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15th Street Protected Bike Lane Removal Delay

Sector: Road • Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Source: Planetizen

Project
Delayed

A plan to remove part of the protected bike lane on 15th Street in Washington, D.C. is delayed due to a lawsuit filed by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), which claims the government is not complying with legally required public processes for the project on federal land. The National Park Service has not officially confirmed the removal. Since the bike lanes were added in 2021, bik

Status
Failure
Sector
Road, Government
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Planetizen

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The project “15th Street Protected Bike Lane Removal Delay” is an infrastructure initiative in the Road sector, located in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Planetizen.

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delayed

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Failure

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2026-07-22

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A plan to remove part of the protected bike lane on 15th Street in Washington, D.C. is delayed due to a lawsuit filed by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), which claims the government is not complying with legally required public processes for the project on federal land. The National Park Service has not officially confirmed the removal. Since the bike lanes were added in 2021, bike injury crashes on the corridor dropped by 91%, and traffic speed increased by 17%.

Original sector

Transportation

Location

Country

United States of America (USA)

State

District of Columbia

City

Washington

Source

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Planetizen

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Sector

Road, Government

Article published date

2026-03-29

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