Many safe street advocates say they are tired of waiting and want to see immediate change.

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Courtesy DDOT A long-awaited traffic pattern change at the intersection of New York and Florida avenues NE is set to begin at 9 p.m. on June 4, the District Dept. of Transportation announced Tuesday. Once the changes are put into place, southbound First Street will become one-way between Florida and New York, westbound Florida will become one-way between New York and First, and eastbound Florida will be detoured to First. Traffic will be able…

Photo by Shaun Barrows The word on high from DDOT after Wednesday’s massive water main break in the 1700 block of Florida Ave. is that the street won’t reopen until Saturday evening, weather permitting. DDOT engineers spent today assessing the damage and came up with this time estimate. Work crews have already backfilled the large hole in the roadway, and are now preparing for the complete reconstruction of the road surface from V Street…

Perhaps Mayor Adrian Fenty has already made up his mind on the great zone vs. meter debate, and he’s just waiting until tomorrow to announce his decision for dramatic effect. But we think the odds are pretty good that he’s still mulling it over as we type. Wednesday, October 17 is the deadline imposed by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who inserted the provision in legislation last fall that forces Fenty to either switch to time…

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For the last eight years, Conner Contemporary Art has been one of the creative hubs of Dupont Circle with its focus on emerging and experimental artists. Located on the north end, it has served as a entryway to the neighborhood, leading into the plethora of neighborhood galleries, bookstores, and craft shops. But the gallery announced today that it will soon be shifting homes to Trinidad, in the large, 12,000 sq. ft. former auto body shop…

Officials are warning drivers that roads around the 2400 block of 16th St, NW are partially closed while crews repair yesterday’s water main break. This morning only one southbound lane was open in the are around Meridian Hill Park, with northbound traffic diverted to Florida Ave. At 12:45 p.m. Alert D.C. announced that the 2400 block of 16th St. will be closed for six to eight hours. Obviously this could dramatically impact this evening’s rush…

Upon hearing about a water main break near Florida Ave. and Euclid St., NW, this afternoon, it was hard not to wonder how the break would impact water pressure should firefighters need to douse a blaze. As we mentioned earlier, there are more details emerging about the impact broken hydrants had on Monday’s fire at the Georgetown Public Library. Fire officials are complaining that they were forced to try three hydrants near the library before…

After reporting last week on a slew of misaligned walk signs plaguing the city, we couldn’t stop spotting them everywhere. At Florida Ave. and R St., NW, and Pennsylvania Ave. and 8th St., SE, all eight pedestrian signals were pointing away from oncoming foot traffic — surely a dangerous state of affairs. While we originally speculated strong winds were responsible, several readers tipped us off on the most likely culprits: construction and delivery trucks. After…