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Page A-1Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Study - Final Report

Appendix I.Appendix I. Existing Conditions Report

January 2007

existing conditions inventoryLOWER GEORGIA AVENUE TRANSPORTATION & STREETSCAPE

Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Study Existing Condition Inventory

Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Improvements Existing Conditions

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION........................................................ 1

2. STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION........................................... 2

2.1 Overview .............................................................. 2

2.2 Corridor Description................................................. 4

2.2.1 Principal Arterials ....................................... 4

Georgia Avenue, NW.............................................. 8

Florida Avenue, NW............................................... 8

2.2.2 Minor Arterials ........................................... 9

New Hampshire Avenue, NW .................................... 9

Sherman Avenue, NW............................................. 9

Columbia Road, NW.............................................. 10

Harvard Street, NW.............................................. 10

Irving Street, NW................................................. 11

Kenyon Street, NW............................................... 11

2.2.3 Collector Roads ......................................... 12

2.3 Study Intersections ................................................. 12

3. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSES ................................18

3.1 Turning Movement Volumes....................................... 18

3.2 Automatic Traffic Record (ATR) .................................. 25

3.2.1 Average Daily Traffic Volume ........................ 25

3.2.2 Vehicle Classification .................................. 27

3.2.3 Speed..................................................... 27

3.3 Level of Service .................................................... 29

3.4 Intersection Approach Queue Length............................ 33

3.5 Parking ............................................................... 35

3.5.1 Parking Inventory ...................................... 35

3.5.2 Parking Demand ........................................ 35

3.6 Transit Facilities.................................................... 42

3.7 Bicycle Facilities ................................................... 43

Bicycle Level of Service......................................... 44

3.8 Pedestrian Facilities ............................................... 46

3.9 Crash Data........................................................... 47

TABLES

Table 1. % of Heavy Vehicles ............................................ 27

Table 2. Speed Limits ..................................................... 27

Table 3. Speed Data....................................................... 28

Table 4. Intersection Level of Service Criteria ....................... 29

Table 5. Peak Hour Vehicle Level of Service .......................... 30

Table 6. 50th Percentile Queue Length (in feet)...................... 33

Table 7. 2006 Georgia Avenue, NW West Side Parking Inventory and

Demand...................................................................... 37

Table 8. 2006 Georgia Avenue, NW East Side Parking Inventory and

Demand...................................................................... 38

Table 9. 2006 Sherman Avenue, NW West Side Parking Inventory

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Table 10. 2006 Sherman Avenue, NW East Side Parking Inventory

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Table 11. Weekday Bus Routes 70, 71 Travel Time .................. 42


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Figure 38. 2003-2005 Georgia Avenue, NW Accidents and Injuries

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Figure 39. 2003-2005 Georgia Avenue, NW Accident Type Summary

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Figure 40. 2003-2005 Sherman Avenue, NW Accidents and Injuries

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Figure 41. 2003-2005 Sherman Avenue, NW Accident Type Summary

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Figure 42. Data from DDOT Accident Summary Report (R-7) 2005.52


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Table 12. Weekday Bus Route 68 Travel Time ........................43

Table 13. Bicycle Level of Service Criteria ............................45

Table 14. Georgia Avenue, NW Crash Data 2003-2005 ...............47

Table 15. Sherman Avenue, NW Crash Data 2003-2005 ..............49

Table 16. 2003-2005 Georgia Avenue, NW Peak Hour Crash Data..50

Table 17. 2003-2005 Sherman Avenue, NW Peak Hour Crash Data.51

FIGURES

Figure 1. Howard University Hospital .................................... 2

Figure 2. Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape

Study Area.................................................................... 3

Figure 3. Georgia Avenue, NW Facing North............................ 8

Figure 4. Florida Avenue, NW Facing West ............................. 8

Figure 5. New Hampshire Avenue, NW Facing Northeast ............. 9

Figure 6. Sherman Avenue, NW Facing North........................... 9

Figure 7. Sherman Avenue Southbound Utility Construction........10

Figure 8. Columbia Road, NW Facing West ............................10

Figure 9. Harvard Street, NW Facing East..............................11

Figure 10. Irving Street, NW Facing West ..............................11

Figure 11. Kenyon Street, NW............................................12

Figure 12.1. Existing Traffic Control ....................................15

Figure 12.2. Existing Traffic Control (Continuous)....................16

Figure 12.3. Existing Traffic Control (Continuous)....................17

Figure 13.1. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volume ..................19

Figure 13.2. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volume (Continuous) ..20

Figure 13.3. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volume (Continuous).. 21

Figure 14. Midday Peak Hour Intersection Volume ................... 22

Figure 15. Midday Peak Hour Intersection Pedestrian Volume ..... 22

Figure 16. 2006 MD Peak Hour Intersection Bicycle Volume........ 22

Figure 17. PM Peak Hour Intersection Volume ........................ 23

Figure 18. PM Peak Hour Intersection Pedestrian Volume .......... 23

Figure 19. PM Peak Hour Intersection Bicycle Volume............... 23

Figure 20. Saturday Peak Hour Intersection Volume................. 24

Figure 21. Saturday Peak Hour Intersection Pedestrian Volume ... 24

Figure 22. Saturday Peak Hour Intersection Bicycle Volume ....... 24

Figure 23. Daily Traffic Volume ......................................... 25

Figure 24. 4th Street, NW Hourly Traffic Volume ..................... 26

Figure 25. Sherman Avenue, NW Hourly Volume ..................... 26

Figure 26. Georgia Avenue, NW Southern Section Hourly Volume. 26

Figure 27. Georgia Avenue, NW Northern Section Hourly Volume. 26

Figure 28. Existing Condition Intersection Level of Service......... 32

Figure 29. Queue Length Comparison in the Study Area for Existing

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Figure 30. Parking Inventory............................................. 36

Figure 31. Georgia Avenue, NW Parking Demand vs. Capacity ..... 41

Figure 32. Sherman Avenue, NW Parking Demand vs. Capacity.... 41

Figure 33. Metro Map ..................................................... 42

Figure 34. Bicycle Facilities.............................................. 44

Figure 35. Percentage of Bicycle Commuters ......................... 44

Figure 36. Bicycle Level of Service ..................................... 45

Figure 37. Sidewalk Widths .............................................. 46


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1. INTRODUCTION

The District Department of Transportation, as part of its Great Streets initiative, requested an in-depth examination of Georgia Avenue. The objective of the project is to improve current conditions and facilitate expanded local economic development and mobility. Georgia Avenue is a multimodal corridor with multiple transportation demands, including frequent transit routes, heavy pedestrian traffic, many rush-hour commuters, local auto destinations, bicyclists, and business loading. The corridor is challenged by a limited right-of-way that creates a bottleneck in the vehicular travel system. Pedestrian facilities are narrow and generally insufficient for demand. Bicycle facilities are absent despite demand.

Presently, the efficiency and mobility of all modes of transportation along the corridor are compromised. This in turn challenges future development and economic expansion. The Georgia Avenue commercial corridor is part of a grid system, and efforts are underway to reduce traffic impacts. DDOT is committed to making major transportation investments and improvements along the corridor, including streetscape and public realm improvements. The goal of DDOT and other District agencies is to prioritize transit, economic development, overall safety, and in particular, pedestrian and bicyclist needs along the corridor.

An inventory of the existing transportation conditions was conducted in order to recommend and prioritize improvements. The data collected for this inventory is documented in this report.

The report includes the following:

Intersection turning movement counts at 13 locations for Midday, PM peak hour, and Saturday time periods Twenty-four-hour, 7-day automatic traffic recorder classification counts Generalized origin-destination counts (to be provided)Review of crash data Parking inventory Parking demand counts Bicycle and pedestrian counts for Midday, PM, and Saturday time periodsPedestrian and bicycle crash data Level of Service (LOS) analysis


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2. STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION

2.1 Overview

The Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape study area is bordered by Sherman Avenue to the west, New Hampshire Avenue to the north, Florida Avenue to the south and Reservoir/4th Street to the east.

Geographically, the study area is located within Ward 1 and includes the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1A, north of Columbia Avenue, NW and ANC 1B south of Columbia Avenue. Neighborhood clusters include Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights, Park View, Howard University, Le Droit Park, and Cardozo/Shaw.

Public services within the study area include two recreation centers, Banneker Community Center on Georgia Avenue, NW and Parkview Community Center on Otis Place, NW; Fire Station 4 on Sherman Avenue, NW; a post office on Georgia Avenue, NW; and Benjamin Banneker High School on Euclid Street, NW.

Howard University and Howard University Hospital are the major employers within the study area. The student population is in excess of 11,000 when classes are in session. The university and hospital are major pedestrian traffic generators.

Figure 1. Howard University Hospital

The corridor is served by both Washington Metropolitan AreaTransit Authority (WMATA) bus and Metrorail service. Metrobus routes provide service on Georgia Avenue, Sherman Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue, Irving Street, and Columbia Road. The Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro Station located at New Hampshire and Georgia Avenue provides rail service on the Green and Yellow lines. The Shaw-Howard University Metro Station located just south of the study area also provides access to the Green and Yellow lines.

The study area is shown in Figure 2.


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Figure 2. Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Study Area


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2.2 Corridor Description

2.2.1 Existing Land Use

Along Georgia Avenue, from the south, beginning at the intersection of Georgia and Florida Avenues land use is principally institutional around Howard University, Howard University Hospital and Banneker High School. There is a cluster of retail at Barry Place, where there is a fast-food drive through, and Bryant Place where there are a number of small retail shops, a coffeeshop and university bookstore.

Starting at approximately Euclid Street and moving north, the west side of Georgia Avenue comprises of small retail establishments including some take-out restaurants, a health food store, a video rental, barbershops, automotive repairs, and convenience stores. The east side of Georgia Avenue continues with University buildings until approximately Hobart Street where the east side is, like the west, comprises small retail locations. Many vacant or boarded up storefronts exist in this portion of the study area.


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Proposed ZoningThe Office of Planning proposed that the zoning commission set down text for a new commercial overlay zone for the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metro Station area. This zoning overlay for Georgia Avenue is a part of the strategy to attract investment, create jobs, and enhance the corridor’s image.

As explained in a memorandum from the Office of Planning to the Zoning Commission (November 2006) in addition to implementing the objectives of the overlay district also seeks to: • Implement the goals of the Great Streets

Avenue, published by the District Department • Encourage additional residential uses • Encourage improved commercial uses; • Provide common design standards;

A diagram of the proposed overlay district is shown at right:


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2.2.2 Proposed Development

1 4136 Georgia Avenue2 The Residences at Georgia Avenue - 4100 Georgia Avenue NW3 4000 Block West - Georgia Avenue NW4 3910-12 Georgia Avenue NW5 3800 Block West - Georgia Avenue NW (Safeway Site)6 3800 Block East - Georgia Avenue NW7 Petworth Metro - 3700 Block Georgia Avenue NW8 3600 Block Georgia Avenue NW9 3600 Georgia Avenue NW10 3500 Block East - Georgia Avenue NW11 3400 Block East - Georgia Avenue NW12 Lamont Lofts Phase II - 3300 Block Georgia Avenue NW13 Lamont Lofts Phase I - 701 Lamont Street NW

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14 Howard Town Center Phase I - 2100 Block Georgia Avenue NW15 Atlantic Plumbing Properties16 The Floridian - 9th Street & Florida Avenue NW17 The Rhapsody - 2120 Vermont Avenue NW18 Atlantic Plumbing Properties19 Howard Town Center Phase I - 2100 Block Georgia Avenue NW20 Housing Finance Agency Site21 Atlantic Plumbing Properties22 WMATA - Shaw-Howard University Parcels23 WMATA - Shaw-Howard University Parcels24 1900 Block 8th Street NW25 WMATA - Shaw-Howard University Parcels26 Dunbar Theatre Apartments27 NCRC Parcel28 Cleveland Elementary School29 Howard University - Temporary Offices30 Broadcast Center One31 Howard Theatre - 620 T Street NW32 Wonder Bread Building33 NCRC Parcel34 United Housing of Prayer - Adjacent Land35 NCRC Parcel36 NCRC Parcel37 Watha T. Daniel Shaw Neighborhood Library

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2.2.3 Principal Arterials

Georgia Avenue, NW

Georgia Avenue, US Route 29 runs north-south and continues into Maryland where it becomes MD Route 97. Georgia Avenue is classified as a primary arterial1 and is part of the National Highway System. Georgia Avenue connects Washington, D.C to Interstate 495. It is one of the nineteen primary emergency evacuation/event routes (E routes) in Washington, D.C. and a snow emergency route. The 2002 average annual weekday traffic (AAWT) is 21,400 vehicles2.

Figure 3. Georgia Avenue, NW Facing North

The posted speed limit is 30 miles per hour (mph) within the study area. Georgia Avenue, NW has two travel lanes in each

1 Source: District Department of Transportation, Functional Classification Map, February 5, 20032 Source: District Department of Transportation, Citywide Traffic Volume Map, 2002

direction with parallel parking along the curb lane. The major land use is commercial with some residential.

Florida Avenue, NW

At the southern boundary, Florida Avenue, NW is a principal arterial. The western terminus of Florida Avenue is at P Street, NW and 23rd Street, NW. It reaches its eastern terminus at H Street, N.E., and Maryland Avenue, NE. Inside the study area, Florida Avenue, NW carries three westbound lanes, and two eastbound lanes between Sherman Avenue, NW and Georgia Avenue, NW. The 2002 AAWT is 27,500 vehicles

Figure 4. Florida Avenue, NW Facing West


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2.2.2 Minor Arterials

New Hampshire Avenue, NW

Figure 5. New Hampshire Avenue, NW Facing Northeast

New Hampshire Avenue is a minor arterial beginning at the Kennedy Center and extending northeast into Maryland where it becomes Route 650.

Inside the study area, New Hampshire Avenue, NW carries two lanes in each direction with parallel on-street parking. The posted speed limit along New Hampshire Avenue, NW is 30 mph within the study area.

Sherman Avenue, NW

Sherman Avenue, NW runs north-south from its northern terminus at New Hampshire Avenue, NW to its southern end at Florida Avenue, NW. Sherman Avenue, NW is a four-lane roadway with on-street parallel parking. Due to utility work, Sherman Avenue southbound is currently reduced to one lane between Kenyon Street, NW and Irving Street and between Girard Street, NW and Fairmont Street.

Figure 6. Sherman Avenue, NW Facing North


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Parking along the street within the above portions is restricted between 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM for different days. The posted speed limit is 25 mph. The 2002 AAWT is 16,000 vehicles.

Figure 7. Sherman Avenue Southbound Utility Construction

Columbia Road, NW

Columbia Road is one-way westbound with two travel lanes from Park Place, NW to Connecticut Avenue, NW. On-street parking is allowed on the both sides of the street. The 2002 AAWT is 4,500 vehicles.

Curb parking on the south side of the street is restricted to residents with a Zone 1 permit. Parking for others is limited to two hours between 7:00 AM and 8:30 PM, Monday through Friday. On the north side of the street, parking is restricted between the hours of 7:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

The major land use along Columbia Road, NW is residential.

Figure 8. Columbia Road, NW Facing West

Harvard Street, NW

Harvard Street, NW is one-way eastbound from 16th Street, NW to 5th Street, NW. The 2002 AAWT is 5,000 vehicles.

Parking on both sides of the street is permitted for residential use with a Zone 1 permit. For all others, parking is restricted to two hours between 7:00 AM and 8:30 PM, Monday through Friday on the north side of the street, and between 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday on the south side of the street.


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Figure 9. Harvard Street, NW Facing East

Irving Street, NW

Irving Street, NW is one-way eastbound from Adams Mill Road to Park Place, NW. East of Park Place, NW, this street carries two-way traffic. The 2002 AAWT is 7,000 vehicles.

Between Sherman Avenue, NW and Georgia Avenue, NW parking is permitted on the north side of the street. However, the majority of this portion is restricted to Zone 1 permit holders and limits parking for all others to two hours between 7:00 AM and 8:30 PM, Monday through Friday. A short segment (30 feet) on the north side of the street at the east end is restricted to 3 hour parking between the hours of 7:00 AM and 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday. On the south side of the street, parking is restricted between 7:00 AM and 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday.

Figure 10. Irving Street, NW Facing West

Kenyon Street, NW

Kenyon Street, NW is one-way westbound from Park Place, NW to 14th Street, NW. The 2002 AAWT is 5,100 vehicles.

On the south side of Kenyon Street, NW, parking is restricted to Zone 1 permit holders and limits all others to two hours between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:30 PM, Monday through Friday. On the north side, parking is restricted between 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday.


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Figure 11. Kenyon Street, NW

2.2.3 Collector Roads

The remaining roads within the study area are collector roads: Otis Place, NW; Newton Place, NW; Morton Street, NW; Lamont Street, NW; Hobart Place, NW; Gresham Place, NW; Girard Street, NW; Fairmont Street, NW; Euclid Street, NW; Barry Place, NW; V Street, NW; 8th Street, NW and 9th Street, NW.

2.3 Study Intersections

Traffic (vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle) data was collected at thirteen intersections.

Georgia Avenue, NW at New Hampshire Avenue, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at Park Road, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at Irving Street, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at Harvard Street, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at Barry Place, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at Bryant Street, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at W Street, NW Georgia Avenue, NW at Florida Avenue, NW New Hampshire Avenue, NW at Spring Road, NW New Hampshire Avenue, NW at Monroe Street, NW / Park Road, NW / Sherman Avenue, NW Sherman Avenue, NW at Kenyon Street, NW Sherman Avenue, NW at Columbia Road, NW Florida Avenue, NW at Vermont Avenue, NW

Georgia Avenue, NW at New Hampshire Avenue, NW is a six- leg intersection. The additional two legs of the intersection are formed by Rock Creek Church Road, NW. The Rock Creek Church Road legs are one-way, leaving the intersection in opposing directions. The intersection is signal controlled with two-phase movements: Georgia Avenue followed by New Hampshire Avenue. Pedestrian crossings are marked on all approaches. Both New Hampshire Avenue and Georgia Avenue are four lane roadways. A painted median separates traffic on New Hampshire Avenue. The Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station and adjacent bus stops generate pedestrian volume at this intersection.

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with two-phase movements. Pedestrian crosswalks are marked on all approaches with pedestrian signal indications.

Georgia Avenue, NW at Irving Street, NW is a three-phase signal-controlled intersection with a leading left turn phase southbound. Irving Street is one-way eastbound. Pedestrian indications and marked crosswalks are provided for all crossings. The eastbound approach of Irving Street has rumble strips for traffic calming.

Georgia Avenue, NW at Harvard Street, NW is a skewed intersection with the east approach of Harvard Avenue intersecting Georgia Avenue at a thirty degree angle. Harvard Street is one-way eastbound with two lanes. The intersection is controlled by a two-phase traffic signal with pedestrian indications and marked crosswalks.

Georgia Avenue, NW at Barry Place, NW is a T intersection controlled by a three phase traffic signal. A northbound left turn arrow follows the Georgia Avenue through movement. Barry Place, NW has one lane approach eastbound. Pedestrian signal indications and marked crosswalks are provided for all crossings. The intersection is one of the highest pedestrian volume intersections in the study area.

Georgia Avenue, NW at Bryant Street, NW is a T intersection controlled by two-phase signal. Bryant Street is one-way eastbound. Pedestrian signal indications and marked crosswalks are provided for all crossings.

Georgia Avenue, NW at W Street, NW is a T intersection controlled by a two-phase signal. W Street is one-way westbound. Pedestrian signal indications and marked crosswalks are provided for all crossings.

Georgia Avenue, NW at Florida Avenue, NW is controlled by a three-phase signal with a protected southbound left turn phase. Pedestrian signal indications and marked crosswalks are provided for all crossings. This intersection has the highest pedestrian and bicycle volumes in the study area. There are two bus stops on the southwest and northeast corners of the intersection. An additional two bus stops are located on each side of Florida Avenue, NW.

New Hampshire Avenue, NW at Spring Road, NW / Princeton Place, NW currently is a stop-controlled intersection, although it has been signal-controlled in the past. New Hampshire Avenue operates freely, and the Spring Road, NW approach is controlled by a stop sign. No vehicles approach the intersection via Princeton Place, NW, because it is one-way eastbound leaving the intersection.

New Hampshire Avenue, NW at Sherman Avenue, NW / Monroe Street, NW / Park Road, NW is a five-leg intersection controlled by two-phase signal. The fifth leg, Park Road, NW carries one-way traffic westbound out of the intersection. Pedestrian signal indications and marked crosswalks are provided for all crossings.

Sherman Avenue, NW at Kenyon Street, NW is a four-leg intersection with Kenyon Street, NW limited to one-way westbound traffic. A two-phase signal controls the intersection movements. No pedestrian signal indication is provided, but marked crosswalks are provided at all crossings.

Sherman Avenue, NW at Columbia Road, NW is signal- controlled intersection with two-phase movement. Columbia Road, NW is one-way westbound. Pedestrian phases are provided for all crossings.


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Florida Avenue, NW at Vermont Avenue, NWThis intersection is a T-intersection controlled by a two-phase signal. Left turns are prohibited from northbound Florida Avenue, NW onto Vermont Avenue, NW. No pedestrian signal indication is provided for this intersection. Crosswalks are marked across Vermont Avenue, NW and across Florida Avenue, NW on the north side of the intersection.

The existing traffic controls and lane configurations for the study intersections are shown in Figures 12.1.-12.3.


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Figure 12.1. Existing Traffic Control

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Figure 12.3. Existing Traffic Control (Continuous)

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3. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSES

Turning movement counts were collected for midday (MD) peak, PM peak and Saturday (SAT) time periods at thirteen intersections. Seven-day automatic vehicle speed and classification counts were recorded at four locations. A parking inventory and parking demand survey were conducted along with a limited origin-destination study. Crash data was obtained from DDOT.

3.1 Turning Movement Volumes

Manual turning movement counts were conducted on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM for the midday counts and 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM for the PM peak counts. Saturday counts were conducted on non-holiday Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The counts included vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle movements.

