Walking in DC, Walking in DC, more people should walk in DC

The Walking environment. Image: City of Portland, Oregon.

From the ANC6A e-list:

Neighbors -

DC has begun a year long study of the walking conditions in the District.

If you care about walking in the District, brick sidewalks vs. concrete, motorists running stop signs, speeding traffic, dangerous intersections, than please take a look at this web link.

There is a link on this page to participate in a 10 minute survey where you can provide input into the issues.

I work for this company, and I can assure you, that on every one of the projects we work on, we read every comment. Your comments can lead to improvement projects and policy changes that can happen very quickly.

For example - if everyone complained about the intersection of 7th and North Carolina at Eastern Market - it is highly likely that improvements would be targeted to that intersection.
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This weekend I did some walking on Rte. 1 from Eastern Avenue to College Park. Talk about an inhospitable environment for walking. We are fortunate in DC with the environment that we have, which, of course, can be and should be improved.

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