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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
DC is demolishing which opened in 1961 and held its last game in 2017. I shared these memories with Events DC’s Farewell RFK Campaign. My first game at RFK was watching Olympic Football on July 24, 1996, in a group stage match between the United States and Portugal. My last game at RFK was the … 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
Comments submitted to JMT and DDOT on the 65% designs for the proposed K Street Transitway Washington, DC. The project would repurpose the right-of-way to provide center running bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and four general vehicle travel lanes instead of the current six travel lanes and two lanes of parking. Co-authored with Maxime Devilliers. … Continue reading
Last Saturday, I was en route with a friend to the Hubweek Hub at Government Center when heading along the Rose Kennedy Greenway transported me to Europe. Not literally, of course, but on the walk from South Station to City Hall, we came upon a beer garden sponsored by Boston-based Trillium brewery. I was … Continue reading
A term paper for ENVS411 Spatial Planning Challenges. It discusses Arlington County’s strategy for concentrating dense development along the Rosslyn to Ballston Metro corridor, and the effect on transport choices by residents. This report received a 72, distinction. Written in December 2016. Continue reading
Jared Alves 