There was a truck and team parked on my block all day yesterday doing NOTHING. I walked or drove past multiple times throughout the day and could not believe it. The team was hanging out in the cab.
I assume it was like the snow removal from a few years ago when they had a team in going up and down the cleared streets in my neighborhood because no one was supervising. These contractors know the deal.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all those folks who were fooled into relying solely on e-bikes.

Waiting for DDOT to announce that all bike lanes will be cleared before the rest of the roadways.

oh ha ha ha this is so funny... except that if you've ever biked in a bike lane in D.C., you'd know you'll be waiting a LONG time before DDOT ever announces this. odds are there will still be tree debris from this storm in the bike lanes by the time they start to become entirely covered in leaves in November.

Anonymous wrote:“Did the Bowser admin decide to take the weekend off and just worry it about on Monday?”

Basically. Bowser had an 11am meeting with Pepco on Monday morning and toured the city just before that. Only 36 hours after the storm!

With Bowser it is all about going through the motions ... and the platitudes. She is eager to have an inclusive conversation at which everyone can have a seat at the table on the most equitable way to restore electricity and remove the obstructions. The mayor is so keen on slogans. So then how about "Power to the People"?!

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all those folks who were fooled into relying solely on e-bikes.

Waiting for DDOT to announce that all bike lanes will be cleared before the rest of the roadways.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all those folks who were fooled into relying solely on e-bikes.

Waiting for DDOT to announce that all bike lanes will be cleared before the rest of the roadways.

At least it is pleasant outside today...

“Did the Bowser admin decide to take the weekend off and just worry it about on Monday?”

Basically. Bowser had an 11am meeting with Pepco on Monday morning and toured the city just before that. Only 36 hours after the storm!

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Anonymous wrote:We are near Potomac river in palisades/Wesley heights/Kent area and the whole place is an absolute mess! So many roads blocked by entire trees down. Cara crushed, houses hit by trees, no power. There should be full force out there cleaning and I am just not seeing it. Where are the crews!?

They are in neighborhoods where more people and streets more critical for overall transportation have been impacted. Were you thinking that your neighborhood would get priority over others for some reason?

Considering we fund the dc government through income taxes and property taxes, I wouldn't mind a quick fix...

Bethesda is looking better and better! Our friends had their power restored in a few hours and their neighborhood looked like a warzone.

But I keep reading on DCUM that Bethesda is a hellhole and Montgomery County is imploding...?

lol Bethesda is not a hellhole...these are the same people saying NYC is dead, cities are never coming back and the only nice areas are in Virginia.

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all those folks who were fooled into relying solely on e-bikes.

What does this even mean? I'll take it at face value and respond by noting that most e-bikes don't need to charge very often, so even if you lost power and needed your e-bike to get around, odds are, you'd have been just fine. I also drove by a few streets blocked by fallen trees yesterday and Sunday that I suspect you could have easily biked down despite the road being closed, so as far as that goes, bikes would have been more useful than cars.

I also don't think there are very many people in the city who ONLY have an e-bike and no other means of transportation, but if you did, you'd probably already be used to planning more for the logistics of getting around than most people who own cars do, so... I sort of doubt this storm would have been any more disruptive for e-bike-only people than for anyone else regardless.

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jsteele wrote:Here is an interactive map of roads impacted by the storm:

https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=336a93123020405bb4169c1e465be3f2

I think this map shows that the upper Northwest folks have a legitimate case. There are hardly any issues outside of that area.

I guess I don't understand how this is somewhat a failure of DC government. This was the biggest weather event since the Derecho. Trees down everywhere in NW. And the city can't remove trees until Pepco confirms that the surrounding lines are off.

The GW Parkway is going to be closed for days longer. This was a huge storm and takes a long time to clean up.

So the city isn’t directing resources to more affected areas as PPs were saying? They are just waiting on Pepco?

Actually, the PPs were saying that people in NW were whining and didn't need the resources as much as other areas did. In reality, though, Cleveland Park and the Palisades seem to have been hit the hardest out of the entire city. So everyone was wrong about that part.

It looked like they were doing a decent job clearing trees, but the city doesn't really have the ability to restore power or make Pepco move faster. It would be easier if there was only one entity involved in cleaning up from a storm like this, but unfortunately, that isn't how things are organized.

Anonymous wrote:I feel bad for all those folks who were fooled into relying solely on e-bikes.

I feel bad for all those folks who were fooled into relying solely on e-bikes.

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jsteele wrote:Here is an interactive map of roads impacted by the storm:

https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=336a93123020405bb4169c1e465be3f2

I think this map shows that the upper Northwest folks have a legitimate case. There are hardly any issues outside of that area.

I guess I don't understand how this is somewhat a failure of DC government. This was the biggest weather event since the Derecho. Trees down everywhere in NW. And the city can't remove trees until Pepco confirms that the surrounding lines are off.

The GW Parkway is going to be closed for days longer. This was a huge storm and takes a long time to clean up.

So the city isn’t directing resources to more affected areas as PPs were saying? They are just waiting on Pepco?

jsteele wrote:Here is an interactive map of roads impacted by the storm:

https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=336a93123020405bb4169c1e465be3f2

I think this map shows that the upper Northwest folks have a legitimate case. There are hardly any issues outside of that area.

I guess I don't understand how this is somewhat a failure of DC government. This was the biggest weather event since the Derecho. Trees down everywhere in NW. And the city can't remove trees until Pepco confirms that the surrounding lines are off.

The GW Parkway is going to be closed for days longer. This was a huge storm and takes a long time to clean up.

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jsteele wrote:Here is an interactive map of roads impacted by the storm:

https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=336a93123020405bb4169c1e465be3f2

I think this map shows that the upper Northwest folks have a legitimate case. There are hardly any issues outside of that area.

Jeff, where did you find this map? It's exactly what I was looking for! I've been detouring all over the place trying to drop off and pick up my kids!

It was in my Twitter feed. I don't remember who tweeted it now.