Turning movement data was also obtained from a previous New Hampshire Avenue, NW traffic study completed by KLS Engineering 3. The KLS study did not include pedestrian or bicycle volumes.

The MD and PM peak hour volumes are shown in Figures 13.1.-13.3.

The intersection approach traffic volume, pedestrian volume and bicycle volume are compared among the intersections and displayed in the volume circle diagrams depicted in Figures 14-21 for MD, PM and SAT peak hours.

3 KLS Engineering, “New Hampshire Avenue Local Traffic Study”, September, 2006.

The turning movement volume data indicates that the PM peak volumes are higher than MD peak volumes for all of the study intersections. The intersection of Georgia Avenue, NW at Barry Place, NW, located near Howard University, experiences the highest Saturday vehicle volume.

The areas immediately adjacent to Howard University and Howard University Hospital, as well as the intersection of Georgia Avenue, NW at Florida Avenue, NW demonstrate the highest pedestrian activity in the study area.

The highest bicycle volume is shown at the intersection of Georgia Avenue, NW and Florida Avenue, NW during the PM peak and Saturday peak periods.


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Figure 13.1. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volume

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Figure 13.2. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volume (Continuous)

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Figure 13.3. Peak Hour Turning Movement Volume (Continuous)

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Figure 14. Midday Peak Hour Intersection Volume

Figure 15. Midday Peak Hour Intersection Pedestrian Volume

Figure 16. 2006 MD Peak Hour Intersection Bicycle Volume

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Figure 17. PM Peak Hour Intersection Volume

Figure 18. PM Peak Hour Intersection Pedestrian Volume

Figure 19. PM Peak Hour Intersection Bicycle Volume

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Figure 20. Saturday Peak Hour Intersection Volume

Figure 21. Saturday Peak Hour Intersection Pedestrian Volume

Figure 22. Saturday Peak Hour Intersection Bicycle Volume

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3.2 Automatic Traffic Record (ATR)

Automatic traffic recorders were placed at four locations. For each location, 7-day continuous counts were taken during October and November, 2006. No counts were taken on national or federal holidays.

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4th Street between Harvard Street, NW and Gresham Street, NW Sherman Avenue, NW between Euclid Street, NW and Florida Avenue, NW Georgia Avenue, NW Southern Section between W Street, NW and V Street, NW Georgia Avenue, NW Northern Section between Park Road, NW and Lamont Street, NW

3.2.1 Average Daily Traffic Volume The information collected from the ATR includes traffic volume, vehicle classification, and speed. The daily traffic volumes are displayed in Figure 23.

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3.2.2 Vehicle Classification

The average weekday vehicle classification is categorized by passenger cars, motorcycles, light trucks, single unit trucks, buses, and multi-unit trucks. The percentage of heavy vehicles for each location is shown in Table 1.

Table 1. % of Heavy Vehicles Street % Heavy Vehicles

4th Street, NW 8%

Sherman Avenue, NW 5%

Georgia Avenue, NW Southern Section 8%

Georgia Avenue, NW Northern Section 8%

3.2.3 Speed

All of the street sections inside of the study area operate at low speeds. The posted speed limit for each roadway in the study area is shown in Table 2.

Average Spot Speed and 85th Percentile Spot Speed

The ATR records the speed of each vehicle passing over it. This is called the spot speed. The average speed or mean speed is computed by summing all of the individual observations and dividing by the number of observations. The middle speed of all the observations was used to represent the group speed, which in term helped to determine the 85th

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Table 2. Speed Limits

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Georgia Avenue, NW 30

New Hampshire Avenue, NW 30

Sherman Avenue, NW 25

Florida Avenue, NW (between Barry Place, NW and V Street, NW) 25

Florida Avenue, NW (between 9th Street, NW and Georgia Avenue, NW) 30

Spring Road, NW 25

Park Road, NW 25

Monroe Street, NW 25

Kenyon Street, NW 25

Irving Street, NW 25

Columbia Road, NW 25

Harvard Street, NW 25

Barry Place, NW 25

Bryant Street 25

W Street 25

Vermont Street, NW 30

4th Street, NW 30

The 85th percentile speed is defined as the speed at which 85 percent of the vehicles recorded are driving at or below. The percent of traffic driving higher than the posted speed limit was also calculated. The mean speed and 85th percentile speed data are shown in Table 3.


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Table 3. Speed Data

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Weekday Weekend Weekday Weekend NB 21.1 21.9 27.3 28.7 SB 26.4 27.1 32.3 33.1 4th Street, NW

Both 24.1 24.7 30.7 32.0 NB 26.8 25.7 32.5 32.3 SB 28.3 31.5 36.2 33.3 Sherman Avenue, NW

Both 27.4 28.8 36.9 38.0 NB 21.4 22.7 27.3 28.4 SB 20.5 20.3 27.4 28.3 Georgia Avenue, NW Southern Section

Both 21.0 21.4 27.4 28.4 NB 21.9 20.3 29.6 27.8 SB 26.2 24.6 33.1 32.6 Georgia Avenue, NW Northern Section

Both 24.1 22.6 32.1 31.3


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3.3 Level of Service

Intersection level of service (LOS) was evaluated for the 13 study intersections. Both signalized and unsignalized intersections were analyzed.

LOS is a measure of the average delay experienced by each vehicle passing through an intersection. It can be measured for vehicles making each directional turning movement, using each approach leg, or as a composite average value for all vehicles using the intersection. It is reported with a letter grade designation ranging from A to F. LOS “A” represents insignificant delay (less than 10 seconds per vehicle) while LOS “F” represents significant delay. LOS D is typically considered an acceptable level of service for an urban area.The level of service is determined by the computed control delay.

The criteria of LOS for both signalized and unsignalized intersections are shown in Table 4.

Table 4. Intersection Level of Service CriteriaIntersection Control Type Unsignalized Signalized

Level of Service (LOS) Control Delay (seconds) Control Delay (seconds) A 10 10 B > 10 - 15 > 10 - 20 C > 15 - 25 > 20 - 35 D > 25 - 35 > 35 - 55 E > 35 - 50 > 55 - 80 F > 50 > 80

To evaluate the existing traffic conditions at the critical intersections in the study area, the Study Team used a SYNCHRO traffic model to obtain the average control delay (in seconds/vehicle) of each intersection approach during MD and PM periods. DDOT provided the SYNCHRO files for existing condition with lane configurations, signal timings,

and link speed input for MD and PM periods. The MD and PM peak hour turning movement data computed from the earlier stage of this study were input into the SYNCHRO model to evaluate existing conditions. The output of average control delay from SYNCHRO models and the intersection LOS are presented in Table 5.

The data indicates that all of the critical intersections selected during the current MD and PM peak hour periods are operating at or above an acceptable LOS. The LOS for each study intersection is mapped in Figure 28.

Even though the overall performance of the critical intersections is acceptable, some of the individual approaches experience LOS lower than the minimum acceptable LOS.

Those intersection approaches with LOS of E or F are listed below:

MD Peak Hour Period

The southbound approach of Georgia Avenue, NW at Florida Avenue, NW operates at LOS F.

PM Peak Hour Period

The southbound approach of Georgia Avenue, NW at Florida Avenue, NW operates at LOS E. The eastbound approach of New Hampshire Avenue, NW at Spring Road, NW operates at LOS F. The westbound approach of Sherman Avenue, NW at Columbia Road, NW operates at LOS E.


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Table 5. Peak Hour Vehicle Level of Service

MD PM

Intersection ControlType Dir

ApproachControl Delay

ApproachLOS

Average Control Delay

IntersectionLOS


ApproachLOS

AverageControl Delay

IntersectionLOS

NB 17.4 B 17.2 B

SB 16.8 B 15.6 B

NEB 18.2 B 25.9 C

GeorgiaAvenue,

NW

New Hampshire Avenue, NW SC

SWB 18.3 B

17.5 B

19.8 B

19.6 B

EB 25.5 C 15.0 B

WB 21.8 C 22.8 C

NB 12.6 B 11.4 B

GeorgiaAvenue,

NWPark Road, NW SC

SB 12.0 B

13.8 B

12.9 B

13.2 B

EB 30.0 C 30.1 C

NB 13.0 B 19.7 B GeorgiaAvenue,

NW

IrvingStreet, NW SC

SB 8.8 A

16.0 B

9.0 A

18.5 B

EB 32.5 C 23.1 C

NB 6.9 A 14.6 B GeorgiaAvenue,

NW

HarvardStreet, NW SC

SB 7.0 A

12.6 B

13.1 B

16.3 B

EB 39.1 D 41.1 D

NB 9.4 A 2.1 A GeorgiaAvenue,

NW

BarryPlace, NW SC

SB 10.5 B

12.8 B

17.8 B

14.2 B

NB 10.5 B 11.0 B GeorgiaAvenue,

NW

Bryant Street, NW SC

SB 7.9 A 9.3 A

2.1 A 7.1 A

WB 54.8 D 38.5 D

NB 4.1 A 7.0 A GeorgiaAvenue,

NWW Street, NW SC

SB 0.2 A

12.8 B

3.1 A

11.8 B

USC - Unsignalized Control (Stop Control)

SC- Signalized Control


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Table 5. Continuous MD PM

Intersection ControlType Dir


ApproachLOS

Average Control Delay

IntersectionLOS


ApproachLOS

AverageControl Delay

IntersectionLOS

EB 15.6 B 23.7 C

WB 18.8 B 27.6 C

NB 29.0 C 23.9 C

GeorgiaAvenue,

NW

FloridaAvenue, NW SC

SB 93.6 F

37.6 D

72.0 E

36.3 D

EB 28.0 D 293.4 F

BN 1.4 A 3.1 A

NewHampshireAvenue,

NW

SpringRoad, NW USC

SB 1.3 A

3.1 A

3.7 A

17.1 C

EB 24.3 C 44.9 D

WB 19.1 B 36.4 D

NB 10.5 B 11.4 B

NewHampshireAvenue,

NW

Monroe Street, NW SC

SB 10.4 B

12.8 B

6.9 A

14.5 B

WB 22.3 C 28.4 C

NB 11.0 B 13.4 B ShermanAvenue,

NW

Kenyon Street, NW SC

SB 10.9 B

14.0 B

9.5 A

16.1 B

WB 30.5 C 67.9 E NB 11.2 B 19.5 B

ShermanAvenue,

NW

Columbia Road, NW SC

SB 11.1 B 17.1 B

13.2 B 30.9 C

EB 22.5 C 35.5 D NB 10.5 B 15.7 B

FloridaAvenue,

NW

VermontAvenue, NW SC

SB 11.5 B 12.8 B

16.5 B 21.5 C

USC - Unsignalized Control (Stop Control) SC- Signalized Control


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Figure 28. Existing Condition Intersection Level of Service

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DRAFT Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Study

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3.4 Intersection Approach Queue Length

The 50th percentile queue length is the average distance to the back of queue for a typical traffic signal cycle. The output calculated from the SYNCHRO models is presented in the following table.

Table 6. 50th Percentile Queue Length (in feet)

50th Percentile

Queue Length (ft)Intersection Dir MD PM

NB 165 222SB 143 120

NEB 79 261Georgia

Ave

NewHampshire

AveSWB 80 118EB 37 23WB 25 60NB 138 87

Georgia Ave Park Rd

SB 124 141EB 113 149NB 74 140

Georgia Ave

Irving St

SB 84 73EB 110 153NB 82 155

Georgia Ave

HarvardSt

SB 83 85EB 59 159NB 137 28

Georgia Ave

Barry PL

SB 90 94

Table 6. Continuous 50th Percentile

Queue Length (ft)Intersection Dir MD PM

NB 106 151Georgia Ave

BryantSt SB 74 16

WB 143 154NB 56 66

Georgia Ave W St

SB 0 20EB 147 345WB 392 300NB 100 82SBL 206 217

Georgia Ave

Florida Ave

SBT 77 82EB 68 137WB 33 72NB 75 244

New Hampshire Ave

Monroe St

SB 5 88WB 71 151NB 68 222

ShermanAve

KenyonSt

SB 71 90WB 225 469NB 77 301

ShermanAve

ColumbiaRd

SB 75 121EB 67 341NB 91 196

Florida Ave

VermontAve

SB 114 175


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The 50th percentile queue length for each intersection approach is also plotted in the figure below. Figure 29 provides an overall queue length comparison of the study area for MD and PM peak periods.

Figure 29. Queue Length Comparison in the Study Area for Existing Condition

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3.5 Parking

3.5.1 Parking Inventory

On-street parking was inventoried for all arterial and collector roads in the study area. The number of parking spaces, both metered and hourly, and any parking restrictions were noted for each of the roadways inside the study area. The complete parking inventory is used to evaluate the total parking capacity on the roads.

Throughout the study area, on-street parking is restricted in some way for all of the studied roadways. The most common types of parking restrictions involve time-regulated parking in residential zones and metered parking. There are two circumstances when on-street parking is not permitted: (1) No parking due to street cleaning at a certain time or period, and (2) Absolutely no parking under any circumstance.

The metered parking is regulated by 1-, 2-, 3- and 5-hour meters.

The residential zone parking in the study area is designated as either Zone 1 or Zone 4, or overlapped, i.e., for both Zones 1 and 4.

The parking spaces restricted by meter were counted by the number of actual meters. The parking spaces restricted by distance or zone, i.e., time regulated parking, were calculated by converting the distance between parking restriction signs to the number of vehicles that could park within this distance, using an assumption of 25 feet per vehicle.

The parking inventory is shown in Figure 30 and in Tables 7-10.

3.5.2 Parking Demand

Parking demand refers to the amount of parking that would be used at a particular time, place and price. It is a critical factor in evaluating parking efficiency. The parking demand data collected for this study focused on on-street parking along Sherman Avenue, NW and Georgia Avenue, NW. To determine the weekday daily parking demand cycle, the occupancy of the available parking spaces along Sherman Avenue, NW and Georgia Avenue, NW inside the study area were counted and documented each hour between 6:30 AM and 6:30 PM on Wednesday, December 15, 2006.

Parking demand also reflects the parking adequacy, which indicates whether there is sufficient parking at a particular time and location. The ratio derived from demand versus capacity can be a good indicator to show the relationship between parking need and supply. Parking capacity is derived from the available parking spaces counted in the inventory. A ratio greater than one indicates that the parking demand in a particular location and at a particular time exceeds the parking capacity.

The parking demand versus capacity ratios are displayed in Tables 11-14.


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Figure 30. Parking Inventory

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Table 7. 2006 Georgia Avenue, NW West Side Parking Inventory and Demand 11/15/2006 Demand Units (Vehicles)

Legal Parking Available 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30

Georgia Avenue, NW Between Parking Type Length (ft) Vehicle Spaces 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30

Rock Creek Church Road, NW Princeton Place, NW No Parking - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Princeton Place, NW Otis Place, NW 3 H 213 9 3 3 4 7 5 10 5 10 10 10 10 14

Otis Place, NW Newton Place, NW 1 H 56 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 2 4

Newton Place, NW Park Road, NW No Parking - 0 0 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 0

Park Road, NW Morton Street, NW 30 min 119 4 0 3 2 4 5 4 4 2 3 3 3 0

Morton Street, NW Lamont Street, NW 1 H 100 4 0 1 1 1 4 6 8 5 6 5 5 5

Lamont Street, NW Kenyon Street, NW 1 H 199 8 0 0 2 2 4 8 3 6 5 0 9 8

Kenyon Street, NW Irving Street, NW 3 H 116 5 4 5 4 3 6 8 9 8 7 5 3 7

Irving Street, NW Columbia Road, NW 1 H 153 8 0 1 4 3 6 5 5 6 8 10 6 8

Columbia Road, NW Hobart Place, NW No Parking - 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 1

Hobart Place, NW Harvard Street, NW 3 H 55 2 3 3 3 4 4 3 2 5 3 3 1 1

Harvard Street, NW Gresham Place, NW No Parking - 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2

Gresham Place, NW Girard Street, NW 3 H 97 4 0 0 0 0 8 5 5 6 5 6 5 6

Girard Street, NW Fairmont Street, NW 1 H 117 5 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 6 7 5 5 5

1 H 43 2 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 3 3 1 4 3 Fairmont Street, NW Euclid Street, NW

1 H 72 3 0 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 6 4 4 4

2 H 300 12 0 3 5 15 14 15 15 15 12 13 11 14

2 H 146 6 0 1 1 0 3 6 5 3 2 1 0 1 Euclid Street, NW Barry Place, NW

2 H 494 13 0 1 9 15 16 16 16 15 11 13 12 8

Barry Place, NW V Street, NW 1 H 369 16 1 0 3 7 20 21 18 20 11 12 10 6

2 H 10 1 0 0 1 3 5 4 2 3 1 0 0 0

West Side

V Street, NW Florida Avenue, NW 2 H 17 1 0 0 0 6 7 7 8 2 4 1 0 0

Total 105 12 23 47 80 120 136 124 127 115 103 98 97

H - Hour % of Utilization 0.11 0.22 0.45 0.76 1.14 1.30 1.18 1.21 1.10 0.98 0.93 0.92

M - Meter

Z - Zone

Note: % of Utilization greater than 1 means parking demand exceeds parking capacity.


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Table 8. 2006 Georgia Avenue, NW East Side Parking Inventory and Demand 11/15/2006 Demand Units (Vehicles)

Legal Parking Available 6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 Georgia Avenue, NW Between Parking Type Length (ft) Vehicle Spaces 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30

Rock Creek Church Road, NW Quebec Place, NW No Parking - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Quebec Place, NW Princeton Place, NW 1 H 108 5 0 0 0 4 2 2 4 1 1 4 0 5

Princeton Place, NW Otis Place, NW 3 H 137 6 0 0 1 0 2 5 3 4 7 8 3 3 Otis Place, NW Newton Place, NW 3 H 77 4 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 3 2 4

1 H 16 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

1 H 90 3 1 1 0 3 0 2 2 3 0 1 3 0 1 H 21 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0

Newton Place, NW Park Road, NW

1 H 23 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Park Road, NW Morton Street, NW 1 H 66 3 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 0

1 H 112 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 1 Morton Street, NW Lamont Street, NW

1 H 69 3 3 2 3 2 4 6 5 5 4 5 5 5 Lamont Street, NW Keefer Place, NW No Parking - 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Keefer Place, NW Kenyon Street, NW 1 H 81 4 0 0 2 3 3 4 3 6 4 4 5 5 Kenyon Street, NW Irving Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 274 10 4 5 6 8 13 13 11 13 13 12 11 11 Irving Street, NW Columbia Road, NW 1 H 154 5 1 1 2 4 4 4 3 6 5 4 5 7

Columbia Road, NW Harvard Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 121 5 6 6 6 5 7 6 4 6 6 5 5 5 Harvard Street, NW Gresham Place, NW 3 H/2 H (Z 1) 98 4 0 6 3 4 5 5 4 4 5 3 2 2

1 H 79 4 1 0 1 0 5 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 3 H 76 4 0 0 3 3 1 3 3 6 4 4 4 0 Gresham Place, NW Girard Street, NW

2 H (Z 1) 43 2 0 2 0 6 6 6 6 0 5 2 4 5 Girard Street, NW Fairmont Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 90 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 5

1 H 133 6 0 0 1 5 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 Fairmont Street, NW Howard Place, NW

2 H 459 19 0 1 10 18 19 19 17 20 18 20 16 8 2 H 286 11 0 0 6 11 12 11 12 12 11 10 6 9

Howard Place, NW Bryant Street, NW 1 H 157 10 0 0 1 6 4 6 16 10 14 8 10 10

Bryant Street, NW W Street, NW No Parking - 0 1 0 3 6 5 3 5 3 5 0 0W Street, NW V Street, NW 1 H 102 4 0 0 1 2 6 5 6 10 6 3 2 0

2 H 69 2 0 0 1 3 7 5 3 4 3 3 1 1

East Side

V Street, NW Florida Avenue, NW 1 H 146 8 0 0 0 3 8 6 5 6 6 5 1 2

Total 133 24 35 57 104 136 142 131 150 139 131 106 93 H - Hour % of Utilization 0.18 0.26 0.43 0.78 1.02 1.07 0.98 1.13 1.05 0.98 0.8 0.7 M - Meter Z - Zone



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Table 9. 2006 Sherman Avenue, NW West Side Parking Inventory and Demand 11/15/2006 Demand Units (Vehicles)


Sherman Avenue, NW Between Parking Type Length (ft) Vehicle Spaces 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30

Rock Creek Church Road, NW Spring Road, NW 2 H (Z 1/4) 136 5 7 5 7 4 5 4 4 7 5 6 7 5

Spring Road, NW Newton Place, NW 2 H (Z 1/4) 331 13 16 15 15 15 16 13 13 8 11 13 11 9

Newton Place, NW Monroe Street, NW No Parking - - 8 8 9 11 7 8 8 6 6 9 9 9

Monroe Street, NW Park Road, NW No Parking - - 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Park Road, NW Lamont Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 285 11 6 6 3 0 0 1 2 1 2 4 6 8

Lamont Street, NW Kenyon Street, NW Unregulated 274 11 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4

Kenyon Street, NW Irving Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 176 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5

Irving Street, NW Columbia Road, NW 2 H (Z 1) 182 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3

2 H (Z 1) 176 7 2 1 2 2 0 4 3 5 3 3 5 6 Columbia Road, NW Harvard Street, NW

2 H (Z 1) 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

2 H (Z 1) 65 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 3 2 Harvard Street, NW Girard Street, NW

2 H (Z 1) 85 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 4 3 3 3 3 3

2 H (Z 1) 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Girard Street, NW Fairmont Street, NW

2 H (Z 1) 198 8 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fairmont Street, NW Euclid Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 292 12 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2


3 H 192 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Barry Place, NW Florida Avenue, NW No Parking - - 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Florida Avenue, NW W Street, NW No Parking - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 13 0 9 9

W Street, NW Vermont Avenue, NW No Parking - - 14 14 13 14 14 14 0 1 0 9 2 6

West Side

Vermont Avenue, NW U Street, NW 2 H 164 7 0 0 0 1 2 4 3 7 6 6 6 7

Total 127 91 72 50 47 46 53 53 55 54 60 69 82


M - Meter

Z - Zone

The SB inner lane was closed due to construction. Parking on the SB outside lane was prohibited between 7:00 am - 6:00 pm from 11/14/06 to 11/17/06.



