The District Department of Transportation is hosting a city-wide public meeting tonight on the final draft of the District Draft Pedestrian Master Plan. If you still haven’t had a gander at the plan itself, you can read it here.

The plan includes a mix of efforts, including things like restriping crosswalks, changing signal timings, installing more Rapid Flash Beacons, and other tactics that target 61 “high hazard” traffic intersections. Some of the dangerous intersections and crossings that will be targeted include Howard Road SE near the Anacostia Metro station, the area around Verizon Center in Chinatown, 14th and U streets NW, and Benning Road and Minnesota Avenue NE. With primary goals stated as being to reduce the number of pedestrians killed and injured in crashes with motor vehicles, and to increase pedestrian activity by making walking more attractive, the Pedestrian Master Plan will be implemented over the next 10 years at a cost of over $18 million.

The meeting will be held tonight at the UDC/Van Ness Campus, Building 46 East, 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

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