A letter sent to ANC David Garber

Hello David. I trust you have settled into your new position as ANC rep.
I am writing you today to ask if something can be done about a dangerous situation that exists outside of the Jefferson and Axiom buildings.

Upon leaving leaving the garage from the Jefferson there exists an extremely dangerous situation where you cannot see oncoming cars coming from the New Jersey Avenue end of the street towards South Capitol. Cars are often moving much faster than the posted speed limit and it will only be a matter of time before a serious accident occurs there. I really don't want to wait until that happens to have something done about it.

My suggestion is a series of speed bumps across I street that will slow oncoming traffic enough that both vehicular parties will be able to see one another and react in an appropriate and timely manner. I think two in front of each building would do it

Exacerbating the situation is the prevalence of cars parked all the way to the end of the street leading to the mouth of the Jefferson garage. Ideally the spot closest to the garage should be eliminated or shortened. A crosswalk should be placed there instead.

Additionally, there are always pedestrians and their pets crossing the street, so that the driver leaving the parking garage is forced to play a game akin to the video game Frogger!   Pedestrians are actually breaking the law by crossing where they normally do because the crosswalk is ridiculously misplaced.  I think VERY few people actually use the cross walk near the Jefferson.

We're coming up on Baseball season and the foot traffic around our building will be increasing exponentially. Can we put something in motion soon, before tragedy becomes the motivating factor in acting?

Sincerely
Thomas Jefferson
The Jefferson at Capitol Yards blogger