With all this negativity about bikes and pedestrians

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quote got messed up but I have two kids and a crazy job, still knew this was happening and still think you’re a whiny entitled nut job. Keep on whining into the wind I guess, the changes are happening with or without your personal approval

People with two kids and a crazy job don't spend their entire day on this Web site.

DP. That’s apparently reserved for the small minority of bike fanatics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quote got messed up but I have two kids and a crazy job, still knew this was happening and still think you’re a whiny entitled nut job. Keep on whining into the wind I guess, the changes are happening with or without your personal approval

People with two kids and a crazy job don't spend their entire day on this Web site.

Especially during the period in question, when kids weren't going to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question: How are we supposed to be getting information from our ANC Reps? We used to get newsletters by email, but that stopped years ago. I haven't gotten any information in any format from the current rep. Not once. No notice of meetings, no notice of how to contact, etc.

What is the standard in your ANC for getting this information out to the people?

Sign up for emails on their website. If you are on either the Chevy Chase or Cleveland Park email groups, ANC 3C, 3E, 3F and 3G all post notices for their meetings and agendas there.

They all also have Twitter accounts and individual commissioners each also have city email addresses.

This isn't hard, folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

People didnt even know this was happening. I didnt know until I saw the DCUM thread. People have busy lives.

Many people knew. If you read this forum, or any of the neighborhood emaill groups, or receive CM Cheh's newsletter or the ANC email notices, you would have known about it.

Really, you had to be living under a rock to miss it, and the fact that part of it happened during COVID meant the meetings were online, which meant even more people than normal participated.

You obviously don't have kids. If you one day have kids, you will laugh at how insane you sound.

3 of them actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

Is the Ward 3 Bikers group these guys?

https://ward3bikes.org/lets-make-connecticut-ave-safer-for-everyone/

There is a fair amount of information on that site and also it looks like some comments they sent to DDOT recently which are pretty decent.

Thanks... I'll reach out to them to get involved. This plan is great and I'd like to see more of this done, especially in like Ward 5 or Ward 7 which are just full of big and dangerous roads that people speed on like Michigan or RI or NY or N Dakota Ave in Ward 5 or MLK or Western or Minnesota in Ward 7/8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

People didnt even know this was happening. I didnt know until I saw the DCUM thread. People have busy lives.

Yes, clearly, there was a conspiracy to silence you. That’s why they had all those public meetings.

All of these threads are just a preview of the fights to come. Most people have no idea this project even exists.

Here is the post from longtime ANC 3C Commissioner Nancy Macwood on this topic on the CP Listserve:


Nancy MacWood
Sep 8 #191910


It is really alarming that residents are feeling blindsided or uninformed about DDOT's decisions regarding the Conn. Ave. Reversible Lane and Safety Study. Here is a link https://ddot.dc.gov/page/connecticut-avenue-nw-reversible-lane-safety-and-operations-study to the June 28, 2022 DDOT presentation that includes a concept map for Conn. Ave. between Porter and Macomb Streets (Map #4).

It shows that there are 52 metered parking spaces in that area now. The proposal is to eliminate all parking on the west side and retain 25 spaces on the east side. The on street loading area is currently 162 ft. The proposal would eliminate all loading on the west side and retain 47 ft. on the east side. The map referenced above shows where these areas are currently and where they would be per the proposal.

DDOT held two redundant public meetings in 2021 ( March 30 and April 1) and two redundant public meetings in 2022 (June 28 and June 29). In addition, DDOT presented to a public ANC 3C meeting July 20, 2020, February 23, 2021, and June 22, 2022. DDOT also presented at a CPCA meeting July 29, 2020 and CPCA co-sponsored the Feb. 23, 2021 DDOT presentation to 3C. DDOT presented to the WPCA on July 23, 2020 and Feb. 25, 2021.

The comment period to DDOT on preferred study options was April 1 - May 8, 2021. I posted a summary of how the study options would affect Conn. Ave. in Cleveland Park to the listserv on April 13, 2021 and asked for comments prior to ANC 3C considering a resolution at the April 19, 2021 public meeting. I have ten emails from that period in my inbox sent to all 3C commissioners that supported Concept C. I also have emails primarily sent to me that voiced concerns and issues with the study and did not support any particular study option.

