ANC 3B Wants Your Comments on DDOT’s Proposals for Bike Lanes

As part of Mayor Bowser’s Vision Zero program to improve transportation safety, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is considering options for adding protected bike lanes on New Mexico Avenue/Tunlaw Road/37th Street through ANC 3B.

DDOT wants to install protected bike lanes in 2022 as part of a larger 72-mile protected bike lane network. The bike lanes would connect AU and Georgetown, allow children to bike to school, and let bicyclists of all ages use the corridor safely.

At ANC3B’s January 21st meeting, DDOT presented two design proposals:

separated bike lanes, one on each side of the street
a two-way protected bike lane on one side of the street

DDOT estimates that either option would remove up to 187 parking spaces in ANC 3B, including all 96 parking spaces on Tunlaw Road south of Calvert and on 37th Street from Tunlaw to Whitehaven Parkway.

In response, ANC 3B sent DDOT a list of questions and community interests, including safety at intersections and the effect of the proposed bike lanes on bus service, deliveries, pedestrians, and parking.

DDOT is scheduled to make a presentation on options for the bike route at the virtual ANC 3B meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, July 15. DDOT has told the ANC that they are planning to present some new options and will be looking for community input. We hope that you will participate in the meeting and there will be time in the schedule to hear feedback at that time. But depending on community interest, we may not have time to hear from everyone, which is why we are asking you to send your comments in advance of the meeting to anc3bmail@gmail.com. Please make sure to note where in the community you live when you share those comments.

We encourage you to attend and share your comments.

The zoom link for the meeting is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84997892387?pwd=d3V0ajBYcGJHSGdidFlLNTVGMVordz09

Please submit any comments by Friday, July 9 to anc3bmail@gmail.com.