DDOT: Press Release - December 20, 2005

(Washington, DC) On Wednesday morning, the Director of Transportation, Dan Tangherlini, will be joined by Councilmember Vince Gray (Ward 7), members of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and others to announce a series of pedestrian safety measures, including public service announcements, changes to traffic and pedestrian traffic patterns, and other measures in anticipation of the heavy holiday travel period.

What Announcement of pedestrian safety measures, including public service announcements, changes to traffic and pedestrian traffic

Who
Dan Tangherlini, Director, District of Department of Transportation; Councilmember Vincent Gray (Ward 7); Inspector Kevin Keegan, MPD

When This event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

Where
Benning Road & Minnesota Avenue, NE

Southwest corner (in front of shoe store)

Safety is the number one priority for DDOT, both for the traveling public and DDOT employees. Unfortunately, as 2005 draws to a close, the District has suffered 46 traffic fatalities so far this year, 15 of them pedestrians. The Benning Road/Minnesota Avenue intersection has the highest number of pedestrian crashes in the District. The measures to be announced on Wednesday reemphasize the District’s commitment to the "3 Es" of traffic safety: Engineering, Enforcement and Education. This includes engineering installation of more countdown signals than any other city in the country; sponsorship of traffic enforcement waves for pedestrians, motorists, and bicyclists; education programs for younger and adult pedestrians and bicyclists; and media outreach and education campaigns.