The DC Low Stress Network

Business owners are an important stakeholder for street safety redesigns. Join our campaign to remind business owners on Connecticut Ave that their customers get there by bike.

Action Alert

The Connecticut Ave NW bike lane needs to happen this year.

RIP Concept C

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Letter: K Street NE Protected Bike Lane NOI

This project needs to move forward, and it should include protected intersections.

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Letter: Union Station Expansion Bike Infrastructure

Upgrades to Union Station must include connectivity improvements for people on bikes.

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Letter: Arizona Ave NW Protected Bike Lanes NOI

The design for Ward 3's first protected bike lane needs some improvement at intersections.

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Letter: Bike Lane Design in Connecticut Avenue Deckover

Proposed bike lanes are too narrow to be safe.

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Marshall Heights Community Listening Session

Jan 1, 1970

Marshall Heights Community Development Organization

In partnership with Marshall Heights Community Development Organization

This event took place on Jan 01, 1970

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Action Alert

Bikes Belong in Ward 8

In partnership with Ward 8 Bike Alliance

Today, many Ward 8 residents bike all over Ward 8—for commuting, for exercise, and for fun—but their lives are threatened by unsafe road designs and reckless driving behavior.

Action Alert

Related Campaigns:

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.

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.

Connecticut Ave NW

Connecticut Ave NW is a busy corridor that connects downtown DC to Bethesda, Maryland. It's a high-speed, multi-lane road without adequate infrastructure for safe biking and walking. In 2019 The District Department of Transportation began studying ways to make the corridor safer. Working with Ward 3 Bike Advocates and a host of grassroots volunteers, WABA organized broad support for a variety of safety improvements, including protected bike lanes from Woodley Park to the Maryland border. In December of 2021, Mayor Bowser announced that the District would move forward with a design concept that included protected bike lanes.

Despite this broad support, and the 2021 announcement, in the spring of 2024, DDOT announced that it would be moving forward with a bike-lane-free design for the corridor, apparently because of concerns about parking. WABA is working with local advocates, business owners, and the DC Council to move the project forward.

Q and R Street Protected Bike Lanes

The painted, unprotected bike lanes on Q and R Streets Northwest are the longest east-west bike corridor in DC's core.

Bicyclists who use these lanes must navigate stopped vehicles, drivers veering into the bike lane, inch-close dangerous passing, and the constant threat of being “doored.” Unsurprisingly, these lanes do not meet DDOT’s own low-stress bikeway design standards.

WABA is working with group of grassroots advocates to persuade DDOT to convert these lanes to protected bike lanes.

The DC Low Stress Network

Events, Actions & Resources:

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 7 Public Workshop

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 3 Public Workshop

DC Streetcar End of Service Public Meeting

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 6 Public Workshop

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 1 Public Workshop

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 2 Public Workshop

Benning Road Bridges & Transportation Improvements Open House

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 8 Public Workshop

DDOT Strategic Bikeways Plan – Ward 4 Public Workshop

Ward 7 Transportation Town Hall

Columbia Heights Crosstown Bus Priority Project – Concept Open House #2

Columbia Heights Crosstown Bus Priority Project – Concept Open House #1

Blessing of the Bikes: A Gathering and Community Ride for All Who Bike in DC

Share stories with the DC Sidewalk Safety Project

Support the Michigan Ave Shared-Use Path

DC Downtown Transportation Plan Open House

11th Street Bridge Community Meeting

Mt P Transit Party

DDOT Road Safety Audit of the M Street Corridor

Stanton Supermarket Community Walk

Washington DC Bicycling Advocates Social

District Running Collective x WABA “Run” Audit

North Capitol Street DDOT Safety Audit (Southern Half)

North Capitol Street DDOT Safety Audit (Northern Half)

Prioritize South Dakota Ave Intersection Improvements

Anacostia Community Clean Walk

DDOT Meeting: South Dakota Ave Community Meeting (In person)

DDOT Meeting: South Dakota Ave Community Meeting (Virtual)

Support the Proposed Bike Lane across Harewood Rd

Environmental Justice Summit 2025

FY2026 Proposed Budget Overview

DDOT Spring Bike Social

DC for Democracy Ward 8 Candidate Forum

Earth Day Walking Tour in Congress Heights w/ DOEE

DDOT Public Meeting: Connecticut Ave Streetscape & Deckover Project

Rhode Island Ave Planning Study Open House

Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative Policy Working Group w/ DOEE

Rhode Island Avenue Planning Study Draft Recommendations

Community Walk at Poplar Point

NPS Public Meeting: Improvements to Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway

Arboretum Bridge to Maryland Avenue Connector Public Meeting

Wheeler Rd SE Safety Project Public Meeting

11th St Bridge Park Update

Anacostia Metro Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Project Virtual Meeting

DDOT Open House on Taylor St NE

Protect the 11th Street NW Bike Lane

Safety First on Q & R St NW

Taylor Street NE needs a protected bike lane

Join the “I bike, I buy stuff” campaign

The Connecticut Ave NW bike lane needs to happen this year.

Letter: K Street NE Protected Bike Lane NOI

Letter: Union Station Expansion Bike Infrastructure

Letter: Arizona Ave NW Protected Bike Lanes NOI

Letter: Bike Lane Design in Connecticut Avenue Deckover

Marshall Heights Community Listening Session

Bikes Belong in Ward 8

Related Campaigns:

Advocacy

Complete Streets

Connecticut Ave NW

Q and R Street Protected Bike Lanes

11th St NW PBL