This week on Transit on Thursday, good news from DDOT for people who don’t like getting hit by cars, and Metro plans on fixin’ some things that really need fixin’.
Score One For Pedestrians:
We will soon get to say farewell to annoying sidewalk closures caused by those greedy development projects. No more braving the fury of cars as we find a way around. And no more crossing to the other side.
Builders will instead be required to work around pedestrians by constructing covered walkways much like they do in (where else?) New York City, DDOT spokesperson Erik Linden tells DCist.
“New York is actually the national role model for this issue because there’s so much development in and they build covered walkways to keep sidewalks open,” he said.
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