Davenport St NW

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Good luck. With Trump it’s back to right on red and your street is too poor to get a special treatment. Our isn’t so hahaha

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Anonymous wrote:Good luck. With Trump it’s back to right on red and your street is too poor to get a special treatment. Our isn’t so hahaha

Good luck with that. Your block is rich but the rest of the street doesn't support you, the connected people in the neighborhoods around you rabidly oppose you, there's no federal nexus and DC doesn't have the millions of dollars to spend on your frivolous and ridiculous demands.

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Huh? My street is hidden, and has massive lots, so few houses, all of us are fully supportive of one another and our enclave.

You’re a Davenport moton who doesn’t realize you’re a basic through street. Speed bumps signal 40 mph to me

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I wonder how many of the md plates are teachers driving to teach at schools in Tenley.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the md plates are teachers driving to teach at schools in Tenley.

It's not MD plates. That's a DC route with a Dan Snyder living at the corner

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the md plates are teachers driving to teach at schools in Tenley.

Why do you wonder that specifically?

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? My street is hidden, and has massive lots, so few houses, all of us are fully supportive of one another and our enclave.

You’re a Davenport moton who doesn’t realize you’re a basic through street. Speed bumps signal 40 mph to me

Sorry, you sounded just like the people who were demanding this. Same justification too. They're rich and special. Luckily much of Davenport didn't fall for it. Speed bumps are just DDOT's default response to complaints.

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Anonymous wrote:The handful of houses on the block in question are worth $2-3 million.

Demanding respect and sympathy while trying to screw over Davenport St is hypocritical at best. There are pros and cons to having direct access to the Park. The route has been there since before any of you bought your house.

Have you ever walked up Grant Rd NW into RCP from Broad Branch to get to the Nature Center Area? I don't think you have from your post above. Because it's freaking terrifying. There's no shoulder, the cars driving on it are often speeding, and the turns in the road block a long line of sight for the most part.

Calling it "direct access to the park" isn't really accurate.

Anyway, I like the idea of making Davenport St 1-way and putting in sidewalks, cause that would allow folks to use that road to walk down (you can right now, but you're walking on the street and it's curvy and not safe to do). But it'd be way better if Grant actually had side walks on one side (no need to do both). That'd be great access for *everyone* west of the park. Right now to get into the park you really need to go all the way up to military and glover rd. You used to be able to take Soapstone Valley Trail to Broad Branch and then hoof it across to Ridge Rd, which wasn't great because Broad Branch also has no sidewalks.

Anyway, point is, side walks good. People complaining about living on Davenport and not wanting it one-way bad.

I have and I drive up and down Broad Branch multiple times a day. That intersection has a four way stop sign and outside of rush hour there is hardly any traffic on Broad Branch. It's not unsafe and the two houses in question are both infill properties.

It's also ridiculous that this was even entertained.

What does a 4-way stop sign have anything to do with it? The discussion was about dropping a lane so there'd be some space for sidewalks. Broad Branch has the same issue, the 2-lanes are the whole road - no shoulder, no sidewalk, not even dirt to walk on most of the way. You're telling me that you walk up and down Broad Branch and Grant and Davenport and are like "ah this is perfectly fine"? If so, you got some steel-y ones.

why would i walk up and down Broad Branch when the Park and its trails are right there?

What trail? You have to walk up Grant Rd. Like.. on the road...

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Anonymous wrote:The handful of houses on the block in question are worth $2-3 million.

Demanding respect and sympathy while trying to screw over Davenport St is hypocritical at best. There are pros and cons to having direct access to the Park. The route has been there since before any of you bought your house.

Have you ever walked up Grant Rd NW into RCP from Broad Branch to get to the Nature Center Area? I don't think you have from your post above. Because it's freaking terrifying. There's no shoulder, the cars driving on it are often speeding, and the turns in the road block a long line of sight for the most part.

Calling it "direct access to the park" isn't really accurate.

Anyway, I like the idea of making Davenport St 1-way and putting in sidewalks, cause that would allow folks to use that road to walk down (you can right now, but you're walking on the street and it's curvy and not safe to do). But it'd be way better if Grant actually had side walks on one side (no need to do both). That'd be great access for *everyone* west of the park. Right now to get into the park you really need to go all the way up to military and glover rd. You used to be able to take Soapstone Valley Trail to Broad Branch and then hoof it across to Ridge Rd, which wasn't great because Broad Branch also has no sidewalks.

