Upper Beach Drive to Remain Closed to Cars Year Round

[Anonymous]

I think the next step is to begin discussion on closing all of beach drive.....all the way down to the Kennedy Center.
The Park should be a park. Get rid of the whole highway

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the next step is to begin discussion on closing all of beach drive.....all the way down to the Kennedy Center.
The Park should be a park. Get rid of the whole highway

Yup that would be awesome - would make sense to pair it with a separated Blue Line through Georgetown/West End but the insane traffic in that area has absolutely ruined what should be a fantastic space.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

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jsteele wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Lovely. So the rich people that paid to live in the parkway have lobbied hard enough to get it to stay shut.

Nobody lives on the Parkway.

That poster clearly has no idea what this thread is about since there is no parkway involved.

We’re talking about the road that runs through rock creek park right? If so, my comment stands - lots of rich people houses somehow managed to shut down a major commute artery.

We are talking about Beach Drive north of Broad Branch Road, not Rock Creek Parkway. I live in one of the neighborhoods closest to the road and the most vocal voices have opposed closing the road. Can you identify the "rich people houses" that supported closing the road, keeping in mind that houses are not normally known for their political lobbying?

ah - yup. You're right. I was wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the next step is to begin discussion on closing all of beach drive.....all the way down to the Kennedy Center.
The Park should be a park. Get rid of the whole highway

Even better, replace the parkway with a trolley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the next step is to begin discussion on closing all of beach drive.....all the way down to the Kennedy Center.
The Park should be a park. Get rid of the whole highway

Even better, replace the parkway with a trolley.

I think you are trying to be clever but Beach Drive is already parallel to something much better than a trolley in the Red Line along the most heavily used portion of Metrorail.

[Anonymous]

What about widening Reno Rd to handle the overflow?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about widening Reno Rd to handle the overflow?

Upper Beach drive has been closed for 2 years now and Reno Road is just fine. Beach was closed pre-covid and Reno was fine then too.

-a regular Reno Road user who lives less than a block from the road

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about widening Reno Rd to handle the overflow?

What overflow?

Beach Drive has been closed for years now, so whatever you are seeing in terms of car traffic, is what it is.

Plus, unless you are planning on buying 6 miles worth of houses, there isn't really room to expand Reno Road.

Why would we want induced demand on a 2-3 lane road?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about widening Reno Rd to handle the overflow?

Upper Beach drive has been closed for 2 years now and Reno Road is just fine. Beach was closed pre-covid and Reno was fine then too.

-a regular Reno Road user who lives less than a block from the road

When lower beach was closed for repairs it was Connecticut that got all the traffic. Upper beach used to only be closed on weekends which was a good compromise.


I do not believe that DCs current WFH rate will continue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the next step is to begin discussion on closing all of beach drive.....all the way down to the Kennedy Center.
The Park should be a park. Get rid of the whole highway

Even better, replace the parkway with a trolley.

I think you are trying to be clever but Beach Drive is already parallel to something much better than a trolley in the Red Line along the most heavily used portion of Metrorail.

Not really. There are no metro stations near this section of Beach

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This sucks. When I bought my home, I looked at road options for commuting, and that was a major draw
Now, if there's a blockage of Military Rd after 14th st to StJohns, what do emergency vehicles do? Where's the workaround?
Very shortsighted decision

Well, hopefully cars get out of the way of the ambulance. Not entirely sure ambulances would have used Beach drive anyway

[Anonymous]

I'm thrilled. I would, however, like Connecticut to restart the 4 lanes during rush hour again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the next step is to begin discussion on closing all of beach drive.....all the way down to the Kennedy Center.
The Park should be a park. Get rid of the whole highway

What a dream! That would be so fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Glad I don’t have to commute to Bethesda any longer. What a nice ride into work before Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about widening Reno Rd to handle the overflow?

Upper Beach drive has been closed for 2 years now and Reno Road is just fine. Beach was closed pre-covid and Reno was fine then too.

-a regular Reno Road user who lives less than a block from the road

When lower beach was closed for repairs it was Connecticut that got all the traffic. Upper beach used to only be closed on weekends which was a good compromise.


I do not believe that DCs current WFH rate will continue

The configuration that exists right now and that will be going forward are the same thing.