A prominent concern was the effect of diverting a projected total daily diversion of 7,000 vehicles to other roadways. In addition to asking the sponsors of the 3C resolution to amend it to urge DDOT to immediately end the reversible lane configuration and to lower the speed limit to 25mph, I asked that the John Eaton School community be given an additional week to comment because DDOT had not briefed them on the potential impacts of bike lanes and diverted traffic on school safety. The Eaton amendment was readily accepted by one co-sponsor but not by the main drafter. At the ANC meeting I repeated the request and Comm. Siddiqui continued to object to the necessity or propriety of extending the comment period by one week, which would allow DDOT to schedule a briefing, until Principal Anderson spoke in favor of the amendment.

An additional amendment to urge DDOT to continue to study diversion patterns and volumes while considering biking infrastructure changes was accepted at the ANC meeting. DDOT plans to perform traffic calming reviews and conduct parking/loading "optimization" studies through 2022. The traffic calming exercise will include examination of cut through traffic, speeding, and traffic violation patterns. I have requested that DDOT include 34th St. from Porter St. to Woodley Rd. with an emphasis on school safety, and I recommend that residents contact [e-mail] [Edward.Stollof @ dcw dot gov] ho is the project manager with any suggested blocks or streets that should be considered for traffic calming.

Nancy MacWood
ANC 3C09

It is your fault if you are relying on DCUM for info on what is going on in our neighborhood - it is not a great source for info.

DP no it is not the fault of the residents because DC did not actually engage the public in good faith. This is the way the city operates. The same thing happened with the elementary school at Fox Hall. The activist and the city will exclude the general public from these meeting and the ANC listserv. They do not want the input of the people who live in the area.

Now the City has gall to say oh well all the activist and lobbyists made the meeting. You know all the people we know by their first name. The general public is just too stupid to know what is happening because we did not want their input. Me and the 10 people I invite to the meeting think this is what should happen.

I have lived in this city for over 30 years now. I have never had any interaction with the ANC and talk to my Council-member once. ANC is secretive and non-communicative at best. If the ANC was so connected and informed about her ANC why is it such a surprise that the major of the people in her ANC are upset?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We could talk all day about who should have known what and when they should have known it, but that's just a waste of time. Some people knew about it, some people didn't. Let's accept that as fact and just move on.

The plan has been approved and it's in all of our best interests to focus on the implementation of it. Could someone who is in the know share here what the process is for implementation feedback and planning? If I live in the 3000 block of Connecticut, for example, how and when can I have input into what the implementation will look like in the Woodley and Cleveland Park segments? Or if I'm on a side street and I want to be part of the conversation around diverted traffic — where and when can I participate in that? If I have a disability and want to be part of discussion on signal timing and raised crosswalks -- how/when/where do I do that?

If those who are in charge of Plan C could share that information here, it would give everyone something concrete to do and a chance to have a voice in the ultimate outcome. Thank you.

DDOT is doing walk throughs this week. Look at the Forest Hills Connection for yet another micro-local source of news and information, if you are not on any of the neighborhood email groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

People didnt even know this was happening. I didnt know until I saw the DCUM thread. People have busy lives.

Yes, clearly, there was a conspiracy to silence you. That’s why they had all those public meetings.

All of these threads are just a preview of the fights to come. Most people have no idea this project even exists.

Here is the post from longtime ANC 3C Commissioner Nancy Macwood on this topic on the CP Listserve:


Nancy MacWood
Sep 8 #191910


It is really alarming that residents are feeling blindsided or uninformed about DDOT's decisions regarding the Conn. Ave. Reversible Lane and Safety Study. Here is a link https://ddot.dc.gov/page/connecticut-avenue-nw-reversible-lane-safety-and-operations-study to the June 28, 2022 DDOT presentation that includes a concept map for Conn. Ave. between Porter and Macomb Streets (Map #4).

It shows that there are 52 metered parking spaces in that area now. The proposal is to eliminate all parking on the west side and retain 25 spaces on the east side. The on street loading area is currently 162 ft. The proposal would eliminate all loading on the west side and retain 47 ft. on the east side. The map referenced above shows where these areas are currently and where they would be per the proposal.