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Table 10. 2006 Sherman Avenue, NW East Side Parking Inventory and Demand 11/15/2006 Demand Units (Vehicles)


Sherman Avenue, NW Between Parking Type Length (ft) Vehicle Spaces 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30 18:30

Rock Creek Church Road, NW Princeton Place, NW 2 H (Z 1/4) 84 3 3 4 3 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 4

2 H (Z 1/4) 60 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 4 8 3 2 10 3 Princeton Place, NW Otis Place, NW

2 H (Z 1/4) 292 12 8 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 6 2 11

Otis Place, NW Newton Place, NW 2 H (Z 1) 106 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 5 2

Newton Place, NW Park Road, NW Unregulated 134 5 6 6 3 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 6

Park Road, NW Morton Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 112 4 3 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 2

Morton Street, NW Lamont Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 252 10 8 5 10 8 7 8 8 6 6 7 2 5

Lamont Street, NW Kenyon Street, NW Unregulated 213 9 10 10 9 9 6 6 7 9 9 9 5 7

2 H (Z 1) 192 8 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 5 2 Kenyon Street, NW Irving Street, NW

2 H (Z 1) 39 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 7

Irving Street, NW Columbia Road, NW 2 H (Z 1) 181 7 9 10 9 9 9 7 10 6 7 8 9 9

Columbia Road, NW Hobart Place, NW 2 H (Z 1) 36 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Hobart Place, NW Harvard Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 27 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3

Harvard Street, NW Gresham Place, NW 2 H (Z 1) 76 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4

Gresham Place, NW Girard Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 76 3 4 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3

Girard Street, NW Fairmont Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 221 9 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 5 8 9 8

Fairmont Street, NW Euclid Street, NW 2 H (Z 1) 150 6 11 10 10 9 8 9 10 9 8 9 9 9

3 H 64 3 0 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 1


2 H (Z 1) 234 9 0 0 4 9 12 11 11 10 5 4 4 1

Barry Place, NW V Street, NW No Parking - - 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 3 1 1 0 0

East Side

V Street, NW U Street, NW No Parking - - 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Total 120 94 93 98 95 98 102 111 104 93 99 93 97


M - Meter

Z - Zone



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Georgia Avenue, NW Parking Demand vs Capacity

0.00

0.20

0.40

0.60

0.80

1.00

1.20

1.40

6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30

Time

Par

king

Dem

and

vs C

apac

ity

Rat

io

Georgia Avenue, NW West Side Georgia Avenue, NW East Side

Figure 31. Georgia Avenue, NW Parking Demand vs. Capacity (Ratio > 1 means parking demand exceeds parking capacity)

Sherman Avenue, NW Parking Demand vs Capacity

00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.9

1

6:30 7:30 8:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30 16:30 17:30

Time

Park

ing

Dem

and

vs C

apac

ity

Ratio

Sherman Avenue, NW West Side Sherman Avenue, NW East Side

Figure 32. Sherman Avenue, NW Parking Demand vs. Capacity (Ratio > 1 means parking demand exceeds parking capacity)

Note: Sherman Avenue, NW west side parking was affected by local construction work that restricted on-street parking on the west side of the street from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM when the parking demand data was collected.


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3.6 Transit Facilities

There are a number of public transportation modes serving the study area.

Metrobus routes 70, 71, 66, 68, serve the study area and travel in the north-south direction. Metrobus routes H1, H2, H3, H4, H8, X3, travel east-west. Metrorail has two stops located on either end of the study area. To the north is the Georgia Avenue - Petworth Station, located near the intersection of Georgia Avenue, NW and New Hampshire Avenue, NW. To the south is the African-American Civil War Memorial / Cardozo Station, located at U Street, NW and 11th

Street, NW.

Figure 33 depicts the metro map which encompasses the study area.

Bus

The 70, 71 route, called “Georgia Avenue and 7th Street Line,” runs through Georgia Avenue, NW in both directions. At the northern end of this line is the Silver Spring Station, which is adjacent to the DC / Maryland border. The southern end of the line is located at Buzzard Point Station, which is north of the Anacostia River. The 70, 71 route stops at three locations inside the study area: Georgia Avenue, NW at New Hampshire Avenue, NW; Georgia Avenue, NW at Irving Street, NW; and Georgia Avenue, NW at Florida Avenue, NW. During the weekday, the travel time scheduled between stations is displayed in Table 11.

Figure 33. Metro Map

Table 11. Weekday Bus Routes 70, 71 Travel Time Weekday Routes

70, 71 Travel Time

Georgia Avenue, NW at New

Hampshire Avenue, NW

Georgia Avenue, NW at Irving Street,

NW

Georgia Avenue, NW (or 7th Street, NW) at Florida Avenue,

NWSouthbound 3-5 minutes 4-7 minutes Northbound 3-6 minutes 5-10 minutes

The 66, 68 route, called the “Petworth - 11th Street Line” starts from its northern terminus at the Georgia Avenue - Petworth Station, located at the intersection of Georgia Avenue, NW at Quincy Street, NW. Its southern terminus is at the “Federal Triangle Station”, which is near 10th / 12th


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Street, NW at Constitution Avenue, NW. In the study area, only route 68 serves Sherman Avenue, NW.

Route 66 does not go through the study area. Route 66 runs along 11th Street, NW, which is parallel to Sherman Avenue, NW. Routes 66 and 68 diverge at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, NW at Monroe Street, NW and converge at the intersection of 11th Street, NW at Vermont Avenue, NW.

Route 68 starts at the Georgia Avenue - Petworth Station and makes one stop at Sherman Avenue, NW at Irving Street, NW. Its next stop is at Vermont Avenue, NW at U Street, NW, which is located just outside and southwest of the study area. The scheduled weekday travel time between stations is shown in Table 12.

Table 12. Weekday Bus Route 68 Travel Time Weekday Route 68 Travel Time

Georgia Avenue - Petworth Station

Sherman Avenue, NW at Irving Street, NW

Vermont Avenue, NW at U Street,

NWSouthbound 4-5 minutes 4-5 minutes Northbound 4-5 minutes 4-5 minutes

Metrorail Facilities

The Metrorail Green Line running between the Greenbelt and Branch Avenue Stations has three stops located near the study area. The U Street / African-American Civil War Memorial / Cardozo Station is at the southern end of the study area border. The Columbia Heights Station is located at 14th Street, NW and Irving Street, NW, on the west side of the study area. The Georgia Avenue - Petworth Station is at

Georgia Avenue, NW and New Hampshire Avenue, NW at the north end of the study area.

3.7 Bicycle Facilities

Currently in the study area bicyclists must share lanes with motor vehicles or ride on the sidewalk. Along the eastern edge of the study area, bike lanes have been installed on 4th

Street and Warder Street NW. It can be dangerous for bicyclists to share lanes, especially when are in the flow of traffic between moving and parked vehicles.

Mixing bicycles and pedestrians on a limited sidewalk area can also be dangerous. The bicycle route map representing current bicycle facilities is found in the District of Columbia Bicycle Master Plan. The bicycle route map inside the study area is enlarged and shown in Figure 34. The New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Lamont Street, NW, Kenyon Street, NW, Columbia Road, NW and Harvard Street, NW are signed bicycle routes. A signed bicycle route is typically designated along more lightly traveled residential or secondary roads and is indicated by signs with or without a specific route number.


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Figure 34. Bicycle Facilities

Signed bicycle routes are often utilized to direct bicyclists to less-congested roadways that may follow the same general corridor as more heavily traveled arterial highways.

The demand for bicycle use in the study area can be found from the bicycle user percentage map4 shown on the left. Figure 35 indicates the percentage of people who commute by bicycle within the area. In the central part of the study area, the

4 Source: District of Columbia Bicycle Master Plan, Bicycle Commuting Percentage Map, April, 2005

percentage of people who prefer to commute by bicycle is higher than the other parts in the study area.

Figure 35. Percentage of Bicycle Commuters

Bicycle Level of Service

The Bicycle level of service (BLOS) is an evaluation of bicyclists’ perceived safety and comfort with respect to vehicular traffic while traveling in a roadway corridor. The statistically calibrated mathematical equation entitled the Bicycle LOS Model (Version 2.0) is to be used for the evaluation of bicycling conditions in shared roadway environments in the District of Columbia Bicycle Master Plan. Criteria used to calculate BLOS are shown below in Table 13.


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BLOS in the study area is determined for existing conditions and is referenced from the District of Columbia Bicycle Master Plan. BLOS within the study area is shown in Figure 36.

Table 13. Bicycle Level of Service Criteria

BLOS rating “A” represents the most suitable conditions for bicycling and BLOS rating “F” represents the most unfavorable. For urban areas, BLOS “D” is considered the least acceptable rating. As evidenced on Figure 36, the majority of the portions of Georgia Avenue, NW, Sherman Avenue, NW and New Hampshire Avenue, NW are currently experiencing BLOS D.

Georgia Avenue, NW, between Euclid Street, NW and Florida Avenue, NW, is shown as BLOS E. In addition, Harvard Street, NW, Columbia Road, NW and Irving Street, NW inside of the study area all share a BLOS E rating. Florida Avenue, NW between W Street, NW and U Street, NW has a BLOS F rating.

Figure 36. Bicycle Level of Service


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3.8 Pedestrian Facilities

Most of the areas along the streets running east-west inside of the study area are residential. Sherman Avenue, NW is primarily residential with sporadic commercial sites. Georgia

Avenue, NW has high pedestrian activity because its major land use is primarily commercial and academic, mixed with residential areas. One indicator of pedestrian facility capability and pedestrian friendliness is the width of the sidewalks. This measure is depicted in Figure 37.

Figure 37. Sidewalk Widths

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3.9 Crash Data

To assess the safety conditions in the study area, the Study Team obtained accident summary reports for 2003 – 2005 for intersections along Sherman Avenue, NW and Georgia Avenue, NW. The accident summary reports listed accidents by collision type(s), and the time of the occurrence.

The data indicates that 2004 had more accidents than either 2003 or 2005 for both of the two corridors. The total number of injuries on both corridors showed an increase each year from 2003 to 2005.

Table 14. Georgia Avenue, NW Crash Data 2003-2005 2003 2004 2005

Intersection Accidents Injuries Accidents Injuries Accidents Injuries

New Hampshire Avenue, NW 5 6 12 3 6 2

Princeton Place, NW 8 4 6 7 5 3

Otis Street, NW 0 0 2 2 0 0

Park Road, NW 16 5 10 3 14 7

Morton Street, NW 10 2 12 6 6 2

Lamont Street, NW 11 5 5 2 8 4

Kenyon Street, NW 11 7 17 6 10 4

Irving Street, NW 7 2 15 6 18 9

Columbia Road, NW 12 4 10 7 10 7

Hobart Street, NW 0 0 1 1 0 0

Gresham Place, NW 4 0 6 2 5 1

Girard Street, NW 9 5 9 3 6 7

Fairmont Street, NW 5 3 11 6 11 8

Euclid Street, NW 8 3 7 0 5 4

Howard Place, NW 5 3 9 1 5 2

Barry Place, NW 12 2 17 8 21 9

Bryant Street, NW 11 5 13 2 8 3

W Street, NW 5 3 8 5 6 3

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Total 146 59 177 72 156 82


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2003-2005 Georgia Avenue, NW Accident Type Summary

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Figure 39. 2003-2005 Georgia Avenue, NW Accident Type Summary

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2003-2005 Sherman Avenue, NW Accident Type Summary

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Figure 41. 2003-2005 Sherman Avenue, NW Accident Type Summary

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Table 15. Sherman Avenue, NW Crash Data 2003-2005 2003 2004 2005

Intersection Accidents Injuries Accidents Injuries Accidents Injuries

Princeton Place, NW 1 0 0 0 0 0

Monroe Street, NW 1 0 0 0 0 0

Park Road, NW 3 1 4 0 4 1

Lamont Street, NW 5 0 4 2 5 7

Kenyon Street, NW 3 4 11 7 6 7

Irving Street, NW 6 4 6 5 6 2

Columbia Road, NW 11 7 5 1 9 2

Harvard Street, NW 3 3 3 1 3 4

Girard Street, NW 1 0 0 0 5 2

Fairmont Street, NW 3 1 8 5 1 0

Euclid Street, NW 6 4 8 3 8 3

Barry Place, NW 7 3 11 7 13 6

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Table 16. 2003-2005 Georgia Avenue, NW Peak Hour Crash Data AM Peak Hours MD Peak Hours PM Peak Hours Off Peak Hours

Intersection 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005

New Hampshire Avenue, NW 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 4 4 6 1

Princeton Place, NW 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4 4

Otis Street, NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Park Road, NW 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 3 2 13 7 10

Morton Street, NW 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 8 7 6

Lamont Street, NW 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 7

Kenyon Street, NW 4 4 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 6 8 7

Irving Street, NW 2 4 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 5 7 12

Columbia Road, NW 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 6 6 7

Hobart Street, NW 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gresham Place, NW 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 5

Girard Street, NW 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 6 6 4

Fairmont Street, NW 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 7 9

Euclid Street, NW 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 5

Howard Place, NW 1 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 4 4

Barry Place, NW 0 1 1 3 6 3 1 5 5 8 5 12

Bryant Street, NW 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 4 0 6 8 5

W Street, NW 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 4 6 3

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Table 17. 2003-2005 Sherman Avenue, NW Peak Hour Crash Data AM Peak Hours MD Peak Hours PM Peak Hours Off Peak Hours

Intersection 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005

Princeton Place, NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Monroe Street, NW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Park Road, NW 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 3

Lamont Street, NW 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 4 2 2

Kenyon Street, NW 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 3

Irving Street, NW 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 5 5

Columbia Road, NW 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 7 3 5

Harvard Street, NW 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2

Girard Street, NW 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3

Fairmont Street, NW 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 0

Euclid Street, NW 0 0 2 1 1 4 2 2 0 3 5 2

Barry Place, NW 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 7 10

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Figure 42. Data from DDOT Accident Summary Report (R-7) 20055

Figure 43. Data from DDOT Pedestrian Crashes 2002-2004

5 Crash data missing for the intersections of Georgia Ave. NW and Florida Ave. NW; Sherman Ave. NW and Gresham Pl. NW; Sherman Ave. NW and Hobart Pl. NW; Sherman Ave. NW and Morton St. NW.

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Appendix II.Appendix II. Future Traffi c Analysis Report

Technical Memorandum of Future Conditions

TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Study

Washington, DC Future Traffic Conditions

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis memorandum describes the future traffic conditions for the Lower Georgia Avenue Study Area in northwest Washington, D.C. This memo will outline the improvements in signal plans, illustrate the delay time and level of service (LOS) for select intersections and describe various transit & bicycle impacts to vehicular travel in the corridor. Additionally, impacts of parking, bus blockages, conflicting pedestrians and bicycles on the study area will be addressed.

In this memorandum, the existing mid-day & pm weekday turning movement volumes were increased by one percent per year to obtain 2008 volumes. The Georgia Avenue NW and Sherman Avenue NW corridors in the study area (from New Hampshire Avenue NW to Florida Avenue NW), and all the side streets between them (except W Street NW and Bryant Street NW) were balanced. Additionally, it was assumed that the percentage of heavy vehicles would not change in the study area (i.e. five percent on Sherman Avenue, NW and eight percent Georgia Avenue, NW) in 2008.

Improvements in Signal PlansIt should be noted that there are currently signalized controls at NewHampshire Avenue NW and Monroe Road NW and Princeton Pl NW, and Florida Avenue NW and Sherman Avenue NW. However, roundabouts are planned at these locations within the new design for Sherman Avenue NW.

Georgia Avenue NW and Park Road NW In the existing traffic signal plan of Georgia Avenue NW and Park Road NW, the westbound (WB) and eastbound (EB) approaches have a right of way at the same time in a single signal cycle, which results in conflicts for the thru movement from the WB approach and

left turns from the EB approach. Also, conflicts occur in thru movements from the EB and the left turns from the WB. The aforementioned conflicts are shown in Figure 1A and Figure 1Bbelow.

Figure 1A. Conflict at Georgia Avenue NWand Park Road NW


Figure 1B. Conflict at Georgia Avenue NWand Park Road NW

In the future signal plans, the Park Road WB and EB approaches were separated and it was planned to have a right of way consecutively for all alternatives to increase the safety of the intersection. Although the westbound and eastbound approaches were decided to become separate, there was no need to change the pedestrian phasing since there was no conflict for them. A minimum of 16 seconds was provided for westbound and eastbound traffic so that westbound and eastbound pedestrian movement would have at least 26 seconds (The amber and all red times were 4 seconds and 2 seconds, respectively for this intersection).

Georgia Avenue NW and Princeton Place NW The left turns from the Georgia Avenue NW southbound approach to Princeton Place NW are served with a protected phase in current signal plans. However, the left turning volume is quite low at this intersection (8 veh/hr and 4 veh/hr which constitutes 1.5 percent and one percent of total southbound volume for mid-day and pm peak hours respectively) and there is no sight concern for those vehicles. The left turns from the southbound approach were decided to operate with the southbound thru traffic (in other words with a permissive phase) in all alternatives to increase the amount of time that other movements may use at this intersection. This strategy

decreased the average delay of the intersection significantly in Alternative 1-B (for both mid-day and pm peak hours) at which there is only one traffic lane due to the proposed single transit lane.

Georgia Avenue NW and Barry Place NW and Georgia Avenue NW and Bryant Street NW The left turning traffic from the southbound approach at Georgia Avenue NW and Bryant Street NW and from the northbound approach at Georgia Avenue NW and Barry Place NW are served by protected left turn phases under existing operations. As mentioned earlier, there will be a single transit lane prior to and after these two intersections in Alternative 1-B and 2-B, which makes it difficult to have a protected left turn with one non transit lane. Therefore, left turns to Barry Place NW and Bryant Street NW in Alternatives 1-B and 2-B were served with permissive & protective left turn phases in the future conditions analysis. Since there is a dedicated left turn lane on the southbound approach at Georgia Avenue NW and Bryant Street NW in alternative 3-B, the left turns were decided to be served with a. permissive and protective left turn phase as well. However, no change was made to Georgia Avenue NW and Barry Place NW since the lane configuration remains the same in alternative 3-B. For the same reason, the left turns to Barry Place in Alternatives 3-C and 3-D were decided to operate with protective phases, as they do under existing operations.

(Note: No change was made to Georgia Avenue NW and Howard Place NW even though a single left turn lane is provided for the southbound approach in Alternative 3-B, 3-C and 3-D. This is because this intersection will be operating with quite low delays and LOS A during both the mid-day and pm peak hours in the mentioned alternatives.)

Impact of Parking, Bus Blockages, Conflicting Pedestrians and Bicycles The impact of parking in the alternatives in which it is permitted was modeled by parking maneuvers in the traffic analysis software. It was assumed that while there would be two maneuvers/hr (per block) on Sherman Avenue in both the mid-day and pm peak hours, the number of parking maneuvers on Georgia Avenue would be four


maneuvers per hour (per block) and two maneuvers per hour (per block) for the mid-day and PM peak hours, respectively.

The impact of bus stops was captured as well throughout the study for the alternatives which do not have a single transit lane planned. The 70/71 line running thru Georgia Avenue has 10 minute and 7.5 minute headways on average during the mid-day and pm peak hours. Therefore, in the traffic analysis software, it was assumed that there would be 6 and 8 bus blockages per hour on average at the bus stops along Georgia Avenue. On the other hand, if any stop on Georgia Avenue is used by the Line 79 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service in PM peak hours with a headway of 10 minutes, the number of bus blockages was assumed to be 14 per hour (8 blockages/hr from regular 70/71 buses and 6 blockages/hour from BRT buses) for such bus stops. The impact of the bus line along Sherman Avenue NW was assumed to be 4 blockages/hour and 6 blockages/hour on average for the mid-day and pm peak hours respectively depending on the average headway of the line. The impact of the bus lines along some of the side roadways such as Florida Avenue, Irving Street, and Columbia Road was captured in traffic analysis also.

Conflicting pedestrian and bicycle movements affect traffic turning movements around key signalized intersections. The slowing impact of such different modes on traffic was captured for the key intersections on Georgia Avenue NW and Sherman Avenue. It should be noted that the volumes of pedestrians and bicyclists were not increased for the year 2008.

Level of Service Intersection level of service (LOS) was evaluated for the 13 study intersections. Both signalized and unsignalized intersections were analyzed. LOS is a measure of the average delay experienced by each vehicle passing through an intersection. It can be measured for vehicles making each directional turning movement, using each approach leg, or as a composite average value for all vehicles using the intersection. It is reported with a letter grade designation ranging from A to F. LOS “A” represents insignificant delay (less than 10 seconds per vehicle) while LOS “F” represents significant delay. LOS D is typically considered an acceptable level of service for an urban

area. The level of service is determined by the computed control delay. Please see the table below for specifics of LOS designation.

To evaluate the future traffic conditions at the critical intersections in the study area, the Study Team used a SYNCHRO and HCS traffic model to obtain the average control delay (in seconds/vehicle) of each intersection approach during MD and PM periods. The MD and PM peak hour turning movement data computed from the earlier stage of this study were input into the SYNCHRO model to evaluate existing conditions.

Traffic Engineering Analysis As mentioned earlier, a detailed traffic analysis including all of the changes in lane configurations, the impact of transit services, pedestrians, and bicyclists on traffic, and the possible improvements in signal plans were conducted for mid-day and pm peak hours in 2008 for all design alternatives.

The following paragraphs, tables, and figures discuss the traffic operations of the key 13 intersections in the study area (shown in Figure 2 below).

Figure 2. Location of Key Intersections in Study Area

It should be noted that all signal timings and offsets of the signalized intersections along Georgia Avenue NW and Sherman Avenue NW


between New Hampshire Avenue NW and Florida Avenue NW were optimized by Synchro 7. In Figure 3- Figure 15, the turning volumes for each of the key intersections for mid-day and pm peak hours are shown.

