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On April 11, 2024, Sharon Kershbaum, Acting Director of the DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) reported during a budget hearing that her Department was cancelling plans to redesign Connecticut Avenue NW with a protected bike lane on each side of the street. I emailed the message below on April 12 to Mayor Bowser, copying Acting … Continue reading
Email I sent to the DC Council President, Ward 2 Councilmember, and At-Large Councilmembers on April 27, 2023 to support a proposed congestion charge on Transportation Network Companies like Uber and Lyft. Dear Councilmembers, I am writing as a Ward 2 resident to express my strong support for Councilmember Nadeau’s proposal to add a $2 … Continue reading
Below is a letter that I emailed to Mayor Bowser on April 18, 2023 after recent reports that the Administration is wavering on installing planned protected bike lanes on Connecticut Ave NW and K Street NW. I’m troubled by the recent Bisnow article which suggests that feedback from certain property owners has convinced your Administration … Continue reading
Comments submitted on April 26, 2022 to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) on The Pennsylvania Avenue Initiative’s Vision and Concepts. NCPC is correct that Pennsylvania Avenue has too much asphalt and space dedicated to cars, but the New Vision is not bold enough to return “America’s Main Street” street to a thriving destination. The … Continue reading
North End restaurateurs are furious about having to pay a $7,500 flat fee plus $450 to $500 per month per parking space to setup outdoor dining in the street this year. They are furious that restaurateurs in other neighborhoods will not pay the same fees. They are furious and they are wrong. The city should … Continue reading
This is the text of a letter I sent on February 19, 2019 to Michael Sinatra, the BPDA project manager for the Dock Square Garage (20 Clinton Street) project, a proposal to add seven stories with 175+ homes atop the garage plus new ground floor retail. Last April, I criticized the proposal to redevelop the … Continue reading
This is the text of a letter I sent on December 12, 2018 to Michael Sinatra, the BPDA project manager for 1767-1769 Washington Street, a proposal to restore the façade of the former Hotel Alexandra and construct a new hotel on the site. The BPDA should approve this project. The proposal balances preserving the ornate … Continue reading
This is the text of a letter I sent on August 30, 2018 to Boston City Councilors Frank Baker and Ed Flynn. Both Councilors announced earlier that week that they would like to investigate a 20 mph default speed limit in Boston. When a driver struck and killed Colin McGrath a little over a … Continue reading
Yesterday, I attended the Boston March for Science. Understandably, many of the speeches and signs focused on climate change.[1] I wish I had brought a “Fix The T” sign because we need fast, frequent, and reliable MBTA buses, trains, and ferries to decrease the significant greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.[2] We also need our leaders—our Governor and … Continue reading
This is the text of the letter I sent on April 9, 2018 to Michael Rooney, Senior Project Manager, Boston Planning and Development Agency regarding the Dock Square Garage redevelopment project. More information about the project is available here. The Dock Square Garage is a 1970s throwback to a time when vacant lots and garages … Continue reading
Jared Alves 