DDOT held two redundant public meetings in 2021 ( March 30 and April 1) and two redundant public meetings in 2022 (June 28 and June 29). In addition, DDOT presented to a public ANC 3C meeting July 20, 2020, February 23, 2021, and June 22, 2022. DDOT also presented at a CPCA meeting July 29, 2020 and CPCA co-sponsored the Feb. 23, 2021 DDOT presentation to 3C. DDOT presented to the WPCA on July 23, 2020 and Feb. 25, 2021.

The comment period to DDOT on preferred study options was April 1 - May 8, 2021. I posted a summary of how the study options would affect Conn. Ave. in Cleveland Park to the listserv on April 13, 2021 and asked for comments prior to ANC 3C considering a resolution at the April 19, 2021 public meeting. I have ten emails from that period in my inbox sent to all 3C commissioners that supported Concept C. I also have emails primarily sent to me that voiced concerns and issues with the study and did not support any particular study option.

A prominent concern was the effect of diverting a projected total daily diversion of 7,000 vehicles to other roadways. In addition to asking the sponsors of the 3C resolution to amend it to urge DDOT to immediately end the reversible lane configuration and to lower the speed limit to 25mph, I asked that the John Eaton School community be given an additional week to comment because DDOT had not briefed them on the potential impacts of bike lanes and diverted traffic on school safety. The Eaton amendment was readily accepted by one co-sponsor but not by the main drafter. At the ANC meeting I repeated the request and Comm. Siddiqui continued to object to the necessity or propriety of extending the comment period by one week, which would allow DDOT to schedule a briefing, until Principal Anderson spoke in favor of the amendment.

An additional amendment to urge DDOT to continue to study diversion patterns and volumes while considering biking infrastructure changes was accepted at the ANC meeting. DDOT plans to perform traffic calming reviews and conduct parking/loading "optimization" studies through 2022. The traffic calming exercise will include examination of cut through traffic, speeding, and traffic violation patterns. I have requested that DDOT include 34th St. from Porter St. to Woodley Rd. with an emphasis on school safety, and I recommend that residents contact [e-mail] [Edward.Stollof @ dcw dot gov] ho is the project manager with any suggested blocks or streets that should be considered for traffic calming.

Nancy MacWood
ANC 3C09

It is your fault if you are relying on DCUM for info on what is going on in our neighborhood - it is not a great source for info.

DP no it is not the fault of the residents because DC did not actually engage the public in good faith. This is the way the city operates. The same thing happened with the elementary school at Fox Hall. The activist and the city will exclude the general public from these meeting and the ANC listserv. They do not want the input of the people who live in the area.

Now the City has gall to say oh well all the activist and lobbyists made the meeting. You know all the people we know by their first name. The general public is just too stupid to know what is happening because we did not want their input. Me and the 10 people I invite to the meeting think this is what should happen.

I have lived in this city for over 30 years now. I have never had any interaction with the ANC and talk to my Council-member once. ANC is secretive and non-communicative at best. If the ANC was so connected and informed about her ANC why is it such a surprise that the major of the people in her ANC are upset?

Between DDOT, the various ANCs and community groups, there were over 50 publicly promoted meetings about this. There was nothing clandestine about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

People didnt even know this was happening. I didnt know until I saw the DCUM thread. People have busy lives.

Yes, clearly, there was a conspiracy to silence you. That’s why they had all those public meetings.

All of these threads are just a preview of the fights to come. Most people have no idea this project even exists.

Here is the post from longtime ANC 3C Commissioner Nancy Macwood on this topic on the CP Listserve:


Nancy MacWood
Sep 8 #191910


It is really alarming that residents are feeling blindsided or uninformed about DDOT's decisions regarding the Conn. Ave. Reversible Lane and Safety Study. Here is a link https://ddot.dc.gov/page/connecticut-avenue-nw-reversible-lane-safety-and-operations-study to the June 28, 2022 DDOT presentation that includes a concept map for Conn. Ave. between Porter and Macomb Streets (Map #4).

