Marshall Heights Community Listening Session

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 6:00pm
Marshall Heights Community Development Organization

In partnership with Marshall Heights Community Development Organization

Marshall Heights Community Listening Session: We want to hear from you!

Share your thoughts and experiences getting around your neighborhood and the District.

Tell us about your experiences getting to work, getting kids to school, going grocery shopping and runing errands, and your thoughts on local parks and trails.

Participants will receive a $50 stipend for their feedback.

Transportation Planning:

We encourage participants to consider taking public transportation, walking, or biking to the event through free parking is available.

For those traveling by bus:
- The V8 Bus stops at Benning Road NE & 40th St NE, across the street from MHCDO.
- The V2 and X2 Buses stop at Minnesota Ave NE & Benning Rd NE, about 0.2 miles/5 minute walk from MHCDO.
- The 96 Bus stops at E Capitol St SE & Stoddert Place SE, about 0.4 miles/8 minute walk from MHCDO.

For those traveling by train, the Minnesota Avenue station is about a half mile/13 minute walk from MHCDO.

This event is hosted by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization with support from the DC Department of Health.

By registering for this event you agree to follow WABA's Code of Conduct.

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Bike lanes are most effective when they connects to other bike lanes, protected bike lanes, even more so.

WABA works with teams of grassroots volunteers across the District to demand a network of low-stress places to bike. A network where you, your kids, nephews, nieces, or grandkids, can all get where you need to go safely, easily, happily on bikes.

More about Getting Active & Involved

Check out upcoming events in DC’s Wards 7 and 8 that celebrate outdoor resources and opportunities to active! Get involved with upcoming projects to help you get around by walking, biking, or taking transit. Explore a park, trail, or neighborhood, including Anacostia Park and the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, Oxon Run Park and Trail, Marvin Gaye Trail, and more!

More about Complete Streets

Complete Streets are streets designed to accommodate all users, and that prioritize historically underinvested modes of transportation like transit, walking, and biking. An incomplete street might lack adequate sidewalks, low-stress bike infrastructure, or safe and comfortable access to transit.

Effective Complete Streets policies change the way a jurisdiction plans and builds transportation infrastructure—sidewalks, low stress bike infrastructure, and transit should be included in any new or rebuilt street by default, rather than as an add-on when there's space or demand.

While most regional jurisdictions have a Complete Streets policy of some sort, they lack teeth and permit transportation departments to continue to build streets that put cars first and squeeze other modes into the margins.

More about Trails

Trails are the best. They are low-stress bike infrastructure, access to nature, parks, landmarks, and community gathering spaces all rolled into one.

WABA's trail advocacy is focused on connecting gaps in our region's trail network; ensuring existing trails are maintained and upgraded to meet current design standards; and expanding the network into underserved parts of the region.

More about Outreach

WABA runs a variety of outreach programs that create opportunities for people across the region to join the bicycling community.

More about Advocacy

WABA fights for a region where biking, walking and transit are the best ways to get around.

We educate policymakers and organize grassroots advocates for to speak up for safer places to bike and walk; and for laws and policies that protect people who are walking and biking, reduce dangerous driving, and facilitate changes to the built environment.