‘Dangerous by Design’ – Rally Today against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan – Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto

  Media Alert: Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656 ‘Dangerous by Design’What: Rally  Against the DDOT 17th St., NW, Bike Plan            Greeting of Councilmember Brooke Pinto   When: Friday, Oct. 1, 3:30-5 pm Where: Safeway, 17th & Corcoran Streets, NW     On Friday October 1, DECAA & […]

DC Auditor Examines Mayor’s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes

Release: Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656    DC Auditor Examines Mayor’s Mandate for Protected Bike Lanes   Last week, the DC Auditor announced a probe into Vision Zero, a program administered by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), to reduce traffic fatalities. The fact is that deaths have risen in each of the past […]

Bike Protests Spread to NE DC - No Comment from DDOT

Release: Monday, Sept. 27, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,    delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656      Bike Protests Spread to NE DC   No Comment from DDOT     On Friday, NBC4 News reported on a protest of the installation by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) of protected bike lanes on busy West Virginia Avenue, NE.  Residents of Ivy City told reporter Darcy Spencer […]

Housing Advocates Press Bowser Administration: Seize Opportunities, Develop Affordable Housing in Ward 3

WARD 3 HOUSING JUSTICE Wardman Hotel Strategy Team | NW Opportunity Partners Community Development Corporation CREATING EQUITABLE HOUSING IN DC'S WARD 3  Housing Advocates Press the Bowser Administration to Seize Opportunities to  Develop Affordable Housing in Ward 3 A group of affordable housing and community-led development advocates from Ward 3 and across the District met […]

‘Nothing’s Changed’ – Norouzi Challenges OP Director Trueblood on New ‘Racial Equity Lens’

Media Release September 21, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne 703-929-6656   ‘Nothing’s Changed’ Norouzi Challenges OP Director Trueblood  on New ‘Racial Equity Lens’    At the Grassroot Planning Coalition meeting, Saturday, Andrew Trueblood, director of the Mayor's Office of Planning, was asked how the new “racial equity lens,” established in the new DC  Comprehensive Plan, is being applied.  Trueblood […]

First Accident Shows Hazards of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan

For Release: Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021   Contact: Nick DelleDonne,    delledonne.n@comcast.net ,   703 929 6656    First Accident Shows Hazards of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan  “It was like a bomb went off,” said an observer, when one of the heavy-duty Waste Management trash trucks hit a Jersey wall and a tire exploded outside the restaurant Floriana, near 17th and Q Sts., […]

Community Demands – Stop Excavation at the Masonic Temple, Full Review of DDOT 17th St. Bike Plan

Media Alert: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 Contact: Nick DelleDonne ,   delledonne.n@comcast.net, 703 929 6656   What: Dupont ANC meeting to consider           Masonic Temple development DDOT 17th St Bike Plan: When: Today, Thursday, Sept. 9, 7 pm Where: By Zoom –  https://bit.ly/ANC2BSeptember2021   Community Demands will be made – Stop Excavation at the Masonic Temple over […]

NE Residents Join Citywide Opposition to DDOT Bike Plans

For Release: Monday, Sept. 6, 2021  Contact: Nick DelleDonne,   delledonne.n@comcast.net , 703 929 6656    NE Residents Join Citywide Opposition to DDOT Bike Plans   With the recent installation of protected bike lanes in the 1900 block of West Virginia Avenue NE, residents in the largely Black neighborhood have lost almost all parking spaces.  They are the latest […]