Figure 3. New Hampshire Avenue and Spring Road Intersection Volumes

Figure 4. Sherman Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue Intersection Volumes

Figure 5. Sherman Avenue and Kenyon Street Intersection Volumes

Figure 6. Sherman Avenue and Columbia Road Intersection Volumes


Figure 7. Georgia Avenue and Rock Creek Church Road Intersection Volumes

Figure 8. Georgia Avenue and Park Road Intersection Volumes

Figure 9. Georgia Avenue and Irving Street Intersection Volumes

Figure 10. Georgia Avenue and Harvard Street Intersection Volumes


Figure 11. Barry Place and Georgia Avenue Intersection Volumes

Figure 12. Georgia Avenue and Bryant Street Intersection Volumes

Figure 13. Georgia Avenue and W Street Intersection Volumes

Figure 14. Georgia Avenue and Florida Avenue Intersection Volumes


Figure 15. Georgia Avenue and Vermont Avenue Intersection Volumes

All key intersections except Georgia Avenue NW and Irving Street NW operate with acceptable delays and LOS during both the mid-day and pm peak hours in Alternative-1-B as seen in Table 1, In the mid-day peak hours, the southbound approach on Georgia Avenue NW and Irving Street NW experiences a high delay and a long queue length (50th and 95th queue lengths are 569ft and 768ft respectively). The delay decreases in pm peak hours due to the existing phasing and optimum split lengths (this is for only Georgia and Irving). The volume/capacity ratio for the southbound approach halves, but the volume still exceeds the capacity by 70 percent for this approach. It was possible to decrease the traffic delays at Georgia Avenue NW and Irving Street NW, by changing the current signal phasing; however, existing logic was used since the sight distance at this intersection may be a concern for turning movements. Although Sherman Avenue NW has only one lane, all intersections along the corridor operate with LOS D or better in Alternative 1-B, as they do in the other alternatives.

In Alternative 2-B, since Georgia Avenue NW operate with 2 lanes between New Hampshire NW and Barry Place NW , Georgia Avenue NW and Irving Street NW improves and starts to operate with acceptable delays and LOS in both the mid-day and pm peak hours, as all other key intersections in the study area do. It should be noted that although Georgia Avenue NW between Barry Place NW and Florida Avenue NW operate with 1 non-transit lane, it is still possible

to have acceptable LOS with optimum cycle lengths, phasing and offsets for this section on Georgia Avenue NW. Since the southbound approach at Georgia Avenue NW at Barry Place NW has a dedicated right turn and it operates with 3 lanes (the parking lane is converted to transit lane and right turning lane, which lets non-transit thru and left turning traffic have 2 lanes) this alternative has the minimum pm delays at this intersection among all design alternatives.

In Alternative 3-B, all intersections on Georgia Avenue NW and Sherman Avenue NW operate with LOS D or better during both the mid-day and pm peak hours. A thru and shared turn lane is converted to a dedicated left lane onto Howard Place NW and Bryant Street NW in the southbound approach, a dedicated right turn lane onto Bryant Street NW on the northbound approach and onto Barry Place NW on the southbound approach. Dedicated lanes before Georgia Avenue NW and Bryant Street NW decrease the average delay at this intersection compared to alternatives 1-B and 2-B. Another reason for the reduction was the transit lane prior to and after Bryant Street NW in Alternative 1-B and 2-B (Note: Georgia Avenue NW and Bryant Street NW operates with 2 lanes in Alternative 3-B). On the other hand, the changes in lane configurations do not change the delays at Georgia Avenue NW and Barry Place NW and Georgia Avenue and Howard Place NW significantly, after optimization of all the intersections on Georgia Avenue NW and Sherman Avenue in the study area.

In Alternatives, 3-C and 3-D, there are left turns from the southbound approach to Bryant Street NW and Florida Avenue. NW, and turns from the northbound approach to V Street NW. It was assumed that the vehicles making left turns onto Bryant Street NW and Florida Avenue NW would reach their destinations by accessing Howard Place NW and V Street NW respectively. On the other hand, it is predicted that vehicles would prefer to use Barry Place NW once the left turns onto V Street from the northbound approach are restricted. As seen in Table1 and Table 2, left turn restrictions decrease the delays at Georgia Avenue NW and Florida Avenue NW and Georgia Avenue NW and Bryant Street NW significantly and there is no considerable increase in delays at Georgia Avenue NW and Howard Street NW and Georgia Avenue NW and T Street NW. However, the


delay at Georgia Avenue NW and Barry Place NW increases in the pm peak hours under optimum operations.

Table 1. Delays in Midday (MD) Peak Hours MD 1-B MD 2-B MD 3-B MD 3-C MD 3-D Intersection

Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOSNew Hamp. Ave NW Princeton Place NW N\A 2.9 A N\A 2.9 A N\A 2.9 A N\A 2.9 A N\A 2.8 ANew Hamp. Ave NW Park Rd NW & Monroe St NW N\A 5.0 A N\A 5.0 A N\A 5.0 A N\A 5.0 A N\A 5.0 ASherman Avenue NW Kenyon Street NW 70 9.0 A 70 11.3 B 70 8.4 A 70 8.7 A 80 12.3 BSherman Avenue NW Columbia Road NW 70 7.6 A 70 10.0 B 70 9.7 A 70 9.6 A 80 11.1 BGeorgia Avenue NW New Hampshire NW 70 10.3 B 70 9.9 A 70 10.0 A 70 10.0 A 80 13.6 BGeorgia Avenue NW Park Rd NW 70 18.9 B 70 10.9 B 70 11.3 B 70 11.3 B 80 13.3 BGeorgia Avenue NW Irving Street NW 70 456.1 F 70 6.9 A 70 10.0 B 70 10.0 A 80 7.4 AGeorgia Avenue NW Harvard Street NW 70 10.2 B 70 5.6 A 70 5.2 A 70 6.0 A 80 6.0 AGeorgia Avenue NW Barry Pl NW 70 7.2 A 70 9.3 A 70 9.2 A 70 8.2 A 80 11.5 BGeorgia Avenue NW Bryant Street NW 70 11.1 B 70 10.4 B 70 7.0 A 70 2.1 A 80 1.6 AGeorgia Avenue NW W Street NW 70 11.7 B 70 11.9 B 70 6.2 A 70 8.5 A 80 8.0 AGeorgia Avenue NW Florida Avenue NW 70 23.2 C 70 22.8 C 70 22.9 C 70 12.1 B 80 14.7 B

Florida Avenue NW Vermont Avenue NW 100 12.7 B 100 12.1 B 100 12.1 B 100 12.1 B 100 12.1 B

Table 2. Delays in PM Peak Hours PM 1-B PM 2-B PM 3-B PM 3-C PM 3-D Intersection

Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOS Cycle Delay LOSNew Hamp. Ave NW Princeton Place NW N\A 8.8 A N\A 8.6 A N\A 8.6 A N\A 8.6 A N\A 8.6 ANew Hamp. Ave NW Park Rd NW & Monroe St NW N\A 32.6 D N\A 32.6 D N\A 32.6 D N\A 32.6 D N\A 32.6 D Sherman Avenue NW Kenyon Street NW 100 21.7 C 100 25.9 C 100 22.9 C 100 23.4 C 100 24.4 CSherman Avenue NW Columbia Road NW 100 28.6 C 100 33.0 C 100 31.9 C 100 31.9 C 100 34.1 CGeorgia Avenue NW New Hampshire NW 100 19.1 C 100 16.5 B 100 16.7 B 100 16.9 B 100 16.4 BGeorgia Avenue NW Park Rd NW 100 31.5 C 100 14.7 B 100 12.7 B 100 12.5 B 100 16.8 BGeorgia Avenue NW Irving Street NW 100 155.3 F 100 12.7 B 100 14.2 B 100 13.4 B 100 12.2 BGeorgia Avenue NW Harvard Street NW 100 25.0 C 100 14.1 B 100 15.9 B 100 16.1 B 100 10.7 BGeorgia Avenue NW Barry Pl NW 100 13.8 B 100 11.4 B 100 13.0 C 100 20.5 C 100 23.6 CGeorgia Avenue NW Bryant Street NW 100 9.8 A 100 11.4 B 100 5.6 A 100 2.1 A 100 2.0 AGeorgia Avenue NW W Street NW 100 20.2 C 100 18.8 B 100 13.2 B 100 11.4 B 100 12.1 BGeorgia Avenue NW Florida Avenue NW 100 25.6 C 100 25.3 C 100 25.7 C 100 15.0 B 100 18.1 BFlorida Avenue NW Vermont Avenue NW 100 20.5 C 100 22.7 C 100 23.1 C 100 23.6 C 100 23.4 C

New Hampshire Avenue NW and Park Rd NW & Monroe St NW was analyzed by HCS as an unsignalized intersection.

In alternative 3-D, due to the additional parking in some sections on Georgia Avenue NW between Howard Place NW and Florida

Avenue NW, the common cycle length on Sherman Avenue NW and Georgia Avenue was found to be 80 seconds for the mid-day peak hour. This change in the cycle length resulted in small changes in LOS. Although there were insignificant changes in delays, the LOS was same as for alternative 3-C for pm peak hours. The new


proposed bulb-outs will slow down the vehicles since it is proposed to narrow cross sections and shorten turning radii at the corner of the intersections.

Transit Impact Analysis In the study area, the 70/71 buses carry more than 20,000 riders every day thru the corridor. On the other hand, while the cross-town H routes carry thousands of residents to and from work, the 68 bus lines operate along Sherman Avenue NW.

The new design of Sherman Avenue NW will decrease the number of lanes in both the southbound and northbound directions. At first glance, it may seem like the reduction in the number of lanes will affect the transit operations negatively. However, if it is assumed that transit will experience the same amount of average delay as vehicular traffic, the traffic analysis shows that the northbound and southbound approaches on Sherman Avenue NW will not experience a significant delay during mid-day peak hours under optimum conditions (all northbound and southbound approaches at the signalized intersections on Sherman Avenue operate with LOS D or better). During the pm peak hours, the northbound approach at Sherman Avenue NW and Fairmont Street NW operates with a LOS of E under optimum conditions. If there is a near-end bus stop, it is possible that transit may not benefit from the coordination among the signalized intersections along Sherman Avenue NW as much as vehicular traffic does. There will be a bus stop on the northbound approach of Sherman Avenue NW and Euclid Street NW and that may prevent the line 68 buses to benefit from the coordination between Sherman Avenue NW and Barry Place NW and Sherman Avenue NW and Euclid Street NW. Therefore, buses may experience high delays before Euclid Street NW on the northbound approach as well during pm peak hours

Georgia Avenue NW has three different lane configurations in terms of transit. In Alternative 1-B, most right lanes are dedicated for buses and right turning vehicles and bikes from New Hampshire Avenue NW to Florida Avenue NW. The advantages of such a transit dedicated lane are:

It reduces transit travel times,

It increases the regularity of the transit service, which will improve schedule adherence and increase ridership, and

It makes transit travel times more predictable, therefore making the planned transit signal priority more effective.

In Alternative 2-B, there is a transit dedicated lane between Barry Place NW and Florida Avenue NW (it ends at Howard Place NW on the southbound approach), and buses will be operating in mixed traffic between New Hampshire Avenue NW and Howard Place NW. In this alternative, the impact of the single transit lane will not be as significant as it is in Alternative1-B. However, since most of the Georgia Avenue NW corridor operates with two lanes (in other words without a single transit lane), this alternative is less destructive to vehicular traffic. It is important to note that traffic analysis show that as buses operate in mixed traffic, there are no high delays due to assumptions and explanations made for Sherman Avenue NW.

In Alternative 3-B, 3-C and 3-D, there is no single transit lane. The buses will be operating in mixed traffic and it may be hard to have an effective transit signal priority in these alternatives. Only turning lanes and restrictions might affect transit delays slightly (i.e once you have a single right turn or a single left turn lane, the number of vehicles that will share the lane with a transit vehicle will increase). Therefore, transit vehicles may experience different delays compared to the no change scenario, within acceptable limits.

Bicycle Impact Analysis In Alternatives 1-B and 2-B, bicyclists will share the single transit lane with buses and right turning vehicles along the Georgia Avenue NW corridor (In Alternative 2-B, only between Howard Place NW and Florida Avenue NW). This may provide a safer environment for them since they will have less interaction with vehicular traffic. There will not be a significant change in Alternative 3-B, 3-C, and 3-D in terms of bicycle mode.

Summary As explained earlier, all the key intersections in the study area will operate with LOS D or better during both MD and PM peak hours in Alternative 2-B, 3-B, 3-C, and 3-D under optimum signal timings. On the other hand, the intersection of Georgia Avenue NW and Irving


Street NW will operate with LOS F during in both MD and PM peak hours in Alternative 1-B due to the reasons mentioned.

As shown in Table 3, the average delays on Sherman Avenue NW between Park Road NW and Monroe Street NW and Barry Place NW, and Georgia Avenue NW between New Hampshire Avenue NW and Florida Avenue NW are similar for all alternatives under optimum signal timings, with the exception of Alternative 1-B. For Alternative 1-B, there is a only one non-transit lane on Georgia Avenue, NW, and thus the vehicular delays on this corridor is higher than the other alternatives during the MD and PM peak hours.

Table 3. Average Delays along the Corridors in 2008 (seconds/vehicle)

MD Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Alternative Sherman

Avenue Georgia Avenue

Sherman Avenue

Georgia Avenue

Alt 1-B 9 42 24 29Alt 2-B 10 9 25 13Alt 3-B 9 9 26 13Alt 3-C 9 8 27 12Alt 3-D 10 9 27 12

Alternative 2-B may be considered as the optimum alternative since it allows improvements for the efficient flow of all modes, cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians, due to the only bus lane. Although Alternative 1-B may improve the transit operations along Georgia Avenue NW, the new lane configuration will have a significant impact on vehicular traffic along the corridor, as seen in Table 3. While the traffic operations on Georgia Avenue NW improves in Alternatives 3-B, 3-C, and 3-D, these alternatives do not improve other modes such as transit and bikes.


Appendix III.Appendix III. Steering Committee List

Steering Committee List

A comprehensive effort was made to engage local businesses and the residential community in the Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Project between June 2006 and May 2007. Using a community-based planning approach, extensive outreach was conducted to stakeholders to encourage participation and to invite their opinions, concerns and ideas. The publicinformation component was interactive and overseen by a Steering Committee consisting of a cross section of community, civic andbusiness leaders. Below is a list of Steering Committee Members that participated in this study.

NAME TITLE ORGANIZATIONElected Officials Ali Muhammed Chair ANC 1A Janisha Richardson Commissioner ANC 1A08 Ann Theisen Commissioner ANC 1A 05 Thomas Smith Commissioner ANC 1B 09 Dee Hunter Chair ANC 1B04 Myla Moss Commissioner ANC 1B01

Civic Associations Marie Whitfield President Park Morton Residents Council Darren Jones/ Tony Norman President Pleasant Plains Civic Assoc. Windy Carson Smith President LeDroit Park Civic Association Alicia Rucker President Luray/Warder Block Association

Larry Ray President North Columbia Heights Civic Association

Sinclair Skinner/ Jackeline Reyes Staff Adrian Fenty for Mayor Ann Mobley President Kenyon Block St. Association Cell Bernadino Executive Ft. Lincoln New Town John Adams Const. Svcs Councilmember Graham Sinclair Skinner Leader Shaw Community

Businesses Local Retailers

NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION Haile Gerina Owner Sankofa Video & Bookstore Jeffrey Napper Co-owner/Manager Everlasting Life Co-op Kenny Gilmore Owner Howard Deli Dr. Ronald Simmons President Us Helping Us Selwin Holder Owner Pluck U Chicken Tracy Carter GM Soul Vegetarian Cortney Stewart Owner Mentoring Works II Tosha Link Owner Bara Business Solutions Warren Allen Principal Blue Nile Herb & Spice Company

Brenda Williams Principal

Young America Charter School; Neighborhood Development Corporation

Chuck Gary Owner Chuck & Billy's Bar and Carryout Charles Russell Principal Mini Mart John Goodwin Owner Wilson's Johnnie Harris Owner Johnnie's Florist James Spruill, Jr. Owner Spruill's Bluebird Barbershop Tsehay Meshesha Owner Georgia Avenue Market Y. Kim Owner Labamba Shop Kenny Gilmore Owner Howard Deli Ayize Sabater MOMIF’s Chuck Gary Owner Chuck & Billy's Bar and Carryout John Boddi Owner Renee By Boddi’s Ross Lakritz/ John Adler Owner Lakritz Adler INSTITUTIONS Educational Anita Burger Benjamin Banneker HS Principal Dr. Marta Palacios Bruce Monroe Elementary Principal

Maybelle Bennett Director, HU Community Assoc. Howard University

Christopher Hopson Gov. Relations Howard Univ.

NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION

Faith Community Rev. Tucker Pastor New Commandment Baptist Church Dr. Earl E. Trent, Jr. Pastor Florida Ave Baptist Church

Arts *Sylvia Robinson President Emergence Community Arts Collective Ayize Sabater President MOMIES TLC

Stakeholders Eric Gilliland Exec. Dir Washington Area Bicyclist Robert Grow Dir. BTRAC BOTKea Prather Taylor Imagine Photography


Appendix IV.Appendix IV. Comments from Public Meetings

Table of Comments from Public Meetings

The Lower Georgia Avenue Study team members, and Robinson Associates, devised and implemented a community engagement plan and worked with DDOT to facilitate and manage three community meetings, workshops, and civic engagements over the course of the eleven-month project. Below is a table outlining several comments from the citizens and responses gathered from these meetings.

Citizens/ Share Holders Comment Team Members Response I have not heard any thing about economic development in any of this. I am a business owner on Georgia Ave. and I am wondering on how do you intend to bring new businesses to the community?

This Streetscape Project is economic development. For example Barracks Row was very similar to Georgia Avenue. The streets were neglected there and retailers and new businesses wouldn’t enter the community. After the project was completed the new businesses came. There are eight new restaurants on 8th Street, new retailers, a furniture stores, boutiques and pet stores, etc. There was an existing Chinese Take Out Restaurant that had bullet proof glass and was take out only, now that same establishment has white table cloths with inside and outside café seating. So, this design project definitely will affect economic development and new businesses will want to put their money into the community.

Who will be deciding public artwork? The DC Commission on The Arts is probably the entity that will oversee that component. They have the budget for ongoing maintenance, are best equipped and this is what they do. That is not to say that Howard University will not have some input, but the public art will mirror the community.

Sherman Avenue looks like there will be less traffic lanes than currently exists. How will this design address the traffic that we already have as well as the new traffic that will come?

Sherman Avenue has been redesigned to be a residential street to slow down the traffic speeding through the neighborhood and to encourage traffic heading downtown to find alternative routes designed for higher traffic volumes. It is also to encourage less vehicle traffic and more Metro usage.

I have concerns regarding trees and tree boxes as it relates to safety. The tree boxes are too close to the

The city is responsible for the maintenance of the trees and the boxes. We have finally caught up on our tree maintenance but the reality is

Citizens/ Share Holders Comment Team Members Response bus stops and curbs and who will maintain the trees and tree boxes?

we do not have the budget or the manpower to maintain the tree boxes. We will be looking at working with community organizations and the business owners to assist in the maintaining of the boxes as we do on Barracks Row.

There are some problem intersections that stand out in my mind and I do not see a resolution of them in these plans, like the congestion near Howard U’s bookstore at Bryant Street. Crossing in front of the bus lane shuts down traffic, how will this be resolved?

A turn signal should fix this problem and some bus stop relocations will be looked at to resolve this concern.

Has anyone contacted the police department to help stop this bottleneck? Sometimes it takes human intervention to direct traffic.

We acknowledge this issue and thank to Councilman Graham’s diligence in this matter. We will be adding thirty additional Traffic Control Officers to the current role, bringing the count up to seventy-three officers. These officers will also have ticket/summons writing ability, so that will have an impact on the traffic congestion.

The material that you are considering, DuraTherm, will it look like this in 2-5 years, because if you cannot fix streets you cannot fix schools?

Yes, this material is very innovative and will be able to withstand the extremes of east coast weather and heavy traffic and never loose shape or color and will blend in with existing material.

Are the sidewalks being widened on Georgia Avenue for turning and what type of tree is being planned for the tree boxes?

Yes, bump outs will be at the corners and the trees that are being considered are Londons, Oaks and Maples.

How long will this total project take for completion? We are anticipating completion in two to three years.

What is the real goal of the Study? To make Georgia Avenue a Great Street with thriving economic development, excellent mobility and an inviting streetscape that will draw people to the area and to give them a reason to come to the community.

As a business owner who’s been on GA Ave. for over The intent of this work is to explore that and similar issues and

Citizens/ Share Holders Comment Team Members Response 40 years, there is traffic congestion caused by a commercial cleaner with its 5 trucks and congestion around the largest institute on Georgia Avenue Howard University. What can be done about this?

develop strategies for resolving them for mutual success up and down the corridor.

Will you widen the streets on Georgia Avenue? DDOT will only work within the existing right of way (which is limited to the existing sidewalks and streets). We can reallocate that right of way – for instance narrow sidewalks to make more room for buses or narrow travel lanes to add to sidewalks – but it is not envisioned that the overall street (sidewalks + roadway) will be widened into the abutting private properties. Given that limitation, we are challenged to find ways to move transit more efficiently, solve the bottleneck around Howard University Hospital, and provide more room for pedestrians.

How will the Georgia Ave. renovations be an economic development tool for us?

DDOT has experience in seeing how streetscape improvements can concurrently improve economic performance of adjacent retail. In 2003, DDOT completed an $8 million streetscape renovation of 8th

Street/Barracks Row, which helped to attract over $15 million in private investment along the corridor, 19 new businesses including 9 outdoor cafes, which add life and generate $80,000 more in sales tax per year. Most importantly, the vast majority of original businesses on Barracks Row are still there but are now thriving by taking advantage of the new “look” of the corridor.

What about more disabled access to sidewalks on Georgia Avenue? Pedestrians have to walk single file now. Can we widen the sidewalks to make it safer for pedestrians to walk?

