New DC Speed Limit

New Speed Limits on DC Streets and the New Slow Streets Initiative :
MEMBERS:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT FOR TRAVEL ON DC STREETS IS NOW 20
MILES/HOUR UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED.
Mayor Bowser and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) have begun their “DC Slow Street Initiative.  The plan will provide 17 miles of streets throughout the city on local streets that will provide citizens with streets with maximum speeds of 15 miles/hour so citizens can safely walk, run or bike, at safe distance from each other.  These streets will be restricted to local travel only.  Drivers should only use these “Slow Streets” if their destination is within two blocks of that street. Residents, emergency, delivery, and trash collection vehicles will still
have access to Slow Streets.
If you would like to see the current street in the neighborhood which has been set up as a “Slow Street”, please check out Newton Street between 18th street and 12th street (it is suppose to begin from South Dakota Avenue to 12th street but was not completed as of 08/09/2020).
Please note that the city has proposed plans to lower the speed allowed on public street throughout the city to reduce the number of people injured in car accidents.  We remind everyone that streets around playgrounds and schools maximum speeds are supposed to be 15 miles/hour.
A friend of Ralph Bucksell complained to him about receiving a speeding ticket on 10th street near the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center for traveling at 25 miles/hour.
The designated streets in Ward 5 which will be established between now and September 1, 2020 are:
Ward 5
  • 10th Street NE between Otis Street NE and Rhode Island Avenue NE
  • 17th Street NE between Randolph Street and Bryant Street/Montana Avenue NE
  • K Street NE between Bladensburg Road to 18th Street NE/Maryland Avenue NE
  • Oates Street NE between West Virginia Avenue to Bladensburg Road NE
  • Newton Street NE between South Dakota Avenue to 12th Street NE 
The full list of Slow Streets for the whole city are found below:
Ward 1
  • 6th Street NW between Lamont Street NW and Keefer Place NW
  • Girard Street NW between 14th Street NW and Georgia Avenue NW
  • Keefer Place NW between Georgia Avenue and 6th Street NW
  • Lamont Street NW between 13th Street NW and Park Place NW
Ward 2
  • S Street NW between Massachusetts Avenue and New Jersey Avenue NW (also crosses Wards 1 and 6)
Ward 3
  • 39th Street NW between Massachusetts Avenue and Fulton Street NW
  • Davenport Street NW between Nebraska Avenue and Linnean Street NW
  • Yuma Street NW between Massachusetts Avenue NW and Connecticut Avenue NW
Ward 4
  • 8th Street NW between Missouri Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue NW
  • Van Buren Street NW between 16th Street NW and North Capitol Street
Ward 5
  • 10th Street NE between Otis Street NE and Rhode Island Avenue NE
  • 17th Street NE between Randolph Street and Bryant Street/Montana Avenue NE
  • K Street NE between Bladensburg Road to 18th Street NE/Maryland Avenue NE
  • Oates Street NE between West Virginia Avenue to Bladensburg Road NE
  • Newton Street NE between South Dakota Avenue to 12th Street NE
Ward 6
  • 3rd Street NE/SE between M Street NE to E Street SE
  • E Street SE between 4th Street SE to 11th Street SE/Pennsylvania Avenue SE
  • G Street NE between 2nd Street NE and 15h Street NE/Gales Street NE
  • Gales Street NE between 15th Street NE and 21st Street NE (crosses Wards 6 and 7)
Ward 7
  • B Street SE between Benning Road and 54th Street SE (Ward 6/7)
  • Fairlawn Avenue SE between K Street SE and Pennsylvania Avenue SE
  • K Street SE between Fairlawn Avenue SE and Randle Circle SE
Ward 8
DDOT will not install Slow Streets in Ward 8 at this time.
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