The office of Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George recently tweeted about the notice of intent (NOI 22-169-PSD) published by the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) to install protected bike lanes on a short stretch of Kansas Avenue between Chillum Place NE and 2nd Street NW. The NOI, available on DDOT’s NOI website, is open for public comment until June 28, 2022. Comments may be submitted to mike.goodno@dc.gov.

From the overview in the NOI:

Kansas Avenue has been identified as part of the bicycle priority network in MoveDC, the District of Columbia’s statewide long-range transportation plan. Standard unprotected bicycle lanes exist today on a majority of Kansas Avenue. The two exceptions are south of Upshur Street and a gap between Chillum Place NE and Blair Road. With this notice, DDOT proposes to close that network gap with one-way protected bike lanes between Chillum Place NE and Blair Road NW and convert portions of the existing unprotected bike lanes between Blair Road and 2nd Street NW to protected.

Also available on the NOI site is ANC 4B’s resolution in support of closing the gap here on Kansas Avenue. This connection will be an important one for those in Lamond-Riggs traveling from the east to connect to the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT), which will eventually run along Blair Road near this location. (Also shoutout to resident Gavin Baker who takes every opportunity to remind DDOT of the need to fill this gap and not forget about people connecting to the trail from the east).

Images of the proposed design are below