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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Brianne Nadeau and five colleagues want to force action on the stalled Shaw bikeway[/b]
[url]https://ggwash.org/view/74743/brianne-nadeau-and-colleagues-want-to-force-action-on-the-stalled-shaw-bikeway[/url]

The DC Council could send a very strong message to the Bowser administration, insiting it move forward on a north-south protected bikeway on 9th Street NW through downtown and Shaw, under a new emergency bill slated for consideration December 3.  Councilmember Brianne Nadeau (Ward 1) wrote an emergency bill to get it moving.
[url]https://dccouncil.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Eastern-Downtown-Cycletrack-Project-Completion-Emergency-Amendment-Act-of-2019.pdf [/url][/quote]

The Council already stipulated that bike lanes should be on 9th St in previous legislation back in 2015.

DDOT is supposed to install bike lanes any time they major road work on a designated street. They've conveniently ignored installing the bike lanes in Shaw after churches complained that it would impact parking on Sundays. These are prime constituents for Bowser, many of whom are voters or major campaign contributors (even if they live in MD). The money was appropriated, the preliminary designs were approved, and then.....nothing. The Mayor's office froze it.

According to the article, DDOT did the same thing on Florida Ave NE - a notoriously dangerous stretch of road. DDOT didn't move until a few people were killed in recent years in high profile accidents.

All in all, I often question WHO this Mayor represents. Bike lanes have taken on this lens of racial identity for many older Washingtonians when, in fact, I see people of all colors utilizing them on a daily basis to travel safely.[/quote]

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