Taylor Street

TAYlor Street Can Be Safer

Bottom Line Up Front

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has published a concept for a protected bike lane (PBL) from Rock Creek Church Road NW, down Harewood NW, Fort NE, and Taylor Street NE to South Dakota.  If built in 2025, this would become a major east-west micromobility/bike corridor with a direct connection to the Metropolitan Branch Trail (MBT) and offer a safer transportation option for at least 9 schools.  DDOT themselves state, "Research shows that protected bike lanes significantly improve the safety of bicyclists and increase safety for pedestrians and drivers."  That's right -- a PBL makes the road safer for EVERYONE.

Why This Project

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Taylor Street Could be Safer

There have been numerous wrecks, especially at the intersection with South Dakota Avenue, as well as reports of vehicles travelling at dangerous speeds.  For example, here are two separate instances with photos on X/Twitter both from November 2023: Incident 1 and in Incident 2.  A PBL not only provides a safe means for micromobility/bicycle transportation, it also calms traffic overall by narrowing the street.  This incentivizes drivers to stay at the legal speed limit of 25 -- or in many parts -- 20 MPH.

From January 1, 2023 to April 19, 2024 there have been 33 Crashes with Injuries per the DC Vision Zero Dashboard out of 63 Crashes total on Taylor (b/t 1st NE and 18th) or adjacent to it (nearest intersection) per the Crashes in DC Dataset.  Injuries from crashes can still require a visit to the hospital and can leave victims with long term effects!

DC Vision Zero Injury Crashes on Taylor Street with Schools (8 stars), Hospitals (2 Hs), and Parks (4) Indicated

during School Drop Off

This kind of driver behavior puts people at risk.

During Morning Rush

An unsafe crosswalk next to Bunker Hill Elementary School.

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