Yes, sidewalks can be widened, but only by narrowing something else in the roadway. That is the challenge of this study – if we widen the sidewalks than we narrow the traffic area and then what happens? Which is more important for business and the community? Pedestrians are critically important. The sign of a great and viable street is the number of people walking on the sidewalks and going inside the stores and businesses.

Will Howard University be involved? Howard University is an important institutional component of lower

Citizens/ Share Holders Comment Team Members Response Georgia Avenue and will play a big part of this beautification project. We want the transportation aspect of this to work efficiently and need to solve the traffic bottleneck near Howard University.

You mentioned traffic and volume. What can be done about this?

Again, this is a major component of this study and we will need to be creative. Walking is part of the answer, so is transit and parking.

How do we get more businesses to come to Georgia Avenue, which is characterized by struggling little businesses spread out all along the Avenue?

Economic development is the main goal of the Great Streets program. We need to make Georgia Avenue more successful for existing businesses and appealing and inviting to prospective businesses. We need to increase mobility on the street, create safe pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and lighting and broaden the retail appeal.

What are the next steps in this project? In December, there will be another Steering Committee meeting, which will review the November 14 community meeting responses and community input and make recommendations to the Study team. On Dec. 12, we will convene another community meeting.

On January 27, 2007, a design workshop was held for the Lower Georgia Avenue Study Area in which citizens and shareholders were asked to share their goals for the corridor. In this gathering, the study team members asked the participants various questions on their views of the area.

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response Group #1 Where are destinations, or historic & culturally significant locations, from a pedestrian and from a vehicular viewpoint?

Howard University Myrtilla Minor Teacher’s College Griffiths Stadium Harambe House ( Ed Muph7y’s Supper Club) Freedmen’s Hospital Howard Hall Pyramid Bookstore area

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response Sankofa Films & Videos Morgan Seafood Banneker High School Banneker Recreation Area National Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children Fisher of Men Church Celebrity Hall (Black Hole) Garfield Hospital Porter House and Ralph Bunche House to connect with Columbia Hights Heritage Trail

Which intersections need upgrading to improve pedestrian safety?

All intersections on Sherman from Park to Florida need improvement. Narrow to one travel lane with protective left turning lanes Install medians where appropriate

Crosswalks in H.U. area along Georgia. all similar saying “H.U. Historic Destination” Georgia & Park Rd. Georgia & Morton Georgia & Lamont Georgia & Irving Georgia & Columbia New Hampshire Ave., Georgia & Princeton

Where are wider sidewalks needed and what material should they be made of?

Sherman Ave.Georgia Ave. Between Barry & Florida

Where might public art be located and what form should it take, such as at gateway locations?

Florida & Georgia Ave. Crosswalks designed by H.U. artists and or celebrating illustrious H.U. faculty and alumnae.

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response Walk of Fame from Florida Ave. to New Hampshire Ave.

Should parking be removed on Georgia from Barry Place to Florida Ave. to improve bus and traffic flow, and how should we address parking for the rest of the corridor?

Yes. Especially if structured parking is contemplated which we understand will be part of Howard Town Center.

How would you describe your future vision for a new Georgia Ave. and Sherman Ave.?

Howard University Historic District (from Fla. Ave. to Columbia Rd.) Parkview Assets Strong Housing Stock Parkview Elementary School (soon to upgrade with Bruce Monroe) Historically (above H.U. along Georgia Ave.) an area prominent w/ African American doctors and their private practices. Strengthen African American cultural theme around Sankofa, Blue Nile, House of Khemet & former Pyramid Bookstore area.

Group #2 Where are destinations, or historic & culturally significant locations, from a pedestrian and from a vehicular viewpoint?

Georgia Ave between New Hampshire Ave & Lamont Street needs identity, and there is a need to encourage new small business and economic development

Gateway - Intersection of Harvard Street and Georgia Ave (metal flags)


Georgia between Princeton & Morton Lane markings enhanced Pedestrian priority should be given Crosswalk with intersection boxes Cobblestone pavers Simple box Add planters when there is no space for trees

Georgia between Irving & Harvard

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response Georgia Ave. between Barry Place and Florida Ave.

use stamped concrete as material. provide Bridge enclosed a la D.O. Ag ( Gateway Arch)

over Georgia Ave & Barry Place to H. U. Potential on street parking removal to help traffic flow This area is also a festival street area Public realm signature space


Possible artistic bike racks at the intersection of Georgia & Fairmount Street


Add bike parking at Georgia Ave. & New Hampshire Ave. The intersection of Georgia & New Hampshire (as per marked drawing it is located on the north side of NH and the East side of Georgia Ave, triangle block) is a transit gateway that needs to be tied into transit by providing:

Special lighting Large pedestrian area for waiting Possible heat panel Rapid Bus Stops


Caribbean Carnival starting at NH & GA -ending at Banneker Park (last week in June) Highlight items in GA Ave. historic trail Forever Chutch of Men Earmark funds to “clean up” historical structure Signs/ medallions in sidewalk

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response Tie everything together Khemet Nile Valley on Harvard Bruce Monroe School between Irving and Columbia Benjamin Banneker School American Women (?) on Euclid across from B. Banneker school Hospital on GA & V Street


Sherman/ New Hampshire & Georgia Slow down traffic Add median with trees on Sherman Ave and guarantee

tree maintenance Wide sidewalks ADA ramps Bike lanes ---- make sure cross-town bike lanes

Georgia Ave Synchronize traffic lights Traffic control officers (*) Keep drivers slow from Florida & Howard Place Improvement at Bryant (keep left turn at Bryant) Nile Valley --- special paving & banner Howard --------special paving - - - blue& white Petworth -------crosscut brick Need a business association on GA between Lamont &

Harvard Police precinct on Park Rd. & Georgia Need traffic light at GA & Norton

GA & Lamont GA & Keefer Place

At Greshman improve traffic visibility Georgia & Florida Ave. traffic needs improvement

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response


Georgia from New Hampshire till Lamont Street West side of GA from Harvard street till Barry Place East side of GA from Hobart Place to Gresham Place


Wall Mural – on GA &west side of PrincetonArtwork in sidewalk at GA & Irving and GA& Columbia Rd. Medallions in sidewalk


Don’t remove parking


Revolution Row (Historic) on GA between Columbia & Euclid


GA & Park Rd GA& Kenyon GA & Irving GA & Columbia Rd GA & EuclidHoward Place GA & Florida Ave. Provide Metro Bridge or pedestrian safe zone @ NH and Georgia intersection

Where are wider sidewalks needed and what On GA between Florida and Hobart Place

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response material should they be made of?


Howard public art on campus


GA between Euclid & Florida Ave. GA & New Hampshire Ave. Newton Place


Sherman & Florida Ave GA & Berry Place Florida Ave & 9th Street Georgia Ave & Florida Ave All intersections


GA between Florida Ave and Euclid Street Sherman Ave and Florida Ave


Facades between Columbia Rd & Harvard Street


Banneker Park Banneker School Howard Univ. Historic Police Station Highlight generations of black families residence

Design Workshop Question Citizens/ Shareholders Response


Every intersection needs upgrade Long term maintenance of crosswalks Coordinating repairs, protecting existing trees, etc. Crossing times too short at Florida &Elington Columbia IrvingKenyen


Recycled materials (rubber) sidewalks


Circulator bus extend to GA Ave If you remove parking there is no other option.

How would you describe your future vision for a new Georgia Ave. and Sherman Ave.?

Balance of retail, restaurants and services Dog Park accommodates dog owners, tree pits?


Appendix V.Appendix V. Public Meeting Summaries

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rem

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view

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lans

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venu

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entio

ned

that

the

curr

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tudy

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go

into

gre

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dep

th th

an th

e G

eorg

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venu

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twor

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tion

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of a

n A

dvis

ory

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ncil

mem

ber

and

parti

cipa

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e in

vite

d to

sig

n an

agr

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ch c

omm

its th

em to

wor

king

on

the

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isor

y C

ounc

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cipa

nts

wel

com

ed

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sugg

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n of

a

fello

w

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r to

pe

rson

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pho

togr

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area

s of

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rgia

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nue

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d or

did

not

like

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ther

are

as

of th

e ci

ty to

use

as

insp

iratio

n) a

nd p

rovi

de th

em to

the

PB te

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on o

ffer

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at

perh

aps

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mig

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ost

thes

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web

site

. P

artic

ipan

ts w

ere

enco

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raph

pla

ces

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ike

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poss

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bers

agr

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a g

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gene

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eetin

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alog

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Adv

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reed

to h

ave

the

first

com

mun

ity w

orks

hop

on T

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ay,

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embe

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fro

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8:30

at

the

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genc

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dito

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A S

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ary

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ow lo

ng w

ill th

e L

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

and

Stre

etsc

ape

Stud

y ta

ke?

A-

This

is a

six-

mon

th st

udy

that

will

be

finis

hed

by M

arch

200

7.

Q-W

hat a

re so

me

of th

e pr

ojec

ts o

n w

hich

PB

team

has

wor

ked?

A

- PB

did

the

red

esig

n an

d re

cons

truct

ion

of t

he S

outh

Cap

itol

Stre

et c

orrid

or,

the

Fred

eric

k D

ougl

as B

ridge

, M S

treet

in G

eorg

etow

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arra

cks R

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n 8th

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et.

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and

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ocia

tes

desi

gned

8th

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reet

SE

/Bar

rack

s R

ow,

a hi

ghly

su

cces

sful

st

reet

scap

e tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

in a

sim

ilar n

eigh

borh

ood.

Q- H

owar

d T

own

Cen

ter

has

the

larg

est l

andm

ass

on L

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

Will

it

be in

volv

ed?

A-Y

es, t

he s

tudy

are

a in

corp

orat

es H

owar

d To

wn

Cen

ter a

nd a

repr

esen

tativ

e of

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity is

on

the

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

. W

e pl

an to

coo

rdin

ate

very

clo

sely

with

this

la

rge

inst

itutio

nal p

artn

er.

Q-W

e un

ders

tand

that

How

ard

Tow

n C

ente

r ha

s par

king

pla

nned

but

that

it w

ill b

e fo

r fa

culty

onl

y an

d no

t ava

ilabl

e to

the

publ

ic, i

s thi

s the

cas

e?

3

A-T

his i

s a d

esig

n qu

estio

n fo

r How

ard

Uni

vers

ity.

Q-A

Par

k M

orto

n re

side

nt a

sked

whe

ther

the

re a

re p

lans

to

tear

dow

n an

y of

the

pu

blic

hou

sing

bui

ldin

gs a

t Par

k M

orto

n to

ope

n up

the

exis

ting

cul-d

e-sa

c?

A-

The

Park

Mor

ton

publ

ic h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ent i

s in

clud

ed u

nder

the

May

or’s

“N

ew

Com

mun

ities

Ini

tiativ

e”,

sim

ilar

to S

ursu

m C

orda

, an

d is

pro

gram

med

for

fur

ther

as

sess

men

t. C

urre

ntly

no

plan

s ar

e in

pla

ce to

tear

dow

n an

y bu

ildin

gs u

ntil

the

New

C

omm

uniti

es I

nitia

tive

is l

aunc

hed

for

Park

Mor

ton

and

stud

ied

in m

ore

deta

il, w

hich

w

ill in

volv

e th

e pa

rtici

patio

n of

the

Park

Mor

ton

resi

dent

s.

Q-T

o m

inim

ize

the

impa

ct o

n th

ose

who

live

and

wor

k on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue,

ther

e is

a

seas

on w

hich

is

good

for

con

stru

ctio

n an

d a

seas

on w

hich

wou

ld b

e di

ffic

ult

for

busi

ness

es.

How

will

you

des

ign

the

cons

truc

tion

sche

dule

? A

-Thi

s is

a to

p co

nsid

erat

ion.

Alth

ough

this

por

tion

of th

e st

udy

is fo

cuse

d on

des

ign,

it

will

lead

to c

onst

ruct

ion

draw

ings

and

ulti

mat

ely

cons

truct

ion.

It i

s im

porta

nt to

con

side

r no

w h

ow t

o se

nsiti

vely

pha

se c

onst

ruct

ion

so t

hat

it do

es n

ot h

arm

the

exi

stin

g lo

cal

busi

ness

es.

That

is w

hy th

e pa

rtici

patio

n of

the

loca

l bus

ines

s com

mun

ity is

so c

ritic

al o

n th

e A

dvis

ory

Com

mitt

ee a

nd a

t pub

lic m

eetin

gs.

We

need

you

r gu

idan

ce to

stru

ctur

e a

cons

truct

ion

phas

ing

plan

that

lead

s to

an o

vera

ll su

cces

sful

stre

et im

prov

emen

t.

Q-W

ill th

is in

clud

e ad

ditio

nal b

us sh

elte

rs?

A-G

eorg

ia A

venu

e is

a m

ajor

tran

sit c

orrid

or a

nd m

any

of th

e bu

s st

ops

with

in th

e st

udy

area

are

ver

y he

avily

use

d. R

ecom

men

datio

ns fo

r bus

shel

ters

will

com

e ou

t of t

his s

tudy

as

wel

l as

othe

r stra

tegi

es fo

r pro

vidi

ng c

omfo

rt an

d co

nven

ienc

e to

bus

pat

rons

as

they

w

ait a

nd g

reat

er e

ffic

ienc

y of

tran

sit t

rave

l ove

rall.

Q-A

lthou

gh m

oney

is

pres

ently

set

asi

de f

or t

his

proj

ect,

isn’

t it

poss

ible

for

pr

iori

ties

to b

e ar

rang

ed a

nd f

or t

hat

mon

ey t

o be

rea

lloca

ted

away

fro

m o

ur

proj

ect?

A-

Bud

get

repr

iorit

izat

ion

is a

lway

s a

poss

ibili

ty,

how

ever

, w

ith g

reat

com

mun

ity

supp

ort,

invo

lvem

ent,

and

activ

ism

for t

he im

prov

emen

ts it

is u

nlik

ely.

Q-I

s it p

ossi

ble

to fi

nd a

dditi

onal

res

ourc

es.

A-P

rese

ntly

onl

y th

e $6

mill

ion

is se

cure

d fo

r thi

s pro

ject

, but

with

a c

ompe

lling

pla

n an

d a

very

invo

lved

com

mun

ity th

ere

may

be

oppo

rtuni

ties

to s

ecur

e ad

ditio

nal r

esou

rces

for

the

corr

idor

’s im

prov

emen

t.

Q-W

hat

wou

ld it

cos

t to

do

the

entir

e N

ew H

amps

hire

Ave

nue

to F

lori

da A

venu

e?

The

ent

ire

area

nee

ds r

edev

elop

men

t. A

- $1

mill

ion

per b

lock

(rou

ghly

1,0

00 li

near

feet

) is

a go

od b

ench

mar

k. U

ntil

the

stud

y is

com

plet

ed it

is im

poss

ible

to e

stim

ate

wha

t the

tota

l nee

d is

.

Q-H

ow is

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity p

lann

ing

for

park

ing?

W

e un

ders

tand

the

re w

ill b

e le

ss th

an 1

00 sp

aces

for

facu

lty p

arki

ng a

nd n

o st

uden

t par

king

.

4

A-W

e w

ill c

ontin

ue to

wor

k w

ith H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

thro

ugh

the

stud

y to

exa

min

e th

eir

park

ing

plan

s, th

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n im

pact

s in

the

are

a, a

nd e

xplo

re p

ossi

ble

park

ing

stra

tegi

es.

Q-Y

ou sa

id th

at y

ou w

ould

hol

d a

char

rett

e. W

hat i

s thi

s?

A-W

e w

ill b

e ho

ldin

g a

com

mun

ity w

orks

hop

in w

hich

we’

ll br

eak

dow

n al

l the

issu

es

and

go t

hrou

gh a

ll th

e st

udie

s on

tra

nspo

rtatio

n, s

treet

s, bi

kes,

and

pede

stria

ns.

Then

, co

mm

unity

mem

bers

will

bre

ak in

to w

orki

ng g

roup

s an

d an

swer

the

ques

tions

, suc

h as

w

hat d

oes t

he g

roup

wan

t to

do a

nd se

e in

the

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

ve. c

orrid

or?

Q-I

sn’t

this

cor

rido

r el

igib

le fo

r fe

dera

l aid

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wev

er

fede

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urce

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men

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man

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us

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ough

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nue

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s.

Bre

akou

t Top

ics

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t- C

reat

e a

Bus

ines

s Im

prov

emen

t Dis

trict

to fo

ster

com

mun

ity in

put.

- Ban

neke

r Rec

reat

ion

Cen

ter i

s a v

ery

impo

rtant

are

a of

the

corr

idor

. It n

eeds

bet

ter p

rogr

ams.

- Use

tax

ince

ntiv

es to

enc

oura

ge lo

cal b

usin

ess d

evel

opm

ent.

- Loc

ate

mor

e bu

sine

sses

at m

ajor

cro

ss st

reet

s: C

olum

bia

Rd,

Har

vard

and

Irvi

ng S

treet

s. - K

eep

Sher

man

Ave

nue

as re

side

ntia

l and

focu

s on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

as c

omm

erci

al, s

o th

at p

edes

trian

s fro

m S

herm

an c

ome

to d

o bu

sine

ss o

n G

eorg

ia.

- Cle

anlin

ess i

s a to

p pr

iorit

y.D

eman

d m

ore

from

num

erou

s liq

uor s

tore

and

strip

join

t ow

ners

to k

eep

side

wal

ks c

lean

and

tras

h pi

cked

up.

City

mus

t cle

an st

reet

s and

pic

k up

tras

h m

ore

freq

uent

ly.

- Do

cons

truct

ion

at n

ight

whe

n co

mm

erci

al b

usin

ess t

ime

is li

ghte

r. - T

here

is a

nee

d fo

r mor

e si

t-dow

n re

stau

rant

s. - G

eorg

ia A

venu

e sh

ould

be

mad

e a

“cul

tura

l des

tinat

ion.

”- T

here

are

safe

ty a

nd z

onin

g is

sues

that

nee

d to

be

addr

esse

d.

- W

e w

ant b

usin

esse

s tha

t attr

act p

eopl

e to

com

e an

d st

ay a

whi

le, n

ot ju

st p

ass t

hru.

- If

mor

e bu

sine

sses

com

e, p

olic

e pr

esen

ce w

ill b

e in

crea

sed.

-

Bus

ines

s im

prov

emen

t gro

ups s

houl

d w

ork

to im

prov

e th

e di

vers

ity a

nd im

ages

of b

usin

esse

s. -

Cre

ate

a gr

eat d

estin

atio

n, a

cen

ter o

f attr

actio

n fo

r the

resi

dent

s and

bus

ines

ses.

Par

king

- T

here

’s so

me

para

llel p

arki

ng n

ow, b

ut w

hat’s

the

pote

ntia

l for

dia

gona

l par

king

on

one

side

of t

he

stre

et?

Dia

gona

l par

king

acc

omm

odat

es m

ore

cust

omer

s com

ing

to b

usin

esse

s and

serv

ices

. - T

here

are

bro

ken

met

ers a

nd p

arki

ng ti

cket

issu

es.

- Cre

ate

busi

ness

par

king

hou

rs

- Bus

es a

rriv

e si

mul

tane

ousl

y cr

eatin

g co

nflic

ts w

ith st

uden

ts a

nd b

uses

tryi

ng to

par

k.- N

eed

a st

rate

gic

plan

for p

arki

ng a

nd b

uses

. - C

reat

e pa

rkin

g in

fron

t of t

he R

ecre

atio

n C

ente

r and

mor

e pa

rkin

g fo

r How

ard

Uni

vers

ity.

- Par

king

is a

dile

mm

a in

any

maj

or c

ity. C

reat

e m

unic

ipal

pro

perty

for p

arki

ng.

- If

mor

e re

stau

rant

s are

bui

lt, p

arki

ng p

robl

ems w

ill in

crea

se.

- Add

gar

ages

on

the

side

s of t

he st

reet

s at N

ew H

amps

hire

and

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

near

hos

pita

l. - P

arki

ng is

lim

ited

due

to H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

com

mut

ers.

Plac

e tim

e re

stric

ted

park

ing

on G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue.

Traf

fic/P

ublic

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n- T

here

is a

Met

ro st

atio

n at

the

north

and

sout

h en

ds o

f thi

s stu

dy a

rea;

how

ever

, the

re is

not

a M

etro

st

atio

n in

the

mid

dle.

Thi

s is i

ncon

veni

ent.

- The

re is

a n

eed

for m

ore

shel

ters

at k

ey b

us st

ops.

- Put

bus

stop

s at b

ette

r loc

atio

ns, f

or e

xam

ple

at th

e G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d R

ock

Cre

ek C

hurc

h in

ters

ectio

n.

- Try

mod

es o

f tra

nspo

rtatio

n be

fore

inve

stin

g m

oney

. - C

omm

erci

al v

ehic

les b

elon

g in

an

indu

stria

l are

a.

- Mor

e ta

xica

bs a

re n

eede

d on

ave

nue

- P

ut c

omm

uter

bus

es o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d lo

cal b

uses

on

Sher

man

. - A

dd tr

olle

ys a

nd st

reet

cars

- T

raff

ic li

ghts

shou

ld b

e sy

nchr

oniz

ed o

n Sh

erm

an.

- At 5

:15

in th

e m

orni

ng, t

raff

ic is

not

too

bad;

it g

ets w

orse

aro

und

7 a.

m.

Stre

etsc

ape

- The

re is

hea

vy tr

affic

con

gest

ion

from

Flo

rida

Ave

. to

Bry

ant,

Fairm

ont a

nd u

p to

Euc

lid S

treet

s. - C

lust

er sm

all b

usin

esse

s in

strip

mal

ls.

- Kee

p La

ndm

arks

- P

ut in

shru

bber

y an

d ha

ngin

g pl

ants

sinc

e th

ere’

s no

spac

e fo

r tre

es.

- Tre

e bo

xes a

re a

pro

blem

for p

edes

trian

s, es

peci

ally

the

disa

bled

. -

Add

mor

e tre

es a

nd tr

ashc

ans.

