Hi Chris,

The elevated freeway is a great idea :)

Seriously, though, all I know is that this intersection got much worse after the recent "enhancements." I am sure that there are a number of factors at work, including increased flow, but the whole situation is terrible now - disastrous, in truth. I am a long time biker, and a resident of the area, so I hear you on those dimensions. But I also have to drive through there sometimes to drop kids at school far from the metro station, and it is awful. I am not a traffic engineer (nor do I play one on TV), so I don't know the answer, but I do think DC needs to get blunt feedback from its road users - else how will they know to improve?

I most definitely agree with you Laika. This intersection is the worst and with restructuring of it didn't help or enhance anything.

I agree with all of you, this intersection is a mess, as are several others in our neighborhood (like 1st ST. & NY Ave). I don't pretend to have the answers, but agree there needs to be a more thoughtful traffic and congestion plan, in particular one that doesn't funnel traffic overflow through neighborhood streets where children play outside. I live on the unit block of P street and can't tell you how many out of state drivers i see blazing through there at high speeds to commute each morning and evening because they are trying to avoid traffic on streets like NY Ave. I dont know if the answer is limiting parking to permit holders or restricting parking times, if its new traffic patterns, if its better timed lights, or if its something I haven't even thought of, but really hope the city gets it together on this!

Like the rest here, I'm tired of idling through multiple light cycles at this intersection. Thru traffic is snarled because of the Wendys smack in the center of the whole mess. Imagine if there were a McDonalds in the middle of Dupont Circle that forced all the Connecticut Avenue traffic into the circle. The effect would be similar to what's going on here. Evict Dave Thomas, submerge or elevate the NY Ave thru-traffic and let the lighter traffic of Florida Ave, Eckington Place, and 1st Street flow at ground level.

Still no progress on this intersection. Traffic moved faster before the reconfiguration was done.

Agree. One way to fix this is to put red light cameras on EVERY light, not just on NY Ave north and south bound. People crossing NY Ave or around Wendys routinely run the lights and clog traffic because they know there are no cameras and they can get away with it.

This issue has still not been addressed, even 2,500 days after I submitted it. Even an explanation as to why nothing has been done (or why the city believes nothing should be done) would be better than total silence, which leaves me feeling my voice as a citizen has not even been heard.