Washington Post: Proposal For Dedicated Bus Lane On 16th Street: Click HERE for Photo Caption, “Commissioner Kishan Putta collects signatures from bus riders for separate bus lane on 16th Street at bus stop near U Street…” “Unless you address the congestion problem that the buses are facing, nothing is going to change,” said Kishan Putta
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DC Regions Commuters Need Better Bus Service
Washington Post: DC Region’s Commuters Need Better Bus Service: Kishan Putta, a member of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for the Dupont Circle area, has a cause: He wants better bus service for people who travel along the 16th Street corridor in Northwest Washington…
Metro Buses Overcrowded on 16th Street
CBS Radio: Metro Buses Overcrowded on 16th Street: “Anyone who watches 16th Street rush hour traffic can very quickly tell that buses get held up by traffic to a terrible degree,” says Putta. “And they’re carrying so many commuters who could be getting to work 15-20 minutes faster if they had their own lane. “Only 3 [...]
Repair of DC’s Busiest Bike Lane Wraps Up
WAMU National Public Radio: Repairing of D.C.’s Busiest Bike Lanes Wraps Up: “Two months after the project began — and one year since ANC commissioner Kishan Putta began lobbying DDOT to do it — the 15th Street bike lanes, the busiest in D.C., are just about done.”
Police Chiefs Lanier and Groomes Credit Our Efforts To Get Justice for the Community
From a Local Blog: Justice is Delivered – Judge Agrees To Our Community Request of Three Years Jail for Serial Neighborhood Thief: Police chiefs Lanier and Groomes credit our efforts: “For years, this serial thief preyed on our neighborhood, and though tracked and caught by police over 40 times, never got more than 90 days [...]
Kishan’s Community Statement Recommending Jail Time For Serial Car Bandit
“To Judge Nash: We have received an enormous community response in just one week’s time, with dozens of residents writing us to say that they had been victims of such crimes or live frightened on streets plagued with such crimes… Theft-from-auto (aka “smash-and-grab”) is the most common crime in our neighborhoods and our residents are outraged [...]
Dupont ANC Urges Redskins Name Change
Short Articles About Long Meetings Blog (SALM): Dupont ANC Urges Redskins Name Change "The resolution (CLICK HERE TO READ) is the first by a DC government body to condemn the Redskins’ team name… In a statement before the vote, Putta noted that, of all names of sports team, “Redskins” is the only word which is listed in the [...]
Dupont Residents Rally Against Serial Car Bandit
Washington City Paper: Dupont Residents Rally Against Serial Car Bandit – “We want the courts to take it seriously this time,” Putta says. “This individual won’t be deterred by small punishments, and it’s pretty clear that letting him [back] on the streets means that he will victimize our community… Teal had just been arrested for the 43rd time for [...]
DC Finally Begins Repaving Its Most Popular Bike Lane
WAMU, National Public Radio: D.C. Finally Begins Repaving Its Most Popular Bike Lane: ”It shows that the city is committed to this idea of protected bike lanes. They see value for all residents, and they are going to put resources into maintaining them. It’s not just a fad,” says Kishan Putta, a Dupont Circle ANC commissioner. NOTE: this was [...]
Most Popular Bike Lane in DC to Be Repaired
WAMU, National Public Radio: Most Popular Bike Lane in DC to be Repaired: “Kishan Putta, a Dupont Circle ANC Commissioner who has been pushing the District Department of Transportation since last year to fix the bike lane: ’This is the most used bike lane in Washington, D.C. and it needs to be kept up better,’ he said. [...]