- C

reat

e gr

een

spac

es/p

arks

. - C

reat

e un

ique

ligh

ts w

ith m

ore

char

acte

r and

stro

nger

bea

ms f

or sa

fety

. - C

hoos

e th

e rig

ht li

ghtin

g to

cre

ate

an a

ttrac

tive

envi

ronm

ent.

Pede

stria

n Sa

fety

- The

loca

tion

at 2

822

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

is a

hor

rible

ped

estri

an c

ross

ing.

- Int

rodu

ce p

edes

trian

cro

ssin

g en

forc

emen

t and

add

traf

fic c

alm

ing

mea

sure

s.- M

onito

r tra

ffic

spee

ds

- Put

but

tons

on

the

traff

ic li

ghts

to a

ssis

t ped

estri

ans i

n cr

ossi

ng th

e st

reet

. - P

ut a

stop

sign

at G

resh

am a

nd G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.

- Add

bum

p ou

ts a

t int

erse

ctio

ns

- Car

s tur

ning

righ

t on

red

durin

g ru

sh h

our a

re d

ange

rous

to p

edes

trian

s. - W

e ne

ed p

edes

trian

cou

ntdo

wns

at c

erta

in tr

affic

ligh

ts.

Bic

ycle

Usa

ge- N

ot e

noug

h -G

rade

s are

goo

d fo

r bik

ing.

- G

eorg

ia A

venu

e ne

eds t

o be

impr

oved

for b

ikin

g.

- Add

bik

e la

nes t

o ot

her s

treet

s off

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

-

Bik

e ra

ces a

re g

ood

for t

he a

rea.

Dis

cuss

ion

Poin

ts

Will

the

new

city

adm

inis

trat

ion

com

ing

in b

e co

mm

itted

to th

e L

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

and

Stre

etsc

ape

stud

y?

Dire

ctor

Pou

rcia

u in

dica

ted

that

May

or W

illia

ms a

nd th

e C

ity C

ounc

il ap

prov

ed th

is fu

ndin

g an

d sh

e is

con

fiden

t the

re w

on’t

be a

ny m

ajor

cha

nges

to it

. Dan

Tan

gher

lini,

form

er D

DO

T D

irect

or a

nd

Act

ing

Met

ro G

ener

al M

anag

er, i

s als

o su

ppor

tive

of th

e G

reat

Stre

ets w

ork

and

it is

exp

ecte

d he

will

co

ntin

ue o

nce

he a

ssum

es h

is in

vite

d po

sitio

n as

the

new

city

adm

inis

trato

r.

Wha

t is t

he r

eal g

oal o

f the

Stu

dy?

To m

ake

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

a G

reat

Stre

et w

ith th

rivin

g ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

exce

llent

mob

ility

and

an

invi

ting

stre

etsc

ape

that

will

dra

w p

eopl

e to

the

area

and

to g

ive

them

a r

easo

n to

com

e to

the

com

mun

ity.

As a

bus

ines

s ow

ner

who

’s b

een

on G

A A

ve. f

or o

ver

40 y

ears

, the

re is

traf

fic c

onge

stio

n ca

used

by

a c

omm

erci

al c

lean

er w

ith it

s 5 tr

ucks

and

con

gest

ion

arou

nd th

e la

rges

t ins

titut

e on

G

eorg

ia A

venu

e H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

. W

hat c

an b

e do

ne a

bout

this

?Th

e in

tent

of t

his w

ork

is to

exp

lore

that

and

sim

ilar i

ssue

s and

dev

elop

stra

tegi

es fo

r res

olvi

ng th

em

for m

utua

l suc

cess

up

and

dow

n th

e co

rrid

or.

Will

you

wid

en th

e st

reet

s on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue?

D

DO

T w

ill o

nly

wor

k w

ithin

the

exis

ting

right

of w

ay (w

hich

is li

mite

d to

the

exis

ting

side

wal

ks a

nd

stre

ets)

. W

e ca

n re

allo

cate

that

righ

t of w

ay –

for i

nsta

nce

narr

ow si

dew

alks

to m

ake

mor

e ro

om fo

r bu

ses o

r nar

row

trav

el la

nes t

o ad

d to

side

wal

ks –

but

it is

not

env

isio

ned

that

the

over

all s

treet

(s

idew

alks

+ ro

adw

ay) w

ill b

e w

iden

ed in

to th

e ab

uttin

g pr

ivat

e pr

oper

ties.

Giv

en th

at li

mita

tion,

we

are

chal

leng

ed to

find

way

s to

mov

e tra

nsit

mor

e ef

ficie

ntly

, sol

ve th

e bo

ttlen

eck

arou

nd H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

Hos

pita

l, an

d pr

ovid

e m

ore

room

for p

edes

trian

s.

How

will

the

Geo

rgia

Ave

. ren

ovat

ions

be

an e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t too

l for

us?

D

DO

T ha

s exp

erie

nce

in se

eing

how

stre

etsc

ape

impr

ovem

ents

can

con

curr

ently

impr

ove

econ

omic

pe

rfor

man

ce o

f adj

acen

t ret

ail.

In 2

003,

DD

OT

com

plet

ed a

n $8

mill

ion

stre

etsc

ape

reno

vatio

n of

8th

Stre

et/B

arra

cks R

ow, w

hich

hel

ped

to a

ttrac

t ove

r $15

mill

ion

in p

rivat

e in

vest

men

t alo

ng th

e co

rrid

or, 1

9 ne

w b

usin

esse

s inc

ludi

ng 9

out

door

caf

es, w

hich

add

life

and

gen

erat

e $8

0,00

0 m

ore

in

sale

s tax

per

yea

r. M

ost i

mpo

rtant

ly, t

he v

ast m

ajor

ity o

f orig

inal

bus

ines

ses o

n B

arra

cks R

ow a

re

still

ther

e bu

t are

now

thriv

ing

by ta

king

adv

anta

ge o

f the

new

“lo

ok”

of th

e co

rrid

or.

Wha

t abo

ut m

ore

disa

bled

acc

ess t

o si

dew

alks

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue?

Ped

estr

ians

hav

e to

wal

k si

ngle

file

now

. C

an w

e w

iden

the

side

wal

ks to

mak

e it

safe

r fo

r pe

dest

rian

s to

wal

k?

Yes

, sid

ewal

ks c

an b

e w

iden

ed, b

ut o

nly

by n

arro

win

g so

met

hing

els

e in

the

road

way

. Th

at is

the

chal

leng

e of

this

stud

y –

if w

e w

iden

the

side

wal

ks th

an w

e na

rrow

the

traff

ic a

rea

and

then

wha

t ha

ppen

s? W

hich

is m

ore

impo

rtant

for b

usin

ess a

nd th

e co

mm

unity

? P

edes

trian

s are

crit

ical

ly

impo

rtant

. Th

e si

gn o

f a g

reat

and

via

ble

stre

et is

the

num

ber o

f peo

ple

wal

king

on

the

side

wal

ks a

nd

goin

g in

side

the

stor

es a

nd b

usin

esse

s.

Will

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity b

e in

volv

ed?

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity is

an

impo

rtant

inst

itutio

nal c

ompo

nent

of l

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

will

pla

y a

big

part

of th

is b

eaut

ifica

tion

proj

ect.

We

wan

t the

tran

spor

tatio

n as

pect

of

this

to w

ork

effic

ient

ly

and

need

to so

lve

the

traff

ic b

ottle

neck

nea

r How

ard

Uni

vers

ity.

You

men

tione

d tr

affic

and

vol

ume.

Wha

t can

be

done

abo

ut th

is?

Aga

in, t

his i

s a m

ajor

com

pone

nt o

f thi

s stu

dy a

nd w

e w

ill n

eed

to b

e cr

eativ

e. W

alki

ng is

par

t of t

he

answ

er, s

o is

tran

sit a

nd p

arki

ng.

How

do

we

get m

ore

busi

ness

es to

com

e to

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue,

whi

ch is

ch

arac

teri

zed

by st

rugg

ling

little

bus

ines

ses s

prea

d ou

t all

alon

g th

e A

venu

e?Ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent i

s the

mai

n go

al o

f the

Gre

at S

treet

s pro

gram

. W

e ne

ed to

mak

e G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue

mor

e su

cces

sful

for e

xist

ing

busi

ness

es a

nd a

ppea

ling

and

invi

ting

to p

rosp

ectiv

e bu

sine

sses

.W

e ne

ed to

incr

ease

mob

ility

on

the

stre

et, c

reat

e sa

fe p

edes

trian

-frie

ndly

side

wal

ks a

nd li

ghtin

g an

d br

oade

n th

e re

tail

appe

al.

Wha

t are

the

next

step

s in

this

pro

ject

? In

Dec

embe

r, th

ere

will

be

anot

her S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee m

eetin

g, w

hich

will

revi

ew th

e N

ovem

ber 1

4 co

mm

unity

mee

ting

resp

onse

s an

d co

mm

unity

inpu

t and

mak

e re

com

men

datio

ns to

the

Stud

y te

am.

On

Dec

. 12,

we

will

con

vene

ano

ther

com

mun

ity m

eetin

g.

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

and

Stre

etsc

ape

Stud

y

STEE

RIN

G C

OM

MIT

TEE

Mee

ting

Sum

mar

y D

ec. 6

, 200

6

Nea

rly

twen

ty

mem

bers

of

th

e re

side

ntia

l, sm

all

busi

ness

, an

d de

velo

pmen

t co

mm

uniti

es a

ttend

ed t

he L

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

Tran

spor

tatio

n an

d S

treet

scap

e S

tudy

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

mee

ting

Dec

embe

r 6

at B

ruce

Mon

roe

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

P

artic

ipan

ts s

hare

d th

e ch

alle

nges

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s w

ithin

the

stu

dy a

rea:

N

ew

Ham

pshi

re A

venu

e to

Flo

rida

Ave

nue

and

She

rman

Ave

to F

ourth

Stre

et, N

W.

The

Com

mitt

ee r

evie

wed

the

sum

mar

y of

com

mun

ity c

omm

ents

pro

vide

d at

DD

OT’

s N

ovem

ber

14 C

omm

unity

Mee

ting.

S

even

ty in

divi

dual

s fro

m th

e bu

sine

ss, r

esid

entia

l, an

d in

stitu

tiona

l sec

tors

of t

he c

omm

unity

atte

nded

that

mee

ting.

One

them

e th

at s

tood

ou

t am

ong

the

com

men

ts w

as a

gen

eral

con

sens

us th

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e ne

eds

to b

e w

alk-

able

and

nee

ds t

o be

a c

ultu

ral d

estin

atio

n, d

raw

ing

on it

s ric

h hi

stor

ical

Afri

can

Am

eric

an h

erita

ge.

Thi

s is

esp

ecia

lly t

rue

with

one

of

the

natio

n’s

prem

iere

Afri

can

Am

eric

an

educ

atio

nal

inst

itutio

ns,

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity,

loca

ted

on

the

Ave

nue.

C

omm

unity

lead

ers

emph

asiz

ed t

hat

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

shou

ld b

e a

cultu

ral d

estin

atio

n hi

ghlig

htin

g its

A

frica

n A

mer

ican

le

gacy

th

roug

h cu

ltura

lly

sign

ifica

nt

publ

ic

art,

appr

opria

te s

igna

ge, a

nd a

her

itage

trai

l lik

e th

at a

long

the

U S

treet

cor

ridor

.

DD

OT’

s co

nsul

tant

team

, lea

d by

PB

, cal

led

on it

s da

ta c

olle

ctio

n te

am m

embe

r, T3

Des

ign,

to u

pdat

e th

e C

omm

ittee

on

its s

tudy

of p

edes

trian

and

bic

ycle

traf

fic w

ithin

th

e ar

ea.

The

cons

ultin

g te

am g

ave

an o

verv

iew

of p

eak-

hour

ped

estri

an a

nd b

icyc

le

inte

rsec

tion

cros

sing

vol

umes

and

acc

iden

t ra

tes

brok

en d

own

by s

treet

. P

artic

ipan

ts

disc

usse

d th

e cu

rren

t and

his

toric

acc

iden

t rat

es a

nd tr

affic

vol

umes

.

PB

invi

ted

the

desi

gn te

am, L

ee, P

apa

& A

ssoc

iate

s, to

giv

e a

Pow

erP

oint

pre

sent

atio

n of

som

e ur

ban

desi

gn f

eatu

res

for

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

Th

eir

pres

enta

tion

incl

uded

a

revi

ew

of

exis

ting

stre

et

cond

ition

s an

d co

mpa

rativ

e st

reet

scap

es

at

8th

Stre

et

SE

/Bar

rack

s R

ow,

Geo

rget

own

and

Shi

rling

ton,

VA

. S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee m

embe

rs

thor

ough

ly c

onfe

rred

on

the

findi

ngs

and

shar

ed t

heir

visi

on f

or G

eorg

ia A

venu

e’s

stre

etsc

ape.

The

full

pres

enta

tion

and

char

ts p

rovi

ded

at t

he m

eetin

g by

the

con

sulta

nt t

eam

are

at

tach

ed

to

this

S

umm

ary

and

may

be

vi

ewed

on

th

e D

DO

T w

ebsi

te

at

ww

w.d

dot.d

c.go

v.

The

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

dec

ided

to p

ostp

one

the

Dec

embe

r 12

com

mun

ity m

eetin

g an

d pr

efer

red

to h

old

a fu

ll-da

y co

mm

unity

des

ign

wor

ksho

p on

Jan

uary

27.

B

usin

ess

owne

rs a

nd c

omm

unity

mem

bers

will

be i

nfor

med

via

mai

l, e-

mai

ls a

nd p

hone

cal

ls.

Sin

ce b

usin

ess

owne

rs u

sual

ly w

ork

on S

atur

days

, the

mee

ting

will

be

repl

icat

ed d

urin

g th

e w

eek

at lu

ncht

ime

to a

ccom

mod

ate

thei

r sch

edul

es.

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

mem

bers

w

ere

enco

urag

ed to

brin

g bu

sine

ss o

wne

rs, c

ivic

lead

ers

and

resi

dent

s to

the

mee

ting.

The

prim

ary

purp

ose

of th

e C

omm

unity

Des

ign

Wor

ksho

p w

ill be

to e

ngag

e th

e en

tire

com

mun

ity w

ith D

DO

T’s

desi

gn te

am in

sha

ping

a c

onse

nsus

vis

ion

for

Low

er G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue.

Th

e te

am w

ill pr

esen

t pr

elim

inar

y de

sign

pla

ns a

nd c

ompa

rativ

e tre

nd d

ata

such

as

pede

stria

n, b

icyc

le a

nd v

ehic

ular

traf

fic p

atte

rns

and

trend

s ov

er ti

me.

Mee

ting

parti

cipa

nts

wer

e en

cour

aged

to

phot

ogra

ph a

ny p

robl

em a

reas

, hi

stor

ical

ly

sign

ifica

nt p

oint

s or

are

as t

hat

are

appe

alin

g al

ong

the

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

corri

dor.

R

esid

ents

and

bus

ines

s ow

ners

wer

e al

so e

ncou

rage

d to

em

ail t

he d

esig

n te

am w

ith

com

men

ts,

idea

s,

and

hist

oric

al

fact

s an

d pl

aces

al

ong

Low

er

Geo

rgia

A

venu

e.

Ele

men

ts o

f the

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

’s d

iscu

ssio

n fo

llow

.

TOPI

CA

L D

ISC

USS

ION

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

- A

key

con

cern

fro

m s

mal

l bu

sine

ss o

wne

rs i

s th

at i

mpr

ovem

ents

in

an a

rea

may

un

inte

ntio

nally

cre

ate

finan

cial

cha

lleng

es f

or e

xist

ing

smal

l bu

sine

sses

tha

t co

uld

stim

ulat

e th

eir

dem

ise.

P

artic

ipan

ts w

ere

reas

sure

d th

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e’s

Gre

at

Stre

ets

desi

gnat

ion

not

only

ad

dres

ses

trans

porta

tion,

bu

t al

so

supp

orts

sm

all

busi

ness

es b

y en

cour

agin

g in

crea

sed

pede

stria

n tra

ffic

to r

etai

lers

thr

ough

attr

activ

e st

reet

scap

e de

sign

, im

prov

ed tr

ansp

orta

tion

mob

ility

, and

par

king

impr

ovem

ents

, whi

ch

will

brin

g m

ore

cust

omer

s in

to th

e ar

ea.

- S

ever

al

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

m

embe

rs

aske

d ab

out

way

s G

reat

St

reet

s co

uld

stim

ulat

e ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent.

The

team

offe

red

that

this

par

ticul

ar e

lem

ent o

f the

G

reat

S

treet

s pr

ogra

m

prov

ides

tra

ffic

miti

gatio

n pl

ans

and

stre

etsc

ape

desi

gn

impr

ovem

ents

.

The

Offi

ce

of

the

Dep

uty

May

or

for

Pla

nnin

g an

d E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent (

OD

MP

ED

) has

a G

reat

Stre

et’s

coo

rdin

ator

who

will

be

invi

ted

to th

e ne

xt

mee

ting

to d

iscu

ss h

ow o

ther

tool

s th

at a

re p

art o

f thi

s in

itiat

ive

can

help

with

eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent.

-P

artic

ipan

ts a

sked

abou

t usi

ng T

ax In

crem

ent F

inan

cing

(TI

F) to

stim

ulat

e ec

onom

ic

deve

lopm

ent

alon

g G

eorg

ia A

venu

e bu

t w

orrie

d th

at t

hose

rev

enue

s w

ere

rele

gate

d on

ly to

larg

er b

usin

esse

s. T

he D

DO

T te

am e

xpla

ined

that

a T

IF D

istri

ct is

an

area

that

ca

ptur

es a

por

tion

of t

he p

rope

rty a

nd s

ales

tax

es b

usin

esse

s al

read

y pa

y, b

ut p

uts

them

in a

spe

cial

acc

ount

tha

t is

rei

nves

ted

back

into

the

sam

e ar

ea f

rom

whe

re t

he

reve

nues

are

gen

erat

ed.

This

type

of “

dist

rict-b

ased

” TI

F is

diff

eren

t fro

m th

e “p

roje

ct-

base

d” T

IF p

eopl

e m

ay b

e m

ore

fam

iliar

with

. T

he p

roje

ct-b

ased

TIF

s ar

e ty

pica

lly

asso

ciat

ed

with

la

rger

pr

ojec

ts,

how

ever

th

e di

stric

t-bas

ed

TIF

can

supp

ort

any

busi

ness

in

the

TIF

area

– l

arge

or

smal

l. Th

e D

istri

ct i

s cu

rrent

ly w

orki

ng o

n es

tabl

ishi

ng

a TI

F di

stric

t in

th

e ar

ea

arou

nd

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity

and

the

Sha

w

neig

hbor

hood

sou

th o

f Bry

ant S

treet

- it

does

not

cov

er th

e w

hole

of t

he s

tudy

are

a.

- Le

ader

s in

dica

ted

that

sm

all b

usin

esse

s ne

ed a

cces

s to

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent t

ools

su

ch

as

loan

s,

faca

de

impr

ovem

ent

gran

ts

and

othe

r in

stru

men

ts.

P

artic

ipan

ts

emph

asiz

ed t

hat

smal

l bu

sine

ss e

cono

mic

sur

viva

l m

ust

be c

onsi

dere

d as

muc

h as

st

reet

scap

e de

sign

. A

n ex

plan

atio

n w

as p

rovi

ded

that

it is

not

the

inte

nt o

f the

Gre

at

Stre

ets

prog

ram

for

smal

l bus

ines

ses

to d

isap

pear

. R

athe

r, th

e in

tent

ion

is to

sup

port

smal

l bus

ines

s by

mak

ing

the

corri

dor m

ore

invi

ting

and

pede

stria

n fri

endl

y.

- O

ne o

f the

mem

bers

inqu

ired

abou

t the

Dra

ft D

evel

opm

ent F

ram

ewor

k fo

r a C

ultu

ral

Des

tinat

ion

Dis

trict

with

in W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C's

Gre

ater

Sha

w/U

Stre

et, (

DU

KE

) Stu

dy, a

co

mm

unity

pla

nnin

g st

udy,

whi

ch o

utlin

es d

evel

opm

ent a

nd u

se fo

cuse

s be

twee

n th

e S

haw

-How

ard

Uni

vers

ity a

nd U

Stre

et/A

frica

n-A

mer

ican

Civ

il W

ar M

emor

ial/C

ardo

zo

met

ro s

tatio

ns.

A re

view

of t

his

stud

y is

ava

ilabl

e on

the

Offi

ce o

f Pla

nnin

g w

ebsi

te

(ww

w.p

lann

ing.

dc.g

ov),

unde

r Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d an

d R

evita

lizat

ion

Pla

ns/W

ard

1.

Par

king

- Par

ticip

ants

indi

cate

d th

at p

arki

ng is

a k

ey is

sue

on G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d th

at p

arki

ng

plan

ning

mus

t acc

omm

odat

e di

ffere

nt u

ses

by v

aryi

ng ti

mes

thro

ugho

ut th

e da

y. I

t was

su

gges

ted

for

exam

ple

that

15-

min

utes

is

suffi

cien

t fo

r w

orkd

ay e

rran

ds a

t so

me

busi

ness

es, w

hile

long

er ti

me

slot

s, s

uch

as 4

-hou

rs w

ould

be

mor

e ap

prop

riate

in th

e ev

enin

g to

acc

omm

odat

e ev

ent-o

rient

ed p

arki

ng.

- It w

as p

oint

ed o

ut th

at th

e de

mog

raph

ics

are

shift

ing

to m

ore

youn

g si

ngle

s an

d ba

by

boom

ers

with

out c

hild

ren

and

that

thes

e ap

artm

ent a

nd c

ondo

dw

elle

rs w

ill w

ant t

o w

alk

to lo

cal d

estin

atio

ns.

Thi

s m

eans

tha

t th

e pa

rkin

g dy

nam

ics

can

chan

ge if

the

re a

re

mor

e w

alke

rs th

an d

river

s liv

ing

in th

e ar

ea.

