This sucks. When I bought my home, I looked at road options for commuting, and that was a major draw
Now, if there's a blockage of Military Rd after 14th st to StJohns, what do emergency vehicles do? Where's the workaround?
Very shortsighted decision

Anonymous wrote:This is fine. But now DDOT needs to go back and completely rethink Option C, which significantly cuts capacity on Connecticut Avenue. When you squeeze a balloon….

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I have nothing more substantive to add. 175 pages weren’t enough for you to complain?

This is fine. But now DDOT needs to go back and completely rethink Option C, which significantly cuts capacity on Connecticut Avenue. When you squeeze a balloon….

Is there spillover traffic now? Because I haven't noticed any. As such, there would be no reason to make any other changes.

No need to keep the road open 24/7, but I think it would been more reasonable, as well as more fair to the some of the surrounding neighborhoods now dealing with spillover traffic, to keep it open during rush hour times on weekdays.

6:30 to 9:30 in the mornings
3:30 to 6:30 in the evenings

I am really surprised given how congested the streets in this area are. I run there during the day on weekdays and it is pretty dead.

Hurray!!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a horrible decision. Just makes the upcoming Connecticut Ave induced traffic apocalypse worse by taking away one of the alternate routes.

As it is, Connecticut Avenue currently has two through lanes and Beach Drive is closed. So, whatever there is now, it will be about the same.

QFT

I'm pretty thrilled about this ... I bike-commute down Upper Beach several times a week and it always has lots of joggers and bikers. Really nice.

Huh, this is great. I wasn't expecting that.

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lovely. So the rich people that paid to live in the parkway have lobbied hard enough to get it to stay shut.

Nobody lives on the Parkway.

That poster clearly has no idea what this thread is about since there is no parkway involved.

We’re talking about the road that runs through rock creek park right? If so, my comment stands - lots of rich people houses somehow managed to shut down a major commute artery.

We are talking about Beach Drive north of Broad Branch Road, not Rock Creek Parkway. I live in one of the neighborhoods closest to the road and the most vocal voices have opposed closing the road. Can you identify the "rich people houses" that supported closing the road, keeping in mind that houses are not normally known for their political lobbying?

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lovely. So the rich people that paid to live in the parkway have lobbied hard enough to get it to stay shut.

Nobody lives on the Parkway.

That poster clearly has no idea what this thread is about since there is no parkway involved.

We’re talking about the road that runs through rock creek park right? If so, my comment stands - lots of rich people houses somehow managed to shut down a major commute artery.

There aren't any houses along the road. No idea what you are talking about. If anything, the people who live close to it are upset because they think there will be more cars using their streets because that part of the parkway is being shut down.

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lovely. So the rich people that paid to live in the parkway have lobbied hard enough to get it to stay shut.

Nobody lives on the Parkway.

That poster clearly has no idea what this thread is about since there is no parkway involved.

We’re talking about the road that runs through rock creek park right? If so, my comment stands - lots of rich people houses somehow managed to shut down a major commute artery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lovely. So the rich people that paid to live in the parkway have lobbied hard enough to get it to stay shut.

Nobody lives on the Parkway.

That poster clearly has no idea what this thread is about since there is no parkway involved.

Anonymous wrote:Lovely. So the rich people that paid to live in the parkway have lobbied hard enough to get it to stay shut.

Nobody lives on the Parkway.