This segment is an important step in expanding the protected bike lane network, now also used

by scooters and other personal mobility devices.  It will connect the Crosstown Cycletrack to points east and west along Kenyon St NW.  This follows from the 2016 Crosstown Multimodal Transportation Study, which recommended closing a major gap in the bike network by building a safe east and west bound bikeway along the Kenyon Street NW corridor. In 2017, DDOT initiated a project to conduct safety, traffic, parking analysis, and public outreach to determine the alignment for this bikeway. This plan was developed with extensive public and interagency input, including a public open house and pop-up event that demonstrated the proposed protected bike lane on Kenyon NW. ANC commissioners were invited to (and many attended) the public meeting and pop-up event. A full timeline of outreach events is below: 

• Public Open House (June 12, 2018)
• Pop-up Event (September 21, 2018)
• Parkview UNC (November 7, 2018)
• ANC 1A Public Meeting on November 11^th, 2020
• ANC 1A Transportation Committee Public Meeting on January 26^th,2021
• ANC 1A Transportation Committee Public Meeting on May 25^th, 2021
• ANC 1A Transportation Committee Public Meeting on September 28^th, 2021
• ANC 1A Transportation Committee Public Meeting on November 23^rd, 2021
• ANC 1A Transportation Committee Public Meeting on March 22^nd, 2022
• Phone call between DDOT Community Engagement and Planning staff and permit holder for accessible parking space on the 600 blk of Kenyon NW on March 22^nd, 2022.

We anticipate the following benefits:

• Safety enhancements for all road users based on the clear delineation of space for bicycles and cars, allowing each to move predictably and without conflict.
• Creates low-stress east-west connection for bicycles, filling in a gap in the District’s bicycle lane network.
• Safety enhancements for all road users from slower vehicular speeds and improved compliance with traffic control devices.

All comments on this subject matter must be filed in writing, not later than Monday, May 9^th 2022, thirty (30) business days after the date of this notice, with the District Department of Transportation Planning and Sustainability Division, 250 M Street, SE, 5^th Floor, Washington, DC, 20003 or via email at aaron.goldbeck@dc.gov.  If you would like to check the status of this Notice of Intent (NOI), please visit DDOT’s website at http://ddot.dc.gov/service/ddot-notice-intent. If you are having any trouble accessing the NOI site or are unable to do so, please contact the DDOT Customer Service Clearinghouse at 202-671-2800.

Sincerely,

Aaron Goldbeck
Bicycle Program Specialist

Planning and Sustainability Division

Project Delivery Administration

Cc:       Hon. Brianne Nadeau, DC Councilmember, Ward 1

Rashida Brown, Commissioner ANC 1A10

Kent Boese, Commissioner ANC 1A08

Nyasha Smith, Secretary to the Council of the District of Columbia

Anna Chamberlin, DDOT Associate Director

George Branyan, DDOT Active Transportation Branch Manager

Garrett Hennigan, WABA Community Organizer

Kelly Jeong-Olson, DDOT Community Engagement Manager

Migon Bowie, DDOT Ward 1 Community Engagement Specialist

Moises Del’Rosario, Ward 1 MOCRS Liaison

Oscar Montiel, Constituent Services Director for Councilmember Nadeau

Friday, March 25, 2022

Re: Notification for the Installation of the Kenyon St NW Protected Bike Lane

Notice # 22-120-PSD

Dear Chairperson Wray,

Pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Amendment Act of 2000” D.C. LAW 13-249 (48 DCR 3491 April 20, 2001), the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is required to give a written notice of our intent to modify traffic and /or parking requirements.  This letter is being forwarded to you for the purpose of notification and solicitation of comments on our intent to implement the following in your jurisdiction.

DDOT proposes to:

• Install a curb-side running two-way Protected Bike Lane along Kenyon Street NW from Warder St NW to 11^th St NW (see Exhibit 2 below).
• Shift the Resident Permit Parking lane away from the curb to protect the bike lane.
• Convert the rush hour travel lane on Kenyon St NW to a full time travel lane.
• Eliminate all street sweeping parking restrictions.
• Add four Resident Permit Parking spaces on the 400 blk of Kenyon NW
• On the approach to the Kenyon and Park Pl NW intersection change the through-left lane to a left only lane.
• Modify traffic signals at Kenyon and Park Pl NW to facilitate safe and efficient flow of traffic by eliminating the dedicated bike phase, include a protected left turn phase, and signal westbound bike, car, and pedestrian traffic on the same phase.
• Maintain one existing accessible parking space on south side of the 600 block of Kenyon
• Maintain 65 Zone 1 Resident Permit Only Parking spaces on Kenyon NW.