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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn’t DDOT need to re-do their traffic impact study of Connecticut Avenue Option C with the now-planned closure of Beach Drive?  The Post article show Beach Drive as the closest N-S alternative to Connecticut Ave.  But that won’t be an option going forward.  [/quote]

No, because Beach has been closed for over two years. We can see how it is going to be, which is not different than it is today.

Really a nothingburger.[/quote]

But DDOT assumed that Beach Drivr would be an alternative to a Connecticut.  What will be the substitute with Beach closed and Connecticut only with two rush hour lanes (to accommodate buses, trucks, commuters, etc)?  DDOT’s prior “study” is useless now.[/quote]

We know what the subtitute will be.  It will be Barnaby Woods, Hawthorne, Colonial Village and North Portal Estates.  But they're all in Ward 4 so they don't count.  The big irony is that this increases WOTP/EOTP segregation while claiming the opposite.

[b]The DDOT study doesn't even include the big development happening at Chevy Chase Lake[/b], the changes to 16th Street or the upcoming changes to Georgia Ave and focuses almost solely on the impact to Ward 3.[/quote]

Should the DDOT study also include all of the new development in Frederick, Germantown, Ijamsville, etc?

At what point should DDOT stop considering what is happening across the region? West Virginia? Hagerstown?[/quote]

There's a huge difference between those examples/situations and you know that.  A 1,000 unit development directly on Connecticut Avenue inside the beltway and only 3 miles from the proposed changes seems pretty darn relevant.[/quote]

No, there really isn't. How much suburban auto-dependent development should DC try to accommodate?[/quote]

There is if you care about traffic, congestion, and safety in the neighborhoods.  This isn't about accomodating anything.  It's about having good data on what the impact of a decision to reduce capacity will be.  Bad data leads to bad decisions.[/quote]

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