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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DDOT'
Today is Your Chance to Give 2 the Max!
November 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
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
H St Tree Boxes To Get New Look (Again)
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · H Street
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
H Street Construction “Substantially Complete”
June 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · H Street, Near Northeast/Atlas District
This morning Mayor Gray, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and local business leaders, Anwar Saleem of H Street Main Street and Julia Christian of CHAMPS joined forces to celebrate the substantial completion of the H Street Northeast Streetscape reconstruction. Substantial completion refers to all street and sidewalk surfaces being complete; no traffic lanes being blocked [...]
Tags: DDOT·development·Traffic
DDOT Asks for CaBi Input
April 27th, 2011 · 12 Comments · Capitol Hill
DDOT is asking for your feedback on the proposed placement of 25 new Capital Bikeshare stations. Our friends at Greater Greater Washington have, as ever, given us a useful introduction to the topic. If you’re really interested, the comments are also quite enlightening, though I hope some of those people also sent their comments to [...]
Tags: Bikes·Bikeshare·CaBi·DDOT·transportation
Potholepalooza
March 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill
Today WUSA 9 reported on the pothole-fixing blitz the Governor announced today in Virginia. Which got me thinking about last year’s Potholepalooza in the District. Potholepalooza is a month long campaign to proactively and aggressively repair thousands of potholes throughout the city. In an effort to repair as many roads in our fair city as quickly [...]
Tags: DDOT·transportation
Traffic Calming on 11th Street, SE
September 16th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Capitol Hill South
This article, by David Holmes, originally appeared in the September, 2010, newsletter of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society. Change may be in store for 11th Street, SE. At a meeting called by ANC Commissioner Kristen Oldenburg and Councilmember Tommy Wells, the District Department of Transportation (DDoT) presented proposed changes in street parking and new bike [...]
Tags: 11th St Bridge·DDOT·MPD·transportation
Get Off My Parking Space!
May 27th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Capitol Hill
At a recent dinner party, there was a lively conversation about the new multi-space parking meters that don’t actually seem to work a lot of the time. This, of course, devolved into complaints about the $20 in quarters you have to carry around in order to park for any length of time (7 minutes, really??). [...]