Traf

fic/ P

ublic

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n

- Par

ticip

ants

adv

ocat

ed th

at S

herm

an A

venu

e ne

eds

to h

ave

a de

sign

mor

e co

nduc

ive

to re

side

ntia

l rat

her t

han

high

way

driv

ing.

It n

eeds

cue

s so

that

driv

ers

unde

rsta

nd th

at

it is

a re

side

ntia

l are

a, b

ecau

se p

eopl

e ar

e le

ss li

kely

to s

peed

dow

n a

resi

dent

ial s

treet

. S

ome

of th

e w

ays

to a

ccom

plis

h th

is a

re to

ext

end

the

side

wal

k, in

stal

l spe

ed b

umps

or

narro

w th

e dr

ivin

g la

nes.

- Par

ticip

ants

reite

rate

d th

at th

e st

udy

mus

t sol

ve c

onge

sted

are

as s

o th

at tr

affic

is a

ble

to g

et to

reta

ilers

dur

ing

rush

hou

r.

-Par

ticip

ants

ask

ed w

heth

er a

dditi

onal

sub

surfa

ce tr

ansp

orta

tion

is a

n op

tion

and

wer

e in

form

ed t

hat

an a

dditi

onal

sub

way

sto

p is

pro

babl

y no

t fe

asib

le;

how

ever

, th

ere

are

high

-cap

acity

, qua

lity

surfa

ce tr

ansi

t opt

ions

, whi

ch D

DO

T is

cur

rent

ly e

xam

inin

g.

- T

he d

ata

is s

till b

eing

col

lect

ed o

n ho

w m

uch

of t

he t

raffi

c is

pas

sing

thr

ough

the

co

rrid

or, h

ow m

uch

is d

estin

ed fo

r th

e co

rrid

or, a

nd h

ow m

uch

begi

ns a

nd e

nds

with

in

the

corr

idor

.

- P

artic

ipan

ts r

aise

d co

ncer

ns a

bout

the

poor

con

ditio

n of

alle

ys in

the

stud

y ar

ea a

nd

indi

cate

d th

at o

nce

the

alle

ys b

ehin

d G

eorg

ia A

venu

e re

taile

rs a

re r

epav

ed,

it w

ill re

lieve

the

con

gest

ion

of d

eliv

erie

s m

ade

on t

he c

orrid

or a

nd l

ast

year

, so

me

alle

ys

wer

e im

prov

ed.

DD

OT

expr

esse

d su

ppor

t fo

r al

ley

impr

ovem

ent

as a

mea

ns o

f im

prov

ing

load

ing

and

relie

ving

stre

et c

onge

stio

n.

It is

pos

sibl

e fo

r so

me

reso

urce

s fro

m th

e G

reat

Stre

ets

prog

ram

to b

e ap

plie

d to

the

area

alle

ys if

that

was

a to

p pr

iorit

y fo

r th

e ar

ea d

esig

n.

In a

dditi

on,

larg

er d

evel

opm

ents

ofte

n ar

e re

quire

d to

pro

vide

a

com

mun

ity b

enef

it fro

m t

heir

deve

lopm

ent

proj

ects

. O

ne w

ay t

his

can

be d

one

is

thro

ugh

alle

y im

prov

emen

ts a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

eir d

evel

opm

ent.

- P

artic

ipan

ts f

orw

arde

d ad

ditio

nal

idea

s on

way

s to

rel

ieve

tra

ffic

cong

estio

n an

d ac

cide

nts

such

as

inst

allin

g sp

eed

bum

ps,

inst

allin

g tra

ffic

cam

eras

, us

ing

polic

e ca

rs

with

rad

ar to

red

uce

spee

d, a

nd o

pera

ting

trolle

ys w

ith s

tops

des

igne

d ev

ery

half-

mile

al

ong

the

corri

dor.

- S

ome

parti

cipa

nts

urge

d th

e te

am to

con

side

r tu

rnin

g G

eorg

ia A

venu

e in

to a

n H

OV

la

ne fr

om F

lorid

a A

venu

e to

New

Ham

pshi

re A

venu

e.

Stre

etsc

ape

- Con

sulta

nts

obse

rved

that

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

pede

stria

n tra

ffic

varie

s fro

m b

lock

to b

lock

w

ith H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

hav

ing

the

grea

test

ped

estri

an tr

affic

. Th

e ch

alle

nge

is w

orki

ng

with

a v

arie

ty o

f si

dew

alk

wid

ths.

S

ome

sect

ions

of

the

corr

idor

hav

e ve

ry n

arro

w

side

wal

ks fr

om fo

ur to

six

feet

wid

e an

d so

me

of th

e bu

ildin

gs a

re r

ight

up

agai

nst t

he

curb

lea

ving

litt

le r

oom

for

ped

estri

ans

to w

alk.

P

artic

ipan

ts f

elt

that

to

prot

ect

pede

stria

ns,

ther

e w

as a

nee

d fo

r up

date

d ra

iling

s an

d si

dew

alks

des

igne

d fo

r th

e m

axim

um a

mou

nt o

f mob

ility,

acc

ess

and

attra

ctiv

enes

s.

- DD

OT

staf

f rem

inde

d th

e co

nsul

tant

s th

at in

con

side

ring

the

type

of s

idew

alk

mat

eria

l av

aila

ble

it is

not

nec

essa

ry to

thin

k on

ly o

f the

bric

k si

dew

alks

see

n in

Geo

rget

own

or

Bar

rack

s R

ow.

Con

cret

e ca

n be

a v

ery

flexi

ble

and

crea

tive

desi

gn m

ater

ial a

nd o

ffers

gr

eate

r var

iatio

ns a

nd c

olor

opt

ions

than

bric

k. P

aver

s an

d ot

her m

ater

ials

sho

uld

also

be

con

side

red

and

pres

ente

d to

ens

ure

the

corri

dor

is u

niqu

e an

d no

t a

repl

icat

ion

of

som

e ot

her “

typi

cal”

corri

dor i

n th

e re

gion

.

- P

artic

ipan

ts a

nd D

DO

T st

aff

felt

all d

esig

n el

emen

ts s

uch

as s

treet

fur

nitu

re,

light

s,

inte

rsec

tions

and

sid

ewal

ks,

bann

ers,

and

pub

lic a

rt, s

houl

d re

flect

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue’

s un

ique

ness

and

his

toric

nat

ure,

esp

ecia

lly a

roun

d H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

.

- D

esig

ners

nee

d to

hel

p ex

pand

res

iden

ts’ i

deas

abo

ut w

hat

is p

ossi

ble

for

Geo

rgia

A

venu

e.

The

com

mun

ity a

nd D

DO

T m

ust

figur

e ou

t ho

w t

o st

rate

gica

lly d

eplo

y th

e co

ntex

t of p

ublic

spa

ce v

ersu

s pr

ivat

e bu

sine

ss a

long

the

corri

dor.

- T

he c

ity h

as a

ppro

ved

the

How

ard

Tow

n C

ente

r an

d ot

her

deve

lopm

ents

alo

ng

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

Th

e G

reat

Stre

ets

initi

ativ

e w

ill in

corp

orat

e w

hat

has

alre

ady

been

do

ne o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e, a

nd w

ill in

clud

e a

volu

met

ric s

tudy

list

ing

heig

ht r

estri

ctio

ns

for b

uild

ings

for t

he L

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

AN

NO

UN

CEM

ENTS

- A

sum

mar

y of

the

Dec

embe

r 6

mee

ting

of t

he S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee w

ill p

oste

d on

DD

OT’

s w

ebsi

te a

t w

ww

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t.dc.

gov

and

mai

led

and

emai

led

to t

he S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee m

embe

rs.

It

will

als

o be

ava

ilabl

e at

the

Pet

wor

th L

ibra

ry a

nd th

e M

artin

Lut

her K

ing,

Jr.

Mem

oria

l Lib

rary

.

- D

istri

ct C

able

visi

on C

hann

el 1

6 w

ill a

ir th

e N

ovem

ber

14 C

omm

unity

Mee

ting

and

brea

kout

se

ssio

ns th

roug

hout

the

first

hal

f of D

ecem

ber.

- C

omm

unity

Des

ign

Wor

ksho

p on

Sat

urda

y, J

anua

ry 2

7, 2

007

at th

e H

ousi

ng F

inan

ce A

genc

y,

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Flor

ida

Ave

nue,

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from

9 a

.m. u

ntil

4 p.

m.

Lunc

h an

d re

fresh

men

ts w

ill b

e se

rved

.

For

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n, c

onta

ct:

Cal

listu

s N

wad

ike,

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n P

lann

er, D

DO

T, 2

000

14th S

treet

, NW

, Was

hing

ton,

DC

200

09, 2

02-6

71-2

730,

cal

listu

s.nw

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e@dc

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Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e T

rans

port

atio

n an

d St

reet

scap

e Pr

ojec

t

CO

MM

UN

ITY

DE

SIG

N W

OR

KSH

OP

Mee

ting

Sum

mar

y Ja

nuar

y 27

, 200

7

Nea

rly o

ne h

undr

ed m

embe

rs o

f the

com

mun

ity jo

ined

Cou

ncilm

embe

r Jim

Gra

ham

and

DD

OT

Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or E

mek

a M

onem

e to

par

ticip

ate

in th

e Lo

wer

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

Tran

spor

tatio

n an

d St

reet

scap

e Pr

ojec

t C

omm

unity

Des

ign

Wor

ksho

p he

ld S

atur

day,

Jan

uary

27

in t

he D

C

Hou

sing

Fin

ance

Age

ncy

audi

toriu

m.

The

prim

ary

purp

ose

of t

he C

omm

unity

Des

ign

Wor

ksho

p w

as t

o en

gage

the

com

mun

ity w

ith D

DO

T’s

desi

gn t

eam

in

shap

ing

a co

nsen

sus

visi

on f

or L

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

To

this

end

, res

iden

ts, A

NC

Com

mis

sion

ers,

civi

c le

ader

s, bu

sine

ss o

wne

rs a

nd a

genc

y st

aff

activ

ely

parti

cipa

ted

in p

lann

ing

the

desi

gn, s

treet

scap

e an

d hi

stor

ic re

cogn

ition

for l

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

DD

OT’

s co

nsul

tant

team

upd

ated

the

com

mun

ity o

n its

ana

lysi

s of

the

corr

idor

. Th

e te

am g

ave

an o

verv

iew

of

thei

r fin

ding

s an

d pr

esen

ted

seve

ral

prel

imin

ary

desi

gn c

once

pts

for

the

com

mun

ity’s

con

side

ratio

n. W

ith n

early

50,

000

pers

on-tr

ips

per d

ay, t

he d

esig

n te

am n

oted

that

G

eorg

ia A

venu

e is

one

of

the

mos

t tra

vele

d st

reet

s in

the

Dis

trict

. Th

ey a

lso

poin

ted

out t

hat

wal

kabi

lity

varie

s al

ong

the

Ave

nue

from

goo

d to

ver

y po

or a

nd th

at m

any

inte

rsec

tions

do

not

have

stop

light

s or c

ross

wal

ks.

One

of t

he fi

ndin

gs c

orro

bora

ted

the

com

mun

ity’s

vie

ws a

nd th

at

is t

hat

getti

ng t

hrou

gh t

he c

orrid

or b

y bu

s, ca

r, or

shu

ttle

can

be c

halle

ngin

g, p

artic

ular

ly a

t ce

rtain

tim

es o

f day

. Fu

rther

, the

team

not

ed th

at th

e hi

stor

y of

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

its s

ense

of

plac

e ar

e im

porta

nt a

sset

s fo

r Dis

trict

resi

dent

s and

the

natio

n. T

he fu

ll Po

wer

Poin

t pre

sent

atio

n is

atta

ched

to th

is S

umm

ary

and

may

be

view

ed o

n th

e D

DO

T w

ebsi

te a

t ww

w.d

dot.d

c.go

v.

Afte

r th

e pr

esen

tatio

n, m

eetin

g pa

rtici

pant

s br

oke

into

sm

alle

r w

orkg

roup

s an

d w

ere

aske

d to

ad

dres

s si

x ke

y qu

estio

ns t

hat

will

hel

p to

sha

pe t

he f

utur

e fo

r Lo

wer

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

C

omm

unity

mem

bers

and

des

igne

rs h

over

ed o

ver w

orks

hop

tabl

es a

nd s

tudi

ed o

ver-

size

d m

aps

of l

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

A

fter

mor

e th

an a

n ho

ur a

nd a

hal

f of

pla

nnin

g, e

ach

wor

kgro

up

desi

gnat

ed a

spo

kesp

erso

n to

rep

ort

on t

heir

conc

lusi

ons.

The

follo

win

g su

mm

ariz

es t

he

com

mun

ity’s

pla

nnin

g se

ssio

n.

DES

IGN

WO

RK

SHO

P SU

MM

AR

Y

1. W

here

are

Des

tinat

ion,

His

tori

c or

Cul

tura

lly S

igni

fican

t Loc

atio

ns fr

om a

Ped

estr

ian

and

Veh

icul

ar p

ersp

ectiv

e?

--H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

, Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

6th S

treet

--

How

ard

Tow

n C

ente

r --

Ther

e sh

ould

be

a pu

blic

real

m si

gnat

ure

spac

e on

8th

Stre

et fr

om B

arry

to F

lorid

a A

venu

e.

--Sp

otlig

ht, 9

:30

Clu

b, B

lue

Nile

Her

b an

d Sp

ice

Com

pany

, Pyr

amid

Boo

k St

ore

and

Bru

ce

Mon

roe

Scho

ol

-- B

etw

een

Irvi

ng a

nd C

olum

bia

Stre

ets.

--G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d th

e fo

llow

ing

inte

rsec

tions

: M

orto

n St

., Pa

rk R

d. a

nd L

amon

t St.

--H

isto

ric c

hurc

h at

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

Prin

ceto

n, n

ow c

alle

d Fi

sher

man

of M

en

--Fo

unde

r’s L

ibra

ry a

t 6th

and

How

ard

Plac

e --

Fire

Eng

ine

Com

pany

24

--Th

e hi

stor

ic a

nd v

acan

t Bla

nche

K. B

ruce

Sch

ool

--Q

uebe

c Pl

ace

Chu

rch

used

to b

e a

mov

ie th

eate

r and

shou

ld b

e no

ted

as su

ch.

--R

ecog

nitio

n sh

ould

als

o be

pro

vide

d fo

r the

follo

win

g:

- Geo

rgia

Ave

nue’

s his

toric

pla

ces w

hich

are

no

long

er in

exi

sten

ce su

ch a

s: F

reed

men

’s

Hos

pita

l, G

riffit

h S

tadi

um, M

orga

n’s S

eafo

od, M

iner

’s T

each

ers C

olle

ge, e

tc.

- The

firs

t Bla

ck U

SO in

Am

eric

a, fo

rmer

ly lo

cate

d on

Flo

rida

Ave

nue

- Nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds o

n ea

st si

de o

f Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

whe

re th

e m

ajor

ity o

f doc

tors

and

ot

her m

edic

al p

rofe

ssio

nals

live

d, w

ho o

nce

wor

ked

at H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

Hos

pita

l. --

Ban

neke

r Hig

h Sc

hool

and

Ban

neke

r Rec

reat

ion

Cen

ter

--Id

entif

y po

lice

stat

ion

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d Pa

rk R

oad

with

a si

gn.

--C

onsi

der h

isto

ric a

rea

north

of H

arva

rd S

treet

to th

e Pe

twor

th M

etro

stop

--

Rec

ogni

ze N

ile V

alle

y ar

ea fr

om E

uclid

Stre

et to

Har

vard

Stre

et

--Pu

blic

ize

annu

al tr

aditi

ons l

ike

Car

ibbe

an F

estiv

al’s

par

ade

alon

g G

eorg

ia A

venu

e to

Ban

neke

r --

Con

stru

ct h

isto

ric tr

ail t

hrou

gh th

e co

rrid

or, t

ying

his

toric

site

s tog

ethe

r.

2. W

hich

Inte

rsec

tions

Nee

d U

pgra

ding

to Im

prov

e Pe

dest

rian

Saf

ety?

--Lo

cate

ped

estri

an c

ross

wal

k si

gns a

long

the

sout

hern

sect

ion

of G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.

--U

pgra

de in

ters

ectio

ns a

t Geo

rgia

and

the

follo

win

g st

reet

s: N

ew H

amps

hire

Ave

nue,

C

olum

bia

Roa

d, H

arva

rd S

treet

, Flo

rida

Ave

nue.

Par

k R

oad,

Euc

lid, B

arry

, Fai

rmon

t, an

d al

l in

ters

ectio

ns a

long

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

--

Sync

hron

ize

traff

ic li

ghts

all

alon

g th

e G

eorg

ia A

venu

e co

rrid

or.

--C

reat

e pe

dest

rian

inte

rsec

tions

alo

ng th

e co

rrid

or w

ith w

heel

cha

ir ac

cess

ible

ram

ps, s

topl

ight

s

and

yello

w tr

iang

le si

gns i

ndic

atin

g st

op fo

r ped

estri

ans.

--D

esig

nate

inte

rsec

tions

with

uni

que

pave

men

ts, m

arki

ngs a

nd/o

r sig

nage

indi

catin

g cl

ear

di

rect

ions

and

uni

que

loca

tion

info

rmat

ion

--A

dd tr

affic

con

trol o

ffic

ers o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e --

Do

not c

hang

e tra

ffic

spee

ds a

t diff

eren

t tim

es o

f day

bec

ause

it is

too

diff

icul

t to

rem

embe

r. --

Use

dire

ctio

nal s

igns

to c

larif

y w

hen

vehi

cles

can

turn

ont

o G

eorg

ia A

venu

e, e

spec

ially

at N

ew

Ham

pshi

re a

nd F

lorid

a A

venu

es.

--C

hang

e Sh

erm

an A

venu

e fr

om th

ree

to fo

ur la

nes t

o al

low

for a

turn

ing

lane

.

--C

hang

e lo

wer

por

tion

of G

eorg

ia A

venu

e to

thre

e la

nes t

o al

low

four

th la

ne fo

r tur

ning

.

2. W

hich

Inte

rsec

tions

Nee

d U

pgra

ding

to Im

prov

e Pe

dest

rian

Saf

ety?

(Con

t’d.)

--C

reat

e m

ediu

ms w

ith tr

ees i

n ce

nter

of S

herm

an A

venu

e be

twee

n G

irard

and

Euc

lid S

treet

s and

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

betw

een

Col

umbi

a R

oad

and

V S

treet

to c

alm

traf

fic.

--Im

prov

e Pa

rk R

oad

inte

rsec

tion

whe

re tr

affic

turn

s in

to e

ither

She

rman

Ave

nue

or N

ew

Ham

pshi

re A

venu

e.

--K

eep

left

turn

lane

at B

ryan

t Stre

et a

nd im

prov

e B

ryan

t, W

and

V S

treet

s. --

Impr

ove

Flor

ida

Ave

nue

inte

rsec

tion

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e w

here

traf

fic tu

rns l

eft t

o N

ew Y

ork

Ave

nue.

Cur

rent

ly, p

edes

trian

s run

acr

oss s

treet

. A

lso,

the

emer

genc

y en

tranc

e to

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity H

ospi

tal c

ause

s maj

or tr

affic

con

gest

ion

prob

lem

s. --

Impr

ove

Flor

ida

Ave

nue

betw

een

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

9th S

treet

--

Upg

rade

inte

rsec

tion

at F

lorid

a A

venu

e an

d B

arry

Pla

ce.

--In

stal

l tra

ffic

ligh

ts a

t Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

Mor

ton,

Lam

ont,

Kee

fer P

lace

, Par

k R

oad

and

Ken

yon.

--Im

prov

e si

ght d

ista

nce

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d G

resh

am P

lace

. --

Add

bul

b-ou

ts a

nd m

edia

ns to

New

Ham

pshi

re A

venu

e.

--In

stal

l bet

ter s

igna

ge w

here

Geo

rgia

, She

rman

and

Flo

rida

Ave

nues

con

verg

e.

--Im

prov

e tra

ffic

flow

with

out i

ncre

asin

g sp

eed

from

How

ard

Plac

e to

Flo

rida

Ave

nue.

--

Cal

m tr

affic

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d th

e fo

llow

ing

stre

ets:

Col

umbi

a R

oad,

Bar

ry P

lace

, Flo

rida

Ave

nue,

and

Bry

ant S

treet

. --

Des

ign

exit

for r

enov

ated

McD

onal

d’s o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e to

exi

t on

8thor

9th

Stre

ets,

or o

n B

arry

Pla

ce.

--C

reat

e di

agon

al p

edes

trian

cro

ssin

gs a

t New

Ham

pshi

re a

nd F

lorid

a A

venu

es a

t Geo

rgia

A

venu

e.--

Impl

emen

t spe

cial

ligh

ting

thro

ugho

ut th

e en

tire

corr

idor

. --

Rem

ove

unne

cess

ary

traff

ic is

land

s alo

ng c

orrid

or.

--W

iden

stre

ets a

t She

rman

, Flo

rida

and

New

Ham

pshi

re A

venu

es.

3. W

here

are

Wid

er S

idew

alks

Nee

ded

and

of W

hat M

ater

ial S

houl

d T

hey

Mad

e?

--W

iden

side

wal

ks o

n Eu

clid

Stre

et, H

obar

t Pla

ce, H

owar

d Pl

ace,

She

rman

Ave

nue,

Flo

rida

Ave

nue,

from

Bar

ry P

lace

to C

olum

bia

Roa

d, a

nd a

ll al

ong

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

--

Wid

en si

dew

alks

at H

owar

d To

wn

Cen

ter a

nd H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

, fro

m E

uclid

to F

lorid

a A

venu

e.--

Use

rubb

er fo

r sid

ewal

ks; n

ot b

ricks

whi

ch a

re to

o di

ffic

ult f

or se

nior

s and

the

disa

bled

. --

Use

stam

ped

or p

aved

con

cret

e si

dew

alks

that

are

eas

ier t

o re

pair

and

mor

e un

iform

. --

Invo

lve

Sher

man

Ave

nue

resi

dent

s in

thei

r ave

nue’

s des

ign.

