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The long-running battle over the future of Connecticut Avenue took another turn on Monday night, as the DC Department of Transportation released its initial plan for reconfiguring the road—without bike lanes, and with dedicated parking lanes., would see a nearly three-mile span of Connecticut Avenue go from six lanes of thoroughfare traffic to four, with one combination parking/driving lane on either side of the road being converted into full-time parking space.
DDOT removed the reversible lanes in 2021, and in 2022, Connecticut Avenue saw 175 fewer crashes than in 2019, the last full year of traffic data available before the pandemic, according to DDOT data. However, crashes increased again in 2023, In May, DC Council Transportation Committee Chair Charles Allen signaled his support for withholding funds for safety improvements to Connecticut Avenue unless bike lanes were built. That language didn’t make it into DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson’s, but the Council could have another opportunity to add it next week when it votes on the budget again, a spokesperson for Allen tells“DDOT’s clearly set on building a highway on Connecticut Ave. It’s a bad idea.
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