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Alexandria City Council AFFIRMS Braddock Road Redesign

In a narrow 4:3 vote, the City Council upheld the Braddock Road redesign to add bike lanes along approximately the 1 mile corridor from the metro. The vote occurred after a torturously long 11-hour hearing. Thank you to everyone who spent their beautiful Saturday to come out to support this project. With your support we outnumbered the NIMBYs 2:1.

Councilors Bagley, Marks, Aguirre, and Mayor Gaskins voted for the improvements. Councilors Chapman, Elnoubi, and Greene voted against the improvements.

https://www.alexandriabrief.com/city-council-upholds-braddock-road-bike-lane-plan-in-4-3-vote/

u/Embracing_Doubt — 5 days ago
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How I see the Metrorail network around RFK Stadium by 2042

I would rather reroute the Blue Line to Forestville as part of GCE Package 1 (this comes shortly after the entire modernization program is finished). Because why only add a 2nd entrance/exit when you can have a total of 4 + a new platform for larger station capacity.

Oklahoma Ave would be built afterwards alongside the Beige Line (a.k.a. Line 10) next.

Speaking of which, the inner DC Loop I proposed as Line 10 (a more Beige-like Gold Line) is just codenamed "Beige" now since the proposed BRT route that the Blue Line follows may be called the Gold Line. Since this is a BRT Route, you might as well revive the Metroway sub-brand and call the route the "Y2" (Route A1X can be renamed Y1) to better fit in with the Better Bus route naming (you can still colour it Gold but don't call it Gold Line as a final name).

Around the Time the Blue Line gets rerouted (again, preferably to Forestville via Georgetown & Union Station), the proposed BRT route can be upgraded to a Tram Line called the "T2" with minimal upgrades if the BRT is built right (T1 if you're wondering would be 7 St/Georgia Ave).

u/Masrikato — 4 days ago
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Boulevard Park rezoning would destroy 264 homes—help stop it

Our neighborhood in Burien is facing industrial rezoning that would eliminate residential zoning and permanently transform 264 homes into an industrial corridor. This isn't just about zoning—it's about protecting families, property rights, and the quiet community we've built.

The city calls us an "opportunity zone" because our land isn't making them enough money. But this rezoning would trap homeowners: devalued properties, lenders unwilling to finance homes in industrial zones, impossible to sell without accepting developer lowball offers. Meanwhile, property taxes would likely spike while home values plummet.

I started a petition because this feels like a deliberate erasure of a working community. We've got key dates ahead—Planning Commission hearings start June 10, with a City Council vote on the ordinance coming in October. If you live in Burien or care about neighborhoods being sacrificed for tax revenue, would you consider signing and sharing this? Anyone else dealing with similar rezoning pressure in your area—how did your community respond?

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u/Veritasuna — 7 days ago
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Update on pedestrian killed in Old Town last month. She was legally in the crosswalk, fyi.

To all those (and you know who you are) who speculated this woman was crossing against the light, read the attached. FYI, I knew the victim. Of note:

  1. the investigating officer is looking into a Class 1 misdemeanor charge of careless driving resulting in injury or death.

  2. The pedestrian killed in Old Town North last month was walking within a marked crosswalk with an active countdown on the pedestrian beacon signal, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.

  3. The 46-year-old male driver stopped approximately 40 feet from where police found her body

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u/ClownShoNoMo — 8 days ago
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WMATA presentation on RFK plan. No new station planned, instead major capacity upgrades to Stadium-Armory station, BRT along H Street with center running seperated bus lanes and signal priority, and transit center at new stadium are proposed.

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u/InAHays — 9 days ago
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Speak in favor of Braddock Road Safety Improvements

On Saturday, May 16th, the Alexandria City Council will consider the appeal of the Braddock Road Safety Improvements. The project will fill a significant east-west gap in our bicycle network, and improve safety for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists in the City of Alexandria. The Braddock Road appeal is Docket #12 on the agenda.

We need your support to outnumber the NIMBYs opposing this redesign. Sign up today to speak in favor of the project at City Council. Ask the City Council for a safe cycling network, without gaps, for the health and safety of our children who will use this road to travel to and from school. You can sign up to speak in-person or electronically. Hope to see folks there.

https://apps.alexandriava.gov/SpeakerSignup/

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u/Embracing_Doubt — 10 days ago