Nice before/after of the Crystal City underpass to the Mt Vernon Trail from the latest @mtvernonfriends newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/0268e9bac5b3/march-2023-newsletter?e=6a56e4f713
I rode and jogged this nasty bit thousands of times over twenty years or so, happy to see this change. #bikedc
@bikepedantic I ride it for the first time on Saturday! It’s so nice.
There's a new dollar general down the road, not far from the old dollar general
It sits on the corner that would be really good resting spot between the west side and downtown, before crossing a long bridge
No trees on the lot, very unattractive-looking, no sidewalk-side benches. Except this dollar gen does have an unusual feature: an outdoor seating area
and this is a town where 40% of households have only one car, so a lot of people walk or ride and they have been using it
Notably, this was a change that - as a public standalone project - would have easily cost seven-figures. It was carried out *for free* by the developer-owner of the adjacent park as part of its reconstruction.
Make developers build better public space next to their private developments.