3500 block of O St.
Save The Circulator!
As GM reported on Monday, DDOT is considering a significant cut in the Circulator service through Georgetown. GM has found out that the proposal is a lot further on than he feared and thus the necessity for action is much more urgent.
DDOT has decided to cut the Circulator extension based on budgetary concerns and ridership totals. Apparently Jack Evans has already fought the cut and lost and City Administrator Neil Albert has already signed off on the plan. The only hope we have to keep the service is for residents and businesses to appeal to Mayor Fenty directly.
So please write to the Mayor at:
Mayor Adrian Fenty
Executive Office of the Mayor
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 316
Washington, DC 20004
or email at Mayor@DC.gov
And let him know that cutting Circulator service to Georgetown in half is an unacceptable reduction in bus service to a corridor that has already lost a significant amount of service in the last two years.
A sample letter prepared by CAG is after the jump: Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, not much in the way of news today, so enjoy this news-free day by:
- Going to the Rose Park Farmers Market
- Catching a Belarusian play
- And finding out exactly how low bass can go.
Photo by Flickr user M.V. Jantzen used under Creative Commons.
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The Georgetown Metropolis
1400 block of 35th St. (or the 300 block of Fayette St., depending on the century).
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There But for the Grace of Zoning?
Recently, there has been much gnashing of teeth over the supposed decline and fall of Cleveland Park. Blogs have bemoaned it for a while, but the angst gained a higher profile last week when the Washington Post focused its attention on the puzzling growth of vacant storefronts in the historically stable Northwest neighborhood.
The Post wrote:
[M]ost businesses in other parking-starved areas, such as Dupont Circle and Georgetown, appear — so far, at least — to be weathering the economic downturn. In Cleveland Park, 11 of 64 storefronts are vacant.
This recent attention comes in the wake of several high-profile tenants in Cleveland Park closing their doors, including Magruder’s, 7-11, and Starbucks(!). But many are not content to put the blame solely on the economic climate. Rather, many argue that Cleveland Park’s supposedly restrictive zoning regulations: Continue reading
The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- Building complex at Wisconsin at Whitehaven (including the British School building) sold for $62 million.
- Vox Populi interviews CAG President Jennifer Altemus.
- Oprah in town.
Photo by Flickr user InspirationDC used under Creative Commons license.
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Circulator to No Longer Ascend Wisconsin?
On Friday, Jennifer Altemus, President of CAG, sent out an alert on the possibility that DDOT/WMATA are considering the possibility of cutting Circulator service up Wisconsin Ave. This was the first GM heard of the proposal, but the proposal has a strong bit of deja vu surrounding it.
Right now the Circulator travels along M St. from downtown, turns up Wisconsin Ave., and ends its route at Whitehaven St., just behind the British School. This was not always the route it took through Georgetown. Originally it entered Georgetown on K St., took a right up Wisconsin, and turned back to downtown at M St.
In May 2007, the Circulator was extended up Wisconsin to its current route to take over the Blue Bus’s Foggy Bottom route. In less than a year after this extension, DDOT was already floating plans to cut it (despite the fact that the Blue Bus route it replaced was cut once the extension took place). After strong pushback from the community, DDOT decided to keep the extension. Continue reading
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The Morning Metropolitan
Good morning Georgetown, here’s the latest:
- The story of Louisa May Alcott’s 1863Â visit to Georgetown.
- G.U. student who uses a wheelchair is suing Mr. Smith’s for kicking him out.
- October ANC meeting will now be Tuesday the 29th not Monday the 28th. Two more days and they could’ve actually had the October meeting in October.
Photo of a shop-lifter getting apprehended by Flickr user Roebot used under Creative Commons.
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