Kimberly

Urbanist. DC resident. City planner.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@Santi4DC Absolutely! I found hard not to make DC’s Streatery program seasonal for this very reason.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@Ian_Gay_briel It my favorite part about it!! It tells the story of how it was built so starkly.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@dcdutchiedude Omg lol

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

Now that the news is out that @dcist is dead and 15 great people will lose their jobs, some truths. No one at @dcist/@wamu885 was ignorant of the tough realities of media. But this is more a failure of leadership than anything.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@SafeSidewalksDC @saulehforanc @Change If Metro-accessible is your criteria for a good place to work, then great! Employees live in DC next to Metro stations, so they’re already working next to the Metro. Ask any restaurant manager, the # of visitors has increased during the day since COVID thanks to telework.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@SafeSidewalksDC @saulehforanc @Change Your original point (and the Mayor’s argument) was about saving downtown. Metro-accessible and downtown are two very different things. As someone who works in Navy Yard, I’d have to walk under a highway and the National Mall to get anywhere near downtown.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@SafeSidewalksDC @saulehforanc @Change Offices not dtown:
DDOT (250 M St SE)
OP/DOB (1100 4th St SW)
CAH (200 I St SE)
DBH (64 New York Ave NE)
DGS (3924 Minnesota Ave NE)
Reeves Municipal Center (U St NW)
etc.

Employees live all over the city and still use transit while teleworking for site visits, etc

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@SafeSidewalksDC @saulehforanc @Change Most DC Govt offices are not “downtown.” Employees are already in the office 3 days/week; I am doubtful one additional day would save the economy.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@3phases @VJKapur No, DC government employees are currently required to be in the office 3 days/week, which is already more than most regional employers. The petition is asking the Mayor to maintain status quo.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@Nick4Ward5 Wow, this is a peak moment for my career…

[NYC DOT @NYC_DOT]

OUTDOOR DINING TAKES UP LESS THAN .5% OF STREET PARKING IN NEW YORK CITY. PUBLIC SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CARS.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@311DCgov car parked in public space, and blocking visibility out of the alley at Ontario Rd NW and Clydesdale Place NW. Please ticket and tow!

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@AGuglik I’ve never heard of that but that sounds so cool, thanks for the invite! Please keep me in mind :)

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

DC Urbanists: if I were to close a mixed-use commercial street segment to cars, which block(s) should I choose? Must not affect WMATA or Circulator bus routes or block access to off-street parking (parking garages).

Ex: I St NW btw 21st St and Penn Ave

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@a_r_marshall The Macomb Street suggestion is 🔥!

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@AGuglik Here’s a very different example from Banff in Canada. This closure allows buses through, but not cars.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@AGuglik Sure! A DC-based example is at the intersection of West Virginia Ave and K Street NE. DDOT closed a slip lane (so not a full block, but still a street) with flex posts and Kwik Kerb. Space now has a CaBi station, mural, & safer for peds.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@AGuglik If you’re referring to fire trucks, they can drive over almost any barrier that DDOT would use to close a street to cars. The exception is jersey barriers, but you can place them strategically to not be an issue.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@SoopaDaark Look to Eastern Market and you’ll see otherwise.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@Lance_in_DC @WHands80 Nope, I’ve been closing streets for years, Lance! This thought exercise is purely for science.

[Kimberly @KimVacca_DC]

@FeverPotomac Ooo any reason for the preference for G Street over F Street?