If you're an Adams Morgan residents and business owner, we encourage you to share your concerns about traffic flow, pedestrian safety and parking along 18th Street & Columbia Road - your voice counts!

Nationally recognized transportation expert Dan Burden will listen to our concerns and needs during a highly interactive, two-day public process beginning Wednesday, May 19th. Dan will be joined by a local traffic engineer retained by ANC1c and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT).

Then on Thursday, May 20th, Dan will present his team's proposals for improving access and mobility for all users -- based on the needs, problems and ideas we've shared the day before.

Bio: Dan Burden

Schedule

Wednesday, May 19th

• 10 - 11:30 am: Walk-Through of 18th Street Corridor (Meet at SunTrust Plaza). We'll be identifying and discussing -- on site -- traffic flow, taxis, pedestrian safety and parking issues.
  
  
• Noon - 1:30 pm: Informal Brownbag Lunch with Dan Burden (Goodwill Baptist Church). We'll learn about "Principles of Walkability" and discuss our discoveries from the walk-through.
  
  
• 5:30 - 8 pm: Interactive Workshop - "The Possibilities"
  (Goodwill Baptist Church, 1862 Kalorama Road, NW; enter through side door) After Dan's presentation on successful designs and innovative solutions used elsewhere to improve access, walkability, traffic flow and parking, we'll share our input on problems and needs in an interactive session. Local elected officials and transportation planners will join us and learn from us, too. Refreshments served!

Thursday, May 20th

• 5:30 - 7:30 pm: Interactive Workshop - "Potential Solutions"
  (First Church of Christ Scientist, 1770 Euclid St. NW, enter Champlain)
  Using the input we provided him on Wednesday, Dan will present his team's analysis of the problems and potential solutions for improving access and mobility in our neighborhood business district. We're having a public discussion and reaction. Refreshments served.
  

About Dan Burden

Dan Burden is a nationally recognized authority on bicycle and pedestrian facilities and programs, street corridor and intersection design, traffic flow and calming, and other design and planning elements that affect roadway environments.

He has had 25 years of experience in developing, promoting and evaluating alternative transportation facilities, traffic calming practices and sustainable community design. He served for 16 years as Florida DOT’s State Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator, and he presently works as Executive Director of Walkable Communities, Inc., a non-profit corporation helping North America develop walkable communities. See his full bio.