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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

That's funny because I see people milling about during the week and various markets on the weekend.

"Public space that is being privatised".  Really?  Oh yeah, it was sooo much more "public" before when it was reserved for a handful of people who wanted to store their cars there for free while the majority of people who were walking or tranisting there were crammed into a tiny freaking sidewalk where two folks could barely walk by each other without shoulders touching.[/quote]

It's all good, though, because now the people in the silly yellow shirts can stand there while demonstrating for cars.[/quote]

Beating a dead horse. Time to move on. [/quote]

Not sure about the horse, but bike lanes on Connecticut Ave NW are dead.  RIP.[/quote]

Yeah?  DDOT built themselves a brand new project site for it like 2 months ago.  Sure seems "dead" to me.[/quote]

You mean DDOT consultants built it.  Except for the website, the cupboard is bare. [b] Not even Frumin is a fan anymore.[/b][/quote]

This is based on ??? exactly?[/quote]

Prior comment from poster before you isn't going to age well.  [/quote]

Told you.[/quote]

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