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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 2022 plans have no bearing on what will be presented because DDOT and neighbors did block by block walk-throughs which will result in refinements to those base maps.[/quote]

Which will... add back parking, but not take away the freaking turn lane?  [/quote]

Much of the assumed parking (shown in green) in the Cleveland Park historic district commercial area has already been removed.  The service lane, which was rebuilt as a shared space for pedestrians and parking has been closed to vehicles on basically a permanent basis.  So the available parking will be less than shown in the diagram, which is additional blow to the businesses. [/quote]

...whose patrons by and large don't even drive to their doors.  They walk.  So a promenade makes way more sense than a service lane (esp. since there is an alley).[/quote]

The “promenade” will be given over to streeeteries at bargain-basement prices.  Essentially it is public space that is being privatised.  Maybe a bar and a couple of restaurants may benefit from this arrangement but most of the other businesses will suffer.

As far as the bike lane is concerned, the Ward 3 council member has said that if the service lane parking were lost then parking cannot also be removed on the east side of Connecticut.  So that means a shared bike lane on the west side of Conn only, if at all.[/quote]

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