The July 7 Friday Opinion essay by Robert Kotchenreuther, Naod Ejigu and Mark Rosenman, “D.C.'s broken promises to small businesses,” was spot on. My wife and I used to patronize many of the establishments named, but as octogenarians with diminished mobility, we are no longer able to because of the elimination of dozens of parking spaces in Cleveland Park. A round trip via Uber adds $25 to the price of a meal, so we stopped going to the restaurants.
We can’t get convenient access to our bank or take our vacuum cleaner for repair. The sidewalk was already wide, so there is no benefit to widening it further. A waste of our tax dollars.
William G. Dakin, Washington