DDOT is hosting a meeting on Saturday, February 11th to discuss safety along the Alabama Avenue SE corridor.
The purpose of this corridor safety study will be to identify and address multi-modal safety concerns, and to improve the overall quality of the network for all users. At this meeting, existing conditions and current traffic/crash data will be shared to capture ideas and suggestions from participants.
Alabama Avenue is a key bike route through the east side of Wards 7 and 8. The MoveDC plan recommends that it feature protected bike lanes for its entire length from MLK Boulevard in Congress Heights to Fort DuPont, and then continuing on Bowen Rd to Southern Avenue (where ideally it would continue along Marlboro Pike). This is a Tier 3 facility, but there's no reason to wait. And it would be even better if it connected directly to the Suitland Parkway Trail (which currently passes under Alabama without a connection to it).
agree on the Suitland trail connection, but it would also be good if the Suitland trail was maintained in a manner better than the current standard of 'complete neglect'
(and ideally, it would be great to extend the trail to the Suitland metro station)
Posted by: Kolohe | January 25, 2017 at 08:46 AM
Agreed. WABA does some maintenance on the trail, but they're limited. DDOT plans to upgrade it at some point, but would be more motivated if PGC would extend it to the Naylor Road Metro.
Posted by: washcycle | January 26, 2017 at 09:07 PM