Why has DC failed so badly on clearing the streets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Who is responsible for clearing snow/ice from bus stops?
2. Who is responsible for clearing snow/ice on street corners so pedestrians can cross safely?
3. Like a PP mentioned a few posts back, why did the city not go into the neighborhoods with bags of salt instead of asking us to get to their 6 locations?

Have a little bit of self motivation and go dig out the crosswalk yourself. Nobody can help you if you won’t help yourself. PS salt does nothing for compacted ice and snow. Sand would probably be better for traction if you cannot dig down and remove the ice to the sidewalk.

Self motivation, huh? So, I should carry a shovel on my walk from my home to the metro and every corner that I come to, I should dig it out so it's passeable? You're an idiot!

[Anonymous]

The lesson here is that if DC ever had an actual emergency, the DC government would be completely useless and not help you in any way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

They are responsible in different ways. It doesn't help when people get all up in arms at the wrong target.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lets get the National Guard in here to shovel.

This is a prime example of why Trump should just take over the city. Such a gross incompetence

Trump is worse in every way than Mayor Bowser. Have you seen what he's done to Minneapolis? To FEMA? To USAID? To the Department of Education? The opposite of functional and effective.

I was being tongue in cheek. But the reality is if the city doesn't clear the streets I'm sure Trump will point to it as yet another symbol of incompetence. Which frankly it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the lack of immigrants.

Uh, have you looked at who works for DPW?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

JLG seems determined to avoid any responsibility. Lovely way to start your mayoral campaign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

JLG seems determined to avoid any responsibility. Lovely way to start your mayoral campaign.

Very good point. How our candidates respond to the handling of this particular emergency can give us a good idea of whether or not they have the analysis skills or vision to lead the city well in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

It doesn’t bode well from DC statehood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lets get the National Guard in here to shovel.

This is a prime example of why Trump should just take over the city. Such a gross incompetence

What about asking for some help shoveling from those able-bodied residents who live rent free thanks to DC housing vouchers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all those saying the streets are a mess because there was sleet - that is a partial truth.

There is so much the city could have still done and did not.

They could have proactively salted all residential streets. I’m in the palisades and our roads were not pre-salted. Not a single plow came down our block, or multiple others in our neighborhood and in AU park on Sunday. Monday afternoon a plow finally tried to come through. We live on a hill and the plow did 1/3rd of the incline ascending, then backed up and left. Another plow never came again. So our street was never pre-salted, and only partially plowed. We live one block off a major throughfare. The dc plow tracker was then updated to our street having been plowed - false.

This was just abysmal planning and management.

Come snow then spend then whatever, if all roads had been presalted and plows had been running continuously and the plow tracker had been updated truthfully, then the city would have better awareness of the conditions and residents would have more accessibility.

The DC Department of Public Works must be using the DCPS grading manual if 30 percent is graded as a satisfactory passing score!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

JLG seems determined to avoid any responsibility. Lovely way to start your mayoral campaign.

+1

I’ve been very surprised and annoyed by her lack of action in this situation. Ward 4 is still a mess and it seems like they’ve just given up on sending snow plows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

JLG seems determined to avoid any responsibility. Lovely way to start your mayoral campaign.

+1

I’ve been very surprised and annoyed by her lack of action in this situation. Ward 4 is still a mess and it seems like they’ve just given up on sending snow plows.

What action are you looking for? The Mayor via DPW sends the plows.

You think the Mayor is going to do something to help make Janeese look good? The opposite! Mayor Bowser will gladly throw us under the bus if it can help McDuffie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

JLG seems determined to avoid any responsibility. Lovely way to start your mayoral campaign.

+1

I’ve been very surprised and annoyed by her lack of action in this situation. Ward 4 is still a mess and it seems like they’ve just given up on sending snow plows.

What action are you looking for? The Mayor via DPW sends the plows.

You think the Mayor is going to do something to help make Janeese look good? The opposite! Mayor Bowser will gladly throw us under the bus if it can help McDuffie.

This shitshow is a pretty good leadership test for the mayoral candidates, and Janeese basically saying "not my job!" is pretty telling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I came to DC for work today. My walk from metro was fine. A but of snow at intersections but manageable. I am not even wearing boots. It was COLD though

I demand to know why our councilmember isn't doing something about this. It's like they don't care!

It's weird that some people defend the city here. The DC government's reaction to the snow has been a failure in almost every conceivable way.

Specifically, the mayor. It's the mayor's job to run city services. It's weird when people blame council members because the mayor executed something poorly.

They are all responsible. The Mayor and her team, and the elected Councilpeople who are supposed to be representing us and keeping the city accountable. In our case, neither our Mayor nor our Councilwoman (Nadeau) are running for reelection so you can imagine exactly how motivated they are to solve this problem.

JLG seems determined to avoid any responsibility. Lovely way to start your mayoral campaign.

+1

I’ve been very surprised and annoyed by her lack of action in this situation. Ward 4 is still a mess and it seems like they’ve just given up on sending snow plows.

Ward 4 is so bad. It's shocking how bad the roads are, still.