[Lincolnparkdc] Reconfiguration of Pennsylvania Avenue

[Sharon Swingle]

Neighbors - I am a huge advocate of bike lines in our neighborhood and have
been for a couple of decades.  (I admit to having yelled at some, maybe
many of the folks on this listserv to get off their cell phones while
driving.)  But I don't think I realized until just a few weeks ago that the
plan for Pennsylvania Avenue was to eliminate all parking from the entire
stretch from the Capitol to the river?  In all honesty, that seems nuts to
me.  What I am especially concerned about is keeping the local retail
surviving, which has been a huge thing especially post-pandemic.  There is
literally no place to park to load at Frager's, at the post office, etc.
This also takes away all paid parking meters for that stretch which seems
like a huge revenue loss for the city.  And the actual design for the bike
lane has it literally bisecting the place where people are standing to wait
for the bus.  Has anyone outside planning weighed in on this?  Am I the
only one who thinks this seems kind of nuts?
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