It shows that there are 52 metered parking spaces in that area now. The proposal is to eliminate all parking on the west side and retain 25 spaces on the east side. The on street loading area is currently 162 ft. The proposal would eliminate all loading on the west side and retain 47 ft. on the east side. The map referenced above shows where these areas are currently and where they would be per the proposal.

DDOT held two redundant public meetings in 2021 ( March 30 and April 1) and two redundant public meetings in 2022 (June 28 and June 29). In addition, DDOT presented to a public ANC 3C meeting July 20, 2020, February 23, 2021, and June 22, 2022. DDOT also presented at a CPCA meeting July 29, 2020 and CPCA co-sponsored the Feb. 23, 2021 DDOT presentation to 3C. DDOT presented to the WPCA on July 23, 2020 and Feb. 25, 2021.

The comment period to DDOT on preferred study options was April 1 - May 8, 2021. I posted a summary of how the study options would affect Conn. Ave. in Cleveland Park to the listserv on April 13, 2021 and asked for comments prior to ANC 3C considering a resolution at the April 19, 2021 public meeting. I have ten emails from that period in my inbox sent to all 3C commissioners that supported Concept C. I also have emails primarily sent to me that voiced concerns and issues with the study and did not support any particular study option.

A prominent concern was the effect of diverting a projected total daily diversion of 7,000 vehicles to other roadways. In addition to asking the sponsors of the 3C resolution to amend it to urge DDOT to immediately end the reversible lane configuration and to lower the speed limit to 25mph, I asked that the John Eaton School community be given an additional week to comment because DDOT had not briefed them on the potential impacts of bike lanes and diverted traffic on school safety. The Eaton amendment was readily accepted by one co-sponsor but not by the main drafter. At the ANC meeting I repeated the request and Comm. Siddiqui continued to object to the necessity or propriety of extending the comment period by one week, which would allow DDOT to schedule a briefing, until Principal Anderson spoke in favor of the amendment.

An additional amendment to urge DDOT to continue to study diversion patterns and volumes while considering biking infrastructure changes was accepted at the ANC meeting. DDOT plans to perform traffic calming reviews and conduct parking/loading "optimization" studies through 2022. The traffic calming exercise will include examination of cut through traffic, speeding, and traffic violation patterns. I have requested that DDOT include 34th St. from Porter St. to Woodley Rd. with an emphasis on school safety, and I recommend that residents contact [e-mail] [Edward.Stollof @ dcw dot gov] ho is the project manager with any suggested blocks or streets that should be considered for traffic calming.

Nancy MacWood
ANC 3C09

It is your fault if you are relying on DCUM for info on what is going on in our neighborhood - it is not a great source for info.

DP no it is not the fault of the residents because DC did not actually engage the public in good faith. This is the way the city operates. The same thing happened with the elementary school at Fox Hall. The activist and the city will exclude the general public from these meeting and the ANC listserv. They do not want the input of the people who live in the area.

Now the City has gall to say oh well all the activist and lobbyists made the meeting. You know all the people we know by their first name. The general public is just too stupid to know what is happening because we did not want their input. Me and the 10 people I invite to the meeting think this is what should happen.

I have lived in this city for over 30 years now. I have never had any interaction with the ANC and talk to my Council-member once. ANC is secretive and non-communicative at best. If the ANC was so connected and informed about her ANC why is it such a surprise that the major of the people in her ANC are upset?

That's frankly really said. I've talked with my incoming concil member several times, and most of those were just random accidents where he and I were passing on the street, or at CVS in line for check out, or at an open street event. The ANC I am part of previous I had a pretty bad rep for (I'd say, not gonna name her because don't want to give her free publicity and she finally has a good challenger this year), but even she would knock on doors occasionally and would show up to the local events and listen to people.

You should ask more of you local area leaders, or aska neighbor if they have had more luck and if so do some introspection on that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

People didnt even know this was happening. I didnt know until I saw the DCUM thread. People have busy lives.

Yes, clearly, there was a conspiracy to silence you. That’s why they had all those public meetings.

All of these threads are just a preview of the fights to come. Most people have no idea this project even exists.

