correction
An earlier version of this essay said that there was no police report or hospital or doctor visit after Nathan Ballard-Means was struck by a motorist while in a crosswalk with his mother. Doctors were consulted and D.C. Police were contacted about the incident and were provided contact details for the driver that struck Nathan and for a witness. This version has been updated.
Nick DelleDonne is a member of the Dupont East Civic Action Association Coalition on DDOT Bike Plans.
To underscore her administration’s concern for road safety around children, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced new traffic safety enhancements near schools, but the link between traffic design and child safety is sometimes used to justify measures such as protected bike lanes, which are unrelated to child safety and can be dangerous.
