From DDOT

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) invites residents to join a community meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm on the Kansas Ave Protected Bike Lane Project. DDOT representatives will provide information about the project’s development, safety improvements, and construction timeline. Agency representatives will be available to hear your concerns and answer your questions. The meeting will be held at the Sela Public Charter School at 6015 Chillum Pl NE, Washington, DC 20011. 

Kansas Ave NW Protected Bike Lane Community Meeting

Tuesday, November 18, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Sela Public Charter School

6015 Chillum Pl NE Washington, DC 20011 

Project Background 

The Kansas Ave NW Protected Bike Lane is a multimodal safety project that includes the following features to improve safety for all roadway users: 

• Upgraded pedestrian crossings, including more visible Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons (RRFB) at Longfellow St NW and Madison St NW, and Nicholson St NW, following ADA guidelines. Intersection daylighting at Madison St NW to improve sightlines for drivers to see cross traffic. 

• Removal of center medians on the 5600 and 5700 blocks of Kansas Ave NW and a short section just south of Blair Rd to maintain on-street parking. 

• Additional on-street parking along the west side of the 5600 block. 

• New left turn lanes for southwest-bound and northeast-bound vehicular traffic at the intersection with Blair Rd to improve safety and traffic flow for drivers. 

Closure of a critical gap in the bike lanes along the corridor between Chillum Place NE and Blair Rd NW to connect to the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT). 

• Upgraded bike lanes between Blair Rd NW and Longfellow NW to protected bike lanes as a safety and traffic calming improvement. 

When complete, the Kansas Ave NW Protected Bike Lane Project will create a safe and comfortable connection between the several schools in the neighborhood to the newly completed Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) extension.

The Fort Totten to Takoma extension of the MBT crosses Kansas Ave at Blair Rd and now provides a trail connection from the neighborhood 5.3 miles south to Union Station.

The cumulative effect of all of the improvements will be a safer street with fewer crashes and reduced speeding.

Please visit the project website for additional project details at: https://bikelanes.ddot.dc.gov/ pages/kansas-ave-nw. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the DDOT Bikeways Branch Manager Greg Billing at gregory.billing@dc.gov or (202) 873-3756.