Here is the post from longtime ANC 3C Commissioner Nancy Macwood on this topic on the CP Listserve:


Nancy MacWood
Sep 8 #191910


It is really alarming that residents are feeling blindsided or uninformed about DDOT's decisions regarding the Conn. Ave. Reversible Lane and Safety Study. Here is a link https://ddot.dc.gov/page/connecticut-avenue-nw-reversible-lane-safety-and-operations-study to the June 28, 2022 DDOT presentation that includes a concept map for Conn. Ave. between Porter and Macomb Streets (Map #4).

It shows that there are 52 metered parking spaces in that area now. The proposal is to eliminate all parking on the west side and retain 25 spaces on the east side. The on street loading area is currently 162 ft. The proposal would eliminate all loading on the west side and retain 47 ft. on the east side. The map referenced above shows where these areas are currently and where they would be per the proposal.

DDOT held two redundant public meetings in 2021 ( March 30 and April 1) and two redundant public meetings in 2022 (June 28 and June 29). In addition, DDOT presented to a public ANC 3C meeting July 20, 2020, February 23, 2021, and June 22, 2022. DDOT also presented at a CPCA meeting July 29, 2020 and CPCA co-sponsored the Feb. 23, 2021 DDOT presentation to 3C. DDOT presented to the WPCA on July 23, 2020 and Feb. 25, 2021.

The comment period to DDOT on preferred study options was April 1 - May 8, 2021. I posted a summary of how the study options would affect Conn. Ave. in Cleveland Park to the listserv on April 13, 2021 and asked for comments prior to ANC 3C considering a resolution at the April 19, 2021 public meeting. I have ten emails from that period in my inbox sent to all 3C commissioners that supported Concept C. I also have emails primarily sent to me that voiced concerns and issues with the study and did not support any particular study option.

A prominent concern was the effect of diverting a projected total daily diversion of 7,000 vehicles to other roadways. In addition to asking the sponsors of the 3C resolution to amend it to urge DDOT to immediately end the reversible lane configuration and to lower the speed limit to 25mph, I asked that the John Eaton School community be given an additional week to comment because DDOT had not briefed them on the potential impacts of bike lanes and diverted traffic on school safety. The Eaton amendment was readily accepted by one co-sponsor but not by the main drafter. At the ANC meeting I repeated the request and Comm. Siddiqui continued to object to the necessity or propriety of extending the comment period by one week, which would allow DDOT to schedule a briefing, until Principal Anderson spoke in favor of the amendment.

An additional amendment to urge DDOT to continue to study diversion patterns and volumes while considering biking infrastructure changes was accepted at the ANC meeting. DDOT plans to perform traffic calming reviews and conduct parking/loading "optimization" studies through 2022. The traffic calming exercise will include examination of cut through traffic, speeding, and traffic violation patterns. I have requested that DDOT include 34th St. from Porter St. to Woodley Rd. with an emphasis on school safety, and I recommend that residents contact [e-mail] [Edward.Stollof @ dcw dot gov] ho is the project manager with any suggested blocks or streets that should be considered for traffic calming.

Nancy MacWood
ANC 3C09

It is your fault if you are relying on DCUM for info on what is going on in our neighborhood - it is not a great source for info.

DP no it is not the fault of the residents because DC did not actually engage the public in good faith. This is the way the city operates. The same thing happened with the elementary school at Fox Hall. The activist and the city will exclude the general public from these meeting and the ANC listserv. They do not want the input of the people who live in the area.

Now the City has gall to say oh well all the activist and lobbyists made the meeting. You know all the people we know by their first name. The general public is just too stupid to know what is happening because we did not want their input. Me and the 10 people I invite to the meeting think this is what should happen.

I have lived in this city for over 30 years now. I have never had any interaction with the ANC and talk to my Council-member once. ANC is secretive and non-communicative at best. If the ANC was so connected and informed about her ANC why is it such a surprise that the major of the people in her ANC are upset?

