Do you walk or drive near the Potomac Avenue Metro Station? If so, you probably realize that this intersection is, to say the least, problematic. Thankfully, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is planning a series of public meetings on pedestrian safety for the Pennsylvania Avenue and Potomac Avenue intersection. It’s an opportunity for the [...]
Tags: DDOT·pedestrian safety·Potomac Avenue·public meeting·safety
Have you ever wanted to tell city staff what you think is important when it comes to modes of transportation? Do you feel like more bike lanes would make commutes easier? Are there tweaks to a bus route you think would be more logical than it currently is? Is a crosswalk signal a few seconds [...]
Tags: DC·DDOT·moveDC·transportation
Capitol Hill is a great place for pedestrians. Most of the time. Those of us who are car-less, or in one-car families, and dependent on our feet, our bikes or our weighed-down strollers cross a lot of intersections to make it home safely. And a few of them in my neck of the woods are [...]
Tags: DDOT·pedestrians·transportation·walkable and livable·walking
On Friday, Councilmember Wells handed out the Brickies, otherwise known as the Livable Walkable Awards. The awards recognize individuals, organizations, businesses and spaces that make Ward 6 a desirable environment for all manner of people and uses. This is the first year that Ward 6 includes the Shaw neighborhood, so Wellslandia has crept further into [...]
Tags: BicycleSPACE·Brickies·City Blossoms·DDOT·H Street·Shaw·Tommy Wells·walkable and livable·Yards Park
After more than a year of construction and bumpy car and bike rides across Columbus Circle, it looks like streetscaping improvements to the Union Station front entrance are approaching an endpoint. The Hill is Home snapped a picture of the upgraded crosswalk and roadway this morning. It looks a lot smoother than the hodgepodge of [...]
Anne Trenolone, an alert reader and involved community member, sent along some communications she’s been having with DDOT regarding the plans to install a traffic light at 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, and many of us at The Hill is Home started to think about the ramifications of getting a light installed there. According [...]
Tags: crazy Maryland drivers·DDOT·editorial·pedestrians·safety·Traffic·traffic light
There has been a flurry of news in the last few days regarding the upcoming and highly anticipated H Street/Benning Road streetcar line, currently slated to start running in Summer 2013. After a somewhat disastrous hearing in front of the D.C. Council, where DDOT Director Terry Bellamy admitted that they may not have enough streetcars [...]
Tags: community meetings·DDOT·streetcar
You all know I LOVE a good streetcar meeting. I think my first post for THIH was about the near-mythical streetcar. I have been watching this drama unfold for the past 5 years with glee. I come from a theatre background so I can’t help it. Positions such as “The WIRES of DOOM that will [...]
Today, starting at midnight, is Give to the Max Day across the Washington region. Give to the Max Greater Washington is a day for Washingtonians to come together to raise as much money as possible for area nonprofits in 24 hours, starting at midnight (12:00 AM) on November 9 through midnight (12:00 AM) on [...]
Tags: benefit·CHAAAP·Charity·CHAW·DDOT·fundraising·Give 2 the Max·Joy of Motion
During H Street, NE’s sidewalk reconstruction earlier this summer, new tree boxes were installed with large granite stones on the perimeter, filled in by 4-inch cube cobblestones installed at an angle to facilitate drainage. In addition to drainage, I’ve also heard these smaller cobbles referred to as facilitators for B&E and grand theft auto. This [...]
Tags: DDOT·H Street·streetscape
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