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If they do this, they really should explore: (1) making the light and left turn signal at Virginia Ave much, much longer, including possibly allowing both lanes to make the left turn, and (2) [b]putting in a traffic light at that choke point after the tunnel where cars have to make the left turn.[/quote][/b]

This.  Because it is the one way pattern in the AM that makes that choke point bearable.  Without it, traffic would be at a complete standstill all down Beach Drive.  
And yes, the smugness of the completely healthy and affluent on this thread is obnoxious.  Not everyone is physically able to transport multiple kids to multiple schools on public transit and still get to work on time.  Not everyone is rich enough to afford a place to live that is easily accessible to dominant transportation lines---whether metro or bus.  Let's recap:

Klingle Road---major cross town arterial---permanently closed over a decade ago to accommodate the rich NIMBYs of Cleveland Park
Beach Drive ---permanently closed to traffic north of Broad Branch during Covid and never reopened
Zoo Road (another cross town access road during the day once Klingle closed) also permanently closed during Covid

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Klingle Rd was permanently closed to traffic in the end because rebuilding the road to modern traffic engineering standards would have required decking over the creek and would have been prohibitively expensive to build and maintain for only a modest amount of traffic.  Two other resulting benefits were a walk/bike trail connecting with the Rock Creek network and that the decision effectively killed a planned development of the remainder of Tregaron, which became conservation land.[/quote]

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