This is what people do when they know their ideas are not popular. They try to sneak them past the public. If we actually wanted any of this, they would not be be trying to minimize public scrutiny.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I was aware about meetings on the “Conn. Ave. Reversible Lane and Safety Study.” I think there is 100% agreement that something had to be done. But, I had no clue that it morphed into getting rid of two travel lanes and parking and creating permanent bike lanes. That’s a much different animal. It was a clever slight of hand by the bike lobby and a dirty trick to pull on many parents who were struggling to educate their kids and keep their heads above water during COVID. This is obviously a divisive issue and deserves a reset informed by post Pandemic data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exactly. The city went through a three year engagement process with dozens of public meetings. The ANCs up and down Connecticut Avenue support the project as well as the Mayor, the Councimember and DDOT.

It is only now, AFTER the public engagement and votes and AFTER the money has been designated, that people are trying to use their entitled clout to reverse the decision because they happen not to like it.

They could have attended the same public meetings everyone else did. They could have spoken up on the neighborhood email groups etc. But the ANC commissioners and DDOT have all noted the overhwhelming support from the community on this issue.

In other words, the complainers are the deep, but very vocal minority on the issue.

If you want to get involved and live in Ward 3, then reach out to the Ward 3 bikers group. If you are a DC or regional resident, then reach out to WABA.

People didnt even know this was happening. I didnt know until I saw the DCUM thread. People have busy lives.

Many people knew. If you read this forum, or any of the neighborhood emaill groups, or receive CM Cheh's newsletter or the ANC email notices, you would have known about it.

Really, you had to be living under a rock to miss it, and the fact that part of it happened during COVID meant the meetings were online, which meant even more people than normal participated.

Our neighborhood doesn't have an email group (what is that?), I didn't know Cheh had a newsletter and we never got one though we've lived here for over 20 years, and the ANC stopped emailing years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Question: How are we supposed to be getting information from our ANC Reps? We used to get newsletters by email, but that stopped years ago. I haven't gotten any information in any format from the current rep. Not once. No notice of meetings, no notice of how to contact, etc.

What is the standard in your ANC for getting this information out to the people?

Sign up for emails on their website. If you are on either the Chevy Chase or Cleveland Park email groups, ANC 3C, 3E, 3F and 3G all post notices for their meetings and agendas there.

They all also have Twitter accounts and individual commissioners each also have city email addresses.

This isn't hard, folks.

I don't think 3F has any of that. There was this: "For our latest news and announcements please visit our News page." And the hyperlink lead to "file not found."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I was aware about meetings on the “Conn. Ave. Reversible Lane and Safety Study.” I think there is 100% agreement that something had to be done. But, I had no clue that it morphed into getting rid of two travel lanes and parking and creating permanent bike lanes. That’s a much different animal. It was a clever slight of hand by the bike lobby and a dirty trick to pull on many parents who were struggling to educate their kids and keep their heads above water during COVID. This is obviously a divisive issue and deserves a reset informed by post Pandemic data.

+1 that was intentionally burying the lede.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We could talk all day about who should have known what and when they should have known it, but that's just a waste of time. Some people knew about it, some people didn't. Let's accept that as fact and just move on.

The plan has been approved and it's in all of our best interests to focus on the implementation of it. Could someone who is in the know share here what the process is for implementation feedback and planning? If I live in the 3000 block of Connecticut, for example, how and when can I have input into what the implementation will look like in the Woodley and Cleveland Park segments? Or if I'm on a side street and I want to be part of the conversation around diverted traffic — where and when can I participate in that? If I have a disability and want to be part of discussion on signal timing and raised crosswalks -- how/when/where do I do that?

If those who are in charge of Plan C could share that information here, it would give everyone something concrete to do and a chance to have a voice in the ultimate outcome. Thank you.

DDOT is doing walk throughs this week. Look at the Forest Hills Connection for yet another micro-local source of news and information, if you are not on any of the neighborhood email groups.

Was it on the Cleveland Park email list? I didn’t see it and just did a quick search and didn’t find anything. I did find the article on Forest Hills Connection’s website, but that was just published yesterday and the first walkthrough is Monday morning. Is there a single official site where meeting dates/times are announced? Here’s the Forest Hills link in case anyone wants to read it: https://www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/ddot-holding-connecticut-ave-walkthroughs-to-discuss-parking-and-loading-needs/