Ricks also said the drive-thru would create an unsafe environment for pedestrians and bicyclists conditions that would run counter to DDOT's moveDC, the long-term DC transportation plan, and the goals of Vision Zero to reduce all traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the District to zero by 2024.
I would be interested to read Ms Ricks testimony and evidence that the plan would be more dangerous for those users, enough to result in a realistic risk of a fatality or serious injury? Chick-fil-a plans to add a sidewalk cafe as well as a number of improvements to the existing drive-thru (no left turn signs, drive way striping, speed table, etc) all of which would be within the guidelines of Van Ness Main Streets initiative.
That being said, the proposal would certainly be inconvenient to cyclists and peds. However, inconvenient is not the same as dangerous.
