A proposal for bike lanes has stirred tension in upper-Northwest neighborhoods off the busy Connecticut Avenue NW corridor.
The $4.6 million project, spearheaded by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser , would include a northbound and southbound bike lane along a corridor that carries 32,000 cars daily. It would cut lanetravel and significantly reduce parking availability.
Supporters say the lanes — stretching from Calvert Street NW in Woodley Park to Legation Street NW in Chevy Chase — would be a key piece of infrastructure to providefor cyclists, encourage more bike travel and help the city reach environmental goals. But some Connecticut Avenue residents and business owners say the lanes would create hazards for pedestrians, exacerbate a parking shortage in commercial districts and send more traffic onto neighborhood roads.
The District Department of Transportation’s proposal would reduce to four the number of travel lanes in the corridor, then a protected bike lane would be added in each direction with parking and loading zones removed on one side. More than 300 parking spaces would be eliminated, according to a DDOT analysis.
Bob Kotchenreuther, who runs the Cleveland Park Valet dry cleaners in a busy commercial area along Connecticut Avenue, said parking is so challenging he sometimes brings clothes out to customers who can’t find parking. After 40 years of business — and coming amid a pandemic that cut Liz Winchell, who owns the All Fired Up studio a few storefronts away from Kotchenreuther’s, said the lack of parking has been a problem since her business opened in 2004. Although customers come by all modes of transportation, including the Metro station a few steps away, she said many families with children drive for pottery, painting and mosaics lessons, or summer camps and special events.
“DDOT has to work with them and see how we can get both the benefits of having the bike lane and not be too intrusive into loading spots or parking spots. A sensible arrangement can be worked out,” she said. “But ultimately, we want to have many more miles of protected bike lanes.”
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