Anyway, point is, side walks good. People complaining about living on Davenport and not wanting it one-way bad.

I have and I drive up and down Broad Branch multiple times a day. That intersection has a four way stop sign and outside of rush hour there is hardly any traffic on Broad Branch. It's not unsafe and the two houses in question are both infill properties.

It's also ridiculous that this was even entertained.

What does a 4-way stop sign have anything to do with it? The discussion was about dropping a lane so there'd be some space for sidewalks. Broad Branch has the same issue, the 2-lanes are the whole road - no shoulder, no sidewalk, not even dirt to walk on most of the way. You're telling me that you walk up and down Broad Branch and Grant and Davenport and are like "ah this is perfectly fine"? If so, you got some steel-y ones.

why would i walk up and down Broad Branch when the Park and its trails are right there?

What trail? You have to walk up Grant Rd. Like.. on the road...

Then it would seem that Grant Road is your issue.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to live on Davenport Street and I fully support them doing this. That street is for local use by residents. It's not designed for heavy commuter traffic. DC should stop congestion major roads like Conn Ave with stupid bike lanes and let the commuters get in and out of the city in peace.

Let’s repeat this. You do NOT own a public street. The banning of commuter traffic on certain streets happens mainly in upper northwest.
The only way to lesson traffic (bike lanes have nothing to do with it), is to reduce car dependent. Work from home goes a long way in doing this. So expect traffic to get much worse if feds start back five days a week. Much much worse.
—an urban planner

It's already much much worse on lower volume because that is what DDOT has intentionally done. When traffic lanes are narrowed and removed, traffic lights and cameras are increased, and random streets and turns are blocked off then congestion becomes worse. This is a man made problem not a function of increased population or traffic.

The “neighbors” are not complaining about congestion. They are complaining about unsafe driving. Yet the rejected the traffic calming solutions put forth by DDOT. What the really want is to close the street to traffic, which yes, is privileged and deluded.

Play whatever word games make you happy but they're complaining about too many people using the road. That's why they want to ban other people from using the street. Normal people call that congestion.

People driving unsafely down the street is not “congestion.”

But you're forgetting that according to DDOT, and the backers of this proposal, congestion increases safety. The more people that use it the safer it becomes. They should be pleased at how much safer it has become since Albemarle was blocked off and how much safer it will be when they remove two more lanes from Connecticut.

Albemarle will be reopened when the construction is done. The complaints are meaningless.

The Albemarle reopening is like Waiting for Godot. No sign of workers for months now. Just an idle excavator. The Forest Hills Connection even did a story on how residents of Albermarle have been jubilating with kids being able to roam freely, neighbors throwing block parties and getting to know each other better. This closure ain't ending any time soon.

What are they supposed to be doing? And why doesn't anybody ever seem to be working there?

This is just another example of why elections matter. Our councilman is completely checked-out on quality of life issues like crime, road conditions, etc. I spent months trying to get his office to engage about a homeless guy camping on our block and they couldn’t be bothered they were on the homeless guys side! His sole focus is on race related issues and formerly bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to live on Davenport Street and I fully support them doing this. That street is for local use by residents. It's not designed for heavy commuter traffic. DC should stop congestion major roads like Conn Ave with stupid bike lanes and let the commuters get in and out of the city in peace.

Let’s repeat this. You do NOT own a public street. The banning of commuter traffic on certain streets happens mainly in upper northwest.
The only way to lesson traffic (bike lanes have nothing to do with it), is to reduce car dependent. Work from home goes a long way in doing this. So expect traffic to get much worse if feds start back five days a week. Much much worse.
—an urban planner

It's already much much worse on lower volume because that is what DDOT has intentionally done. When traffic lanes are narrowed and removed, traffic lights and cameras are increased, and random streets and turns are blocked off then congestion becomes worse. This is a man made problem not a function of increased population or traffic.

The “neighbors” are not complaining about congestion. They are complaining about unsafe driving. Yet the rejected the traffic calming solutions put forth by DDOT. What the really want is to close the street to traffic, which yes, is privileged and deluded.

Play whatever word games make you happy but they're complaining about too many people using the road. That's why they want to ban other people from using the street. Normal people call that congestion.

