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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between GDS and Sidwell expanded campuses, there is more traffic in the area.   Are these schools enforcing their commuting agreements?   DC can make a boat load by putting police to give out tickets as people cut through the AU Park neighborhood in the mornings - and enforce the no turn onto 42nd! [/quote]

Pssst...Sidwell hasn't expanded its campus [b]yet[/b] and today was the first day even a [b]decent percentage[/b] of the new GDS campus has been remotely utilized. IOW, any [b]uptick in traffic[/b] you might be seeing has nothing to do with either of those schools.[/quote]

There has been an "uptick" in traffic and you are right, it clearly is not Sidwell, [u]yet[/u]. GDS has caused the traffic to increase. I know the parents there do not want to believe it, but it is true.  If that beautiful new light would actually get turned ON that could possibly help? Please do not fool yourself and they neighborhood by pretending not to see the parents PARK their cars in the neighborhood and then "walk to school". [/quote]

Yes, like the way they block both lanes of traffic on 42nd street in front of the school like it’s a private driveway and not a public road. [/quote]

Which is especially ridiculous since the school petitioned DC to close the road and let them turn it into a private driveway, and the request was rejected.

The takeaway here should be that the DC schools and their parents rarely adhere to the traffic management plans they submit and agree to. And there's very little enforcement after the fact when it's violated.[/quote]

GDS parents are on 42nd St since they are not allowed to use Chesapeake.  Remember COVID, friends?  Children are not vaccinated. GDS buses are running at less than half capacity, carpools with other families are not an option (no way to distance) and most people are not comfortable with their unvaccinated children taking public transport.  So, yes, there are more cars than there would otherwise be since so families must now drive their kids.

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Hey, buddy. Thought the uptick in traffic was not due to GDS, but now it is? Thanks for the passive aggressive reminder on COVID. Just because WE ARE ALL DEALING THIS PANDEMIC doesn't mean WE ALL don't have to follow the rules. Your parents are not suppose to be parking and dropping off in the neighborhood and walking, but they do. Your parents are not following the TMP. Your parents are not following the agreement between the ANC 3E and the school. None of this has to do with COVID. Yes, we all want our children to be safe because they are not vaccinated yet (please, I hope this changes soon!). More cars because of this can make sense during this horrible time for all, but you still need to follow the rules are park and drive where you AGREED to be.

Please ask your school or whoever at DC government to turn on the traffic light. [/quote]

Also, if parents from your school are going to park all over the neighborhood and then say that they are not.......maybe they should take the GDS magnets and stickers off of their cars. [/quote]

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