. Bike Lane was not being used by cyclists and called for an evaluation to remove it.
Dupont East Civic Action Association
City-wide Coalition on DDOT Bike Plans
Live Stream Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dccoalitiononddotbikelanes