People driving unsafely down the street is not “congestion.”

But you're forgetting that according to DDOT, and the backers of this proposal, congestion increases safety. The more people that use it the safer it becomes. They should be pleased at how much safer it has become since Albemarle was blocked off and how much safer it will be when they remove two more lanes from Connecticut.

Albemarle will be reopened when the construction is done. The complaints are meaningless.

The Albemarle reopening is like Waiting for Godot. No sign of workers for months now. Just an idle excavator. The Forest Hills Connection even did a story on how residents of Albermarle have been jubilating with kids being able to roam freely, neighbors throwing block parties and getting to know each other better. This closure ain't ending any time soon.

What are they supposed to be doing? And why doesn't anybody ever seem to be working there?

This is just another example of why elections matter. Our councilman is completely checked-out on quality of life issues like crime, road conditions, etc. I spent months trying to get his office to engage about a homeless guy camping on our block and they couldn’t be bothered they were on the homeless guys side! His sole focus is on race related issues and formerly bike lanes.

Frumin is definitely headed toward a single term. He's just a dunce.

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Anonymous wrote:What the neighbor calls a "shortcut" is just my normal route. Should I drive way out of my way and add 15 minutes to my commute to convenience her? I guess everything is a "shortcut" if it takes someone past your house.

Please don't make this the same mess that the people on Fessenden did, where now you have to by pass your own street and unnecessarily, stupidly drive into Tenleytown and back out again to get home just so you drive past your neighbors's hour on one block of Fessenden. Ridiculous.

Fessenden is a two way street from Western Avenue all the way to Broad Branch Ter./32nd street. What are you talking about?

The no turn off River signs.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to live on Davenport Street and I fully support them doing this. That street is for local use by residents. It's not designed for heavy commuter traffic. DC should stop congestion major roads like Conn Ave with stupid bike lanes and let the commuters get in and out of the city in peace.

Let’s repeat this. You do NOT own a public street. The banning of commuter traffic on certain streets happens mainly in upper northwest.
The only way to lesson traffic (bike lanes have nothing to do with it), is to reduce car dependent. Work from home goes a long way in doing this. So expect traffic to get much worse if feds start back five days a week. Much much worse.
—an urban planner

It's already much much worse on lower volume because that is what DDOT has intentionally done. When traffic lanes are narrowed and removed, traffic lights and cameras are increased, and random streets and turns are blocked off then congestion becomes worse. This is a man made problem not a function of increased population or traffic.

The “neighbors” are not complaining about congestion. They are complaining about unsafe driving. Yet the rejected the traffic calming solutions put forth by DDOT. What the really want is to close the street to traffic, which yes, is privileged and deluded.

Play whatever word games make you happy but they're complaining about too many people using the road. That's why they want to ban other people from using the street. Normal people call that congestion.

People driving unsafely down the street is not “congestion.”

But you're forgetting that according to DDOT, and the backers of this proposal, congestion increases safety. The more people that use it the safer it becomes. They should be pleased at how much safer it has become since Albemarle was blocked off and how much safer it will be when they remove two more lanes from Connecticut.

Albemarle will be reopened when the construction is done. The complaints are meaningless.

The Albemarle reopening is like Waiting for Godot. No sign of workers for months now. Just an idle excavator. The Forest Hills Connection even did a story on how residents of Albermarle have been jubilating with kids being able to roam freely, neighbors throwing block parties and getting to know each other better. This closure ain't ending any time soon.

What are they supposed to be doing? And why doesn't anybody ever seem to be working there?

This is just another example of why elections matter. Our councilman is completely checked-out on quality of life issues like crime, road conditions, etc. I spent months trying to get his office to engage about a homeless guy camping on our block and they couldn’t be bothered they were on the homeless guys side! His sole focus is on race related issues and formerly bike lanes.

Couldn't disagree with you more. His office has been incredibly responsive to a variety of issues that have come up.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the md plates are teachers driving to teach at schools in Tenley.

It's not MD plates. That's a DC route with a Dan Snyder living at the corner

Is that why there's 24 hour security at that house?

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder how many of the md plates are teachers driving to teach at schools in Tenley.

It's not MD plates. That's a DC route with a Dan Snyder living at the corner

Is that why there's 24 hour security at that house?

When I drive past that house I always chuckle when I see that private security car parked behind the BLM sign.