{"id":7242,"date":"2019-10-29T03:01:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dupontcircleanc.net\/wordpress\/?p=7242"},"modified":"2019-10-29T03:01:25","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T07:01:25","slug":"summary-of-anc-2bs-october-23rd-2019-transportation-and-public-infrastructure-tpi-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dupontcircleanc.net\/wordpress\/2019\/10\/29\/summary-of-anc-2bs-october-23rd-2019-transportation-and-public-infrastructure-tpi-committee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of ANC 2B\u2019s October 23rd, 2019 Transportation and Public Infrastructure (TPI) Committee Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary of Dupont Circle ANC 2B<\/b>
\n<\/b>Transportation & Public Infrastructure (TPI) Committee Meeting<\/b>
\n<\/b>Oct. 23, 2019, 7 p.m., Dupont Resource Center, 9 Dupont Circle NW<\/span><\/p>\n

Discussion Regarding the Proposed K Street Transitway:\u00a0<\/b>https:\/\/ddot.dc.gov\/page\/k-street-transitway<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

TPI Committee Chair Randy Downs reported that the DC Department of Transportation\u2019s (DDOT) held two design charrettes in October 2019 for residents to contribute their ideas regarding the design of the proposed K Street Transitway between 12th Street NW and 21st Street NW.\u00a0 The October 2019 design charrettes were led by Haley Peckett of DDOT\u2019s Planning and Sustainability Division. Several TPI Committee members attended.<\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of the K Street Transitway project is to reconfigure the K Street, NW, corridor to make more efficient and effective use of the right of way for multimodal travel. Planners have been working on the K Street Transitway for over a decade, and Mayor Bowser is strongly pushing the project. Charrette attendees were asked to weigh in specifically on options for protected bike lanes and on loading zones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The options for protected bike lanes on the K Street Transitway are to have them to the left of the main travel lanes, adjacent to the transitway or to have them on the right side of the roadway, against the sidewalk. There are pros and cons for these two options, but the general consensus at both the charette and the TPI Committee meeting was that having the bike lane in the middle of K Street was preferred.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For loading zones, the options are to have loading on only one side of the street or on both sides of the street.\u00a0 It was generally agreed at both the charette and the TPI Committee meeting that loading on both the north and south sides of the transitway was the only option that made sense.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The TPI Committee agreed to recommend that the ANC adopt a resolution in support of locating protected bike lanes in the center of K Street and locating loading zones on both the north and south sides of the transitway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Past action by ANC 2B on the matter: \u201c<\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Presentation by Pepco Regarding the Capital Grid Project:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Representatives of PEPCO gave a presentation regarding the planned Capital Grid Project.\u00a0 The multi-year project involves the following:<\/span><\/p>\n