[Lincolnparkdc] Reconfiguration of Pennsylvania Avenue

[Jeffrey Spector]

I think the parking situation is more nuanced and allows for parking in the
bus lane during non-rush hour times. This Hill Rag article (from last year,
so maybe out of date) says parking is permitted within the bus lane outside
of 7:00-9:30 a.m. and 4:00-6:30 p.m. (depending on direction I think)

https://www.hillrag.com/2022/05/04/change-comes-to-pennsylvania-avenue-in-june/


On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 5:51 AM Bill Sweeney <bill.sweeney at me.com> wrote:

> You are definitely not alone. This road needed some kind of bike option,
> but this wasn’t it.
>
> Worse from a planning perspective, the westbound buses *turn left* and so
> drive in the left hand lane, leaving the bus lane as a kind of hyper
> express lane for aggressive drivers who then slow down traffic when they
> have to merge left back into traffic again.
>
> And I’m guessing riding your bike through a bus stop would be a real
> treat.
>
> >
> > On May 18, 2023, at 1:28 AM, Sharon Swingle <sswingle100 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 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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