DDOT's K Street NE Corridor Study considers road diet and bike lanes

After ANC6C requested that DDOT perform a corridor study of K Street NE from North Capitol Street to Florida Avenue NE, they did just that are recently reported on the results. They are already performing a NoMa Bicycle Network Study, that includes most of K to Florida, but this study considered other safety issues beyond cycling, so it's not redundant.

In the K Street study they looked at four road diet alternatives for K street, with Alternative #4 (the one recommended by MoveDC) including bike lanes. 

Though the one recommended by MoveDC, the biggest barrier may be that of the four alternatives, this one removes the most parking - from 216 rush hour restricted spots to 110 full time spots.  It would create a good facility in near NE and a connection to the Met Branch Trail, but there probably won't be any movement until the NoMa bike study is complete so that they can determine the best plan for the whole neighborhood.

Update: The new design will remove rush hour restricted spots and no full time spots. All 4 alternatives would change all parking to 24/7 parking and cut the rush hour restrictions. So, while it's a net reduction in possible parking spaces, the spaces are more useful.

Comments

[ddothater]

study, study, study, while the people get no where and die. Thanks, DDOT.

[Washcycle]

Except that DDOT has built 1 new trail this year, and is doing a full rehab of two others. And they're putting in cycle-tracks and road diets and bike lanes elsewhere. They do do a lot of studies, but would you have them do none? It's not true that all they do is study. Could we get more done? I think so, but that would need to come from the Mayor.

[drumz]

I like K street in general because it's a good through street between NW and NE without getting too crazy (east of Mt. Vernon Square at least).

So bike lanes would just improve that by a bunch.

[More]

Let's tell the whole story.
A bike lane along the K Street corridor will cut parking in half (or more) by taking away all southside parking. There is no room to support parking on the northside, the side streets, or the prostitute-filled alleys. Elderly and handicapped transportation options disappear and cause safety hazard requiring crossing the street. Speeding cars passing in the right lane will use the lanes and create more safety issues. Speed will actually increase eastbound. This proposal hurts 10 blocks worth of permanent, many long-time, residents.

[Washcycle]

There is no room to support parking on the northside, the side streets, or the prostitute-filled alleys.

Looking at satellite photos, most of the houses on K Street have garages in back.

Elderly and handicapped transportation options disappear

This is shutting down MetroAccess?

permanent...residents.

All we are is dust in the wind.