[Lincolnparkdc] Reconfiguration of Pennsylvania Avenue

[Marche' Maine]

A very rich observation Sharon.
Many in the neighborhood supported bike traffic and formed a group to
present realistic options that countered  the obvious problems inherent in
DDOTs, WABAs, and GGW plans. Charles Allen and those with a naive
understanding of how a city works ignored and actively worked against
reason. These problems are now playing out.
- The serious harm to local businesses; pushing consumers to large malls
with parking lots.
- Tripping hazards from bike lane curbs
- Emergency & Fire vehicle delay from reconstruction to one way streets
- Visual clutter from plastic white stick cones.
- Reduced sight line visibility when crossing the street
- Increased hazard to person and property from those who STILL speed on
roads now too narrow.
- Conditions that encourage bad behavior and incite road rage from bikers
and auto drivers
- Wasted resources used for a bicyclists boutique vanity project.

On Thu, May 18, 2023, 1:27 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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