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DDOT details Minnesota Avenue Southeast bus-priority and pedestrian-safety plans; construction planned for 2026
Summary
DDOT staff presented design concepts for the Minnesota Avenue Southeast Bus Priority project, including queue jumps, pedestrian islands, stop consolidations and minimal parking impacts; design work continues in 2025 and construction is planned for 2026.
The Department of Transportation (DDOT) presented concept designs on Minnesota Avenue Southeast on a bus-priority and pedestrian-safety corridor that staff say will move into final design in 2025 and into construction in 2026.
Maya Comenotira, of the DDOT Best Priority team, said the project covers Minnesota Avenue from Pennsylvania Avenue to Mary Barry Avenue and aims to improve bus operations and pedestrian safety. "The goal of the program is to improve, bus operations on various projects throughout, the district," Comenotira said, adding the project grew from the Best Priority plan published in 2021.
The project team is proposing a package of bus-priority and safety treatments, including queue jumps, stop consolidation and amenity reallocation, pedestrian islands, medians, curb extensions and enhanced crosswalks. Comenotira said the plans also call for relocating an existing westbound stop at Eighteenth Street to clear the intersection, keeping the…
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