--W

iden

She

rman

Ave

nue’

s sid

ewal

ks, c

reat

e bi

ke p

aths

, sub

tract

a la

ne a

nd a

dd c

ente

r med

ium

. --

Add

uni

form

ligh

ts, b

ike

rack

s, do

g w

alki

ng a

reas

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

side

wal

ks a

nd g

reen

sp

aces

.--

Wid

en si

dew

alks

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

from

Bar

ry P

lace

to C

olum

bia

Roa

d.

--W

iden

side

wal

ks a

nd a

dd a

ngle

par

king

in m

ajor

reta

il se

ctio

ns fr

om P

rince

ton

to P

ark

Row

--

Wid

en si

dew

alks

on

the

east

side

of G

eorg

ia A

venu

e w

here

cur

rent

ly o

nly

one

or tw

o pe

dest

rians

can

wal

k an

d re

tail

door

s ope

n rig

ht o

n si

dew

alks

.

4. W

here

Mig

ht P

ublic

Art

Be

Loc

ated

and

Wha

t For

m S

houl

d it

Tak

e?

--C

onsu

lt w

ith h

isto

rians

and

stud

ents

to sh

owca

se H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

as h

isto

rical

ly si

gnifi

cant

an

d re

flect

this

in si

dew

alk

and

stre

et d

esig

ns.

--R

evie

wG

eorg

ia A

venu

e 5

Mile

s of H

isto

ric

Evol

utio

n of

Eth

nic

Div

ersi

ty w

ritte

n by

Phi

lip

O

gilv

ie.

-- U

ntil

138,

the

Orth

odox

Jew

ish

com

mun

ity o

f Geo

rgia

Ave

nue,

Har

Zio

n, m

et a

t 383

1

G

eorg

ia A

venu

e. T

his s

houl

d be

not

ed.

--H

ire lo

cal a

rtist

s to

desi

gn a

rt fo

r pub

lic sp

aces

--

Inst

all a

rt in

resi

dent

ial a

reas

for b

oth

resi

dent

s and

vis

itors

to a

ppre

ciat

e --

Des

ign

unifo

rm b

uild

ing

faca

des t

hrou

ghou

t Geo

rgia

Ave

nue,

so a

rt be

com

es d

estin

atio

n.

--C

reat

e un

iform

and

invi

ting

art a

t gat

eway

s fro

m F

lorid

a A

venu

e to

the

Petw

orth

Met

ro.

--W

ork

with

dev

elop

ers t

o ad

d ar

t on

thei

r pro

perti

es a

s a c

omm

unity

am

enity

. --

Cre

ate

art f

or th

e 9:

30 C

lub

--A

dd a

rt at

Euc

lid a

nd G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d at

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity a

nd B

anne

ker H

igh

Scho

ol.

--Pl

ace

art p

iece

or s

culp

ture

in tr

iang

le sp

ace

at H

arva

rd a

nd G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.

--D

esig

n m

ural

s on

pane

ls, s

o ca

n be

mov

ed a

s nec

essa

ry.

--Pl

ace

scul

ptur

es th

roug

hout

the

corr

idor

. --

Cre

ate

maj

or g

atew

ays a

t New

Ham

pshi

re a

nd G

eorg

ia A

venu

es, a

nd in

the

mid

dle

of c

orrid

or

at K

enyo

n, Ir

ving

, Har

vard

and

Col

umbi

a st

reet

s. --

Con

side

r off

er fr

om T

empe

ranc

e H

all R

esta

uran

t to

use

its la

rge

outs

ide

wal

l as a

Gat

eway

si

gn fo

r Geo

rgia

Ave

nue,

read

ing

“Wel

com

e to

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.”

--In

stal

l artw

orks

, scu

lptu

res,

mur

als a

nd a

“W

alk

of F

ame”

side

wal

k al

ong

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

--

Dis

tingu

ish

Nile

Val

ley

area

from

Euc

lid S

treet

to H

arva

rd S

treet

with

uni

que

side

wal

k pa

ving

an

d ba

nner

s. --

Add

his

toric

al tr

ails

and

mar

kers

to re

cogn

ize

the

civi

l rig

hts m

ovem

ent’s

influ

ence

alo

ng

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

--

Pres

erve

Afr

ican

Am

eric

an n

eigh

borh

ood

tradi

tions

alo

ng G

eorg

ia A

venu

e --

Rep

rese

nt G

eorg

ia A

venu

e’s r

ich

hist

ory

in a

rt.

--A

ncho

r uni

form

stre

etsc

ape

by g

atew

ay a

rt.

--Pl

ace

publ

ic a

rt al

ong

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

corr

idor

to a

ttrac

t inc

reas

ed v

isito

rs to

are

a --

Plac

e hi

stor

ic m

arke

rs a

long

side

stre

ets,

not j

ust a

long

the

mai

n ar

terie

s. --

Focu

s bey

ond

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e to

con

side

r Mid

dle

and

Upp

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e in

the

desi

gn p

lann

ing

proc

ess.

--C

onsi

der a

rt po

ssib

ilitie

s for

Par

k M

orto

n co

mm

unity

reno

vatio

n.

5. S

houl

d Pa

rkin

g be

rem

oved

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

from

Bar

ry P

lace

to F

lori

da A

venu

e to

Im

prov

e B

us a

nd T

raff

ic F

low

, and

How

Sho

uld

We

Add

ress

Par

king

for

the

Res

t of t

he

Cor

rido

r?

--Fi

ve o

f the

six

wor

ksho

p gr

oups

indi

cate

that

they

do

not w

ant p

arki

ng re

mov

ed G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue

from

Bar

ry P

lace

to F

lorid

a A

venu

e.--

Ass

ess w

heth

er th

e an

ticip

ated

500

spac

e pa

rkin

g ga

rage

at H

owar

d To

wn

Cen

ter w

ill b

e su

ffic

ient

if st

reet

par

king

cur

taile

d or

rem

oved

-- In

crea

se sh

uttle

s an

d sc

hedu

le o

f the

Circ

ulat

or b

uses

--

Incl

ude

gree

n m

erid

ian

on S

herm

an A

venu

e.

--C

onve

rt va

cant

lot b

etw

een

Hob

art P

lace

and

Har

vard

in to

a p

arki

ng lo

t. --

Dev

elop

and

stric

tly e

nfor

ce sh

ort t

erm

par

king

pla

ces i

n bo

th e

xist

ing

and

new

par

king

deve

lopm

ents

. --

Ask

City

to a

cqui

re sp

ace

for m

ultil

evel

par

king

bui

ldin

g --

Rai

se b

allp

ark

field

and

pla

ce it

ato

p a

two-

thre

e le

vel p

arki

ng b

uild

ing

--A

ddre

ss p

arki

ng is

sues

cre

ativ

ely

betw

een

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity a

nd re

taile

rs.

6. H

ow w

ould

you

des

crib

e yo

ur fu

ture

vis

ion

for

a ne

w G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d Sh

erm

an

Ave

nue?

--Sa

fe, i

ncre

ased

aes

thet

ic v

alue

, goo

d tra

ffic

flow

--

City

, bus

ines

s ow

ners

and

resi

dent

s nee

d a

Mem

o of

Und

erst

andi

ng to

est

ablis

h tru

st a

mon

g al

l en

titie

s.--

Uni

form

and

/or c

ompl

emen

tary

reta

il fa

cade

s alo

ng G

eorg

ia A

venu

e’

--G

eorg

ia A

venu

e to

rem

ain

com

mer

cial

whi

le S

herm

an A

venu

e w

ill re

mai

n pr

imar

ily

resi

dent

ial.

--Im

prov

e th

e fa

cade

s of t

he fe

w b

usin

esse

s loc

ated

on

Sher

man

Ave

nue.

--

At R

apid

Bus

stop

s, in

clud

e sp

ecia

lized

ligh

ting,

seat

ing

area

, hea

t pan

els,

win

d pr

otec

tion,

etc

. --

Incl

ude

hang

ing

plan

ters

whe

re tr

ees a

re n

ot p

ossi

ble.

Let

’s im

prov

e th

e ae

sthe

tics.

--B

ike

park

ing

at G

eorg

ia a

nd:

Farr

agut

Stre

et, G

irard

Stre

et, H

owar

d Pl

ace,

etc

. --

Wid

er si

dew

alks

from

How

ard

Plac

e to

Gira

rd S

treet

. --

Plac

e a

pede

stria

n br

idge

ove

r Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

from

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity’s

Sch

ool o

f En

gine

erin

g to

its t

echn

ical

cla

ssro

oms a

cros

s the

stre

et.

--Em

phas

ize

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity a

s a g

reat

cul

tura

l ins

titut

ion

--Em

phas

ize

reta

il as

smal

l, m

inor

ity o

wne

d an

d lo

cally

ope

rate

d bu

sine

sses

and

dis

tingu

ish

reta

ilers

who

hav

e be

en o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e fo

r man

y ye

ars.

--Im

prov

e th

e pe

dest

rian

amen

ities

alo

ng K

enyo

n St

reet

and

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

--

Abs

ente

e la

ndlo

rds a

re in

sens

itive

to lo

cal n

eigh

borh

oods

and

shou

ld se

ll th

eir p

rope

rties

to

loca

l ret

aile

rs o

r hav

e th

e C

ity ta

ke th

e pr

oper

ty.

--B

uild

ince

ntiv

es fo

r nei

ghbo

rhoo

d se

rvic

es to

incl

ude

med

ical

and

oth

er p

rofe

ssio

ns, i

.e.

optic

ians

, doc

tors

, den

tists

, and

law

yers

and

enc

oura

ge th

em to

ope

n of

fices

for l

ocal

resi

dent

s to

can

acce

ss se

rvic

es w

ithin

our

ow

n ne

ighb

orho

od.

--Lo

wer

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

resi

dent

s will

spen

d th

eir m

oney

in th

eir o

wn

neig

hbor

hood

s ins

tead

of

the

subu

rbs.

--In

crea

se p

ublic

tran

spor

tatio

n, in

clud

ing

a ra

pid

bus.

--

Des

ign

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

to b

e a

cere

mon

ial e

ntra

nce

with

gat

eway

s and

arc

hes a

nd a

rtist

ic

aven

ue w

ith p

edes

trian

acc

ess t

o pa

rks a

nd m

onum

ents

. --

Bui

ld a

ped

estri

an th

orou

ghfa

re fr

om th

e w

est s

ide

to th

e ea

st si

de w

here

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity’s

en

gine

erin

g bu

ildin

g is

bei

ng c

onst

ruct

ed o

n th

e w

est s

ide

of G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.

--Sp

ruce

up

V S

treet

, NW

--

Cre

ate

publ

ic sp

aces

at F

lorid

a A

venu

e an

d 9th

and

R S

treet

s --

Envi

sion

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

as m

ore

bike

and

ped

estri

an fr

iend

ly.

--R

edes

ign

Sher

man

Ave

nue

to h

ave

a fr

iend

lier f

eel t

o it,

like

13th

Stre

et, N

W.

--R

edes

ign

Sher

man

Ave

nue

with

bik

e la

nes,

park

ing

on b

oth

side

s of t

he st

reet

, gre

en sp

ace

and

med

ium

with

tree

s and

shru

bs.

--Em

phas

ize

corr

idor

s for

ped

estri

ans,

so th

at v

ehic

les w

ill a

ccom

mod

ate

pede

stria

ns

--A

dd m

ore

bike

rack

s thr

ough

out G

eorg

ia C

orrid

or, e

spec

ially

in so

uthe

rn e

nd n

ear H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

to le

ssen

num

ber o

f car

s. P

lace

bik

e pa

rkin

g at

HTC

, Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

to P

etw

orth

St

atio

n, n

ear R

apid

Bus

stop

s and

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d Ir

ving

. --

Sust

ain/

blen

d ex

istin

g bu

sine

sses

with

new

bus

ines

ses a

nd n

ew re

side

nts.

--Pr

ovid

e in

cent

ives

for c

urre

nt b

usin

esse

s to

serv

e th

e ne

eds o

f new

resi

dent

s

TOPI

CA

L D

ISC

USS

ION

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

- A k

ey c

once

rn fr

om sm

all b

usin

ess o

wne

rs is

that

impr

ovem

ents

in a

n ar

ea m

ay u

nint

entio

nally

cr

eate

fina

ncia

l cha

lleng

es fo

r exi

stin

g sm

all b

usin

esse

s tha

t cou

ld p

rom

pt th

eir d

emis

e.

- A p

artic

ipan

t ask

ed a

bout

abs

ente

e la

ndlo

rds w

ho w

ould

ben

efit

from

faça

de im

prov

emen

ts.

Ther

e is

a d

esire

to in

crea

se w

ith o

wne

r-oc

cupi

ed b

usin

esse

s alo

ng G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d to

su

stai

n th

e m

inor

ity-o

wne

d bu

sine

sses

and

thos

e bu

sine

sses

that

hav

e be

en o

pera

ting

a lo

ng ti

me.

- Loa

ns a

nd g

rant

s wou

ld e

ncou

rage

ow

ners

and

tena

nts t

o re

inve

st in

the

com

mun

ity.

- Der

rick

L. W

oody

, Coo

rdin

ator

of t

he G

reat

Stre

ets

Initi

ativ

e w

ithin

the

Off

ice

of th

e D

eput

y M

ayor

for P

lann

ing

and

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t (D

MPE

D)a

ddre

ssed

the

wor

ksho

p pa

rtici

pant

s ab

out

finan

cial

res

ourc

es a

nd o

ther

ass

ista

nce

for

smal

l bu

sine

ss o

wne

rs.

He

cite

d se

vera

l pr

ogra

ms

such

as

Tax

Incr

emen

t Fin

anci

ng (T

IF) t

o cr

eate

reta

il op

portu

nitie

s in

elig

ible

are

as.

In a

dditi

on,

he b

roug

ht l

itera

ture

on

the

Gre

at S

treet

s In

itiat

ive

and

TIF

prog

ram

, th

e N

ew

Com

mun

ities

Initi

ativ

e, th

e En

terp

rise

Dev

elop

men

t Gro

up, a

nd E

nhan

ced

Bus

ines

s In

form

atio

n C

ente

r.

Furth

er i

nfor

mat

ion

is a

vaila

ble

at d

erric

k.w

oody

@dc

.gov

or

202-

727-

2981

. T

he

web

site

is w

ww

.dcb

iz.d

c.go

v/dm

ped

- Par

ticip

ants

dis

cuss

ed th

e ne

ed to

relo

cate

the

180

bed

hom

eles

s she

lter b

ecau

se it

dam

pens

ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent.

- Par

ticip

ants

urg

ed th

e te

am to

con

side

r bui

ldin

g m

ore

resi

dent

ial,

reha

bilit

atio

n an

d re

tail

faci

litie

s to

serv

e th

e el

derly

and

dis

able

d po

pula

tions

, brin

ging

muc

h ne

eded

eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent t

o th

e co

rrid

or, w

hile

pro

vidi

ng u

sefu

l and

nee

ded

serv

ices

.

Par

king

- Par

ticip

ants

indi

cate

d th

at p

arki

ng is

a k

ey is

sue

on G

eorg

ia A

venu

e an

d th

at p

arki

ng p

lann

ing

mus

t acc

omm

odat

e di

ffer

ent u

ses

by v

aryi

ng ti

mes

thro

ugho

ut th

e da

y. I

t was

sug

gest

ed th

at a

va

cant

lot a

t Hob

art a

nd H

arva

rd S

treet

s be

built

as a

par

king

lot.

- It w

as p

oint

ed o

ut th

at th

e ci

ty s

houl

d ac

quire

spa

ce fo

r a m

ultil

evel

par

king

gar

age

alon

g th

e G

eorg

ia C

orrid

or.

Parti

cipa

nts

advo

cate

d th

at a

dditi

onal

par

king

be

incl

uded

with

fut

ure

apar

tmen

t bui

ldin

gs, a

nd

at th

e ne

w H

owar

d To

wn

Cen

ter.

Traf

fic/ P

ublic

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n

- Par

ticip

ants

adv

ocat

ed th

at th

e te

am c

onsi

der h

ow th

e im

pact

of t

he re

deve

lopm

ent o

n G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue

will

aff

ect

the

para

llel

stre

ets

one

bloc

k ea

st a

nd w

est.

The

pote

ntia

l im

pact

on

thes

e st

reet

s mus

t be

cons

ider

ed w

hen

the

traff

ic g

oes t

here

to a

void

con

gest

ion

on th

e co

rrid

or.

- Pa

rtici

pant

s re

itera

ted

that

the

tea

m n

eeds

to

plan

for

add

ition

al p

edes

trian

s an

d bi

kers

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue,

and

to

incr

ease

pub

lic t

rans

porta

tion

such

as

the

Rap

id B

uses

alo

ng w

ith

addi

ng m

ore

bus s

helte

rs .

- Par

ticip

ants

rais

ed c

once

rns

abou

t the

poo

r sha

pe o

f the

alle

ys, w

hich

if re

paire

d w

ould

allo

w

the

larg

e de

liver

y tru

cks

to u

se t

he a

lleys

to

unlo

ad i

nste

ad o

f do

uble

par

king

in

fron

t of

the

bu

sine

sses

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

- Pa

rtici

pant

s fo

rwar

ded

addi

tiona

l id

eas

such

as

plac

ing

stre

et b

umps

alo

ng t

he s

ide

of t

he

stre

ets

to s

low

the

spe

ed o

f ar

teria

l tra

ffic

flo

w m

ovin

g in

to t

he s

ide

stre

ets

in t

he r

esid

entia

l ne

ighb

orho

ods.

- Par

ticip

ants

indi

cate

d th

at st

reet

light

s at a

ll in

ters

ectio

ns sh

ould

hav

e co

unt d

own

light

s.

- Par

ticip

ants

men

tione

d th

at la

ne m

arki

ngs a

t all

inte

rsec

tions

shou

ld b

e un

iform

. C

urre

ntly

, it

conf

uses

ped

estri

ans.

Stre

etsc

ape

- C

onsu

ltant

s ob

serv

ed th

at G

eorg

ia A

venu

e pe

dest

rian

traff

ic v

arie

s fr

om b

lock

to b

lock

with

H

owar

d U

nive

rsity

hav

ing

the

grea

test

ped

estri

an t

raff

ic.

The

cha

lleng

e is

wor

king

with

a

varie

ty o

f sid

ewal

k w

idth

s. S

ome

sect

ions

of t

he c

orrid

or h

ave

very

nar

row

sid

ewal

ks fr

om fo

ur

to s

ix f

eet w

ide

and

som

e of

the

build

ings

are

rig

ht u

p ag

ains

t the

cur

b le

avin

g lit

tle r

oom

for

pe

dest

rians

to w

alk.

Pa

rtici

pant

s fe

lt th

at to

pro

tect

ped

estri

ans,

ther

e w

as a

nee

d fo

r up

date

d ra

iling

s and

side

wal

ks d

esig

ned

for t

he m

axim

um a

mou

nt o

f mob

ility

, acc

ess a

nd a

ttrac

tiven

ess.

- P

artic

ipan

ts i

ndic

ate

that

the

faç

ade

on t

he s

outh

ern

and

north

ern

ends

of

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

shou

ld d

iffer

to d

istin

guis

h re

side

ntia

l fro

m c

omm

erci

al e

lem

ents

of t

he c

orrid

or.

- Som

e pa

rtici

pant

s ur

ged

that

the

new

rede

sign

ed p

avem

ents

not

be

dug

up b

y PE

PCO

WA

SA,

and

Was

hing

ton

Gas

Com

pany

, and

the

n ca

rele

ssly

cov

ered

ove

r by

asp

halt.

Te

am m

embe

rs

assu

red

the

parti

cipa

nts t

hat c

oord

inat

ed e

ffor

ts a

re m

ade

to c

oord

inat

e ut

ilitie

s mai

nten

ance

and

re

pairs

and

to a

ssur

e th

at th

e sa

me

qual

ity o

f wor

k an

d m

ater

ials

are

repl

aced

whe

neve

r the

agi

ng

infr

astru

ctur

es re

quire

dig

ging

up

stre

ets a

nd si

dew

alks

.

Ano

ther

dis

cuss

ion

follo

wed

on

the

need

to p

lant

and

mai

ntai

n tre

es a

nd s

hrub

bery

to a

dd to

the

beau

tific

atio

n of

the

corr

idor

. Th

e te

am re

plie

d th

at th

e D

DO

T’s f

ores

try se

ctio

n is

com

mitt

ed to

m

akin

g G

eorg

ia a

nd S

herm

an A

venu

es b

e an

inte

gral

par

t of t

he c

ity-w

ide

prog

ram

to e

nhan

ce

Was

hing

ton

DC

to b

e kn

own

for i

ts b

eaut

iful a

nd w

ell-m

aint

aine

d tre

es.

AN

NO

UN

CE

ME

NT

S

The

Com

mun

ity D

esig

n W

orks

hop

Sum

mar

y is

pos

ted

on D

DO

T’s

web

site

at w

ww

.ddo

t.dc.

gov

and

avai

labl

e at

AN

C 1

A, A

NC

1B

, the

Pet

wor

th L

ibra

ry, a

nd th

e M

artin

Lut

her K

ing,

Jr. M

emor

ial L

ibra

ry.

Dis

trict

Cab

levi

sion

Cha

nnel

16

will

air

the

Com

mun

ity D

esig

n W

orks

hop

and

brea

kout

ses

sion

s on

____

.

To

be d

eter

min

ed

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee M

eetin

g, 8

15 F

lorid

a A

venu

e, N

W

Frid

ay F

ebru

ary

23

G

eorg

ia A

venu

e bu

sine

ss o

wne

rs’ m

eetin

g, R

eeve

s Cen

ter,

5th

Flo

or C

onfe

renc

e R

oom

T

o be

det

erm

ined

C

omm

unity

Wor

ksho

p, 8

15 F

lorid

a A

venu

e, N

W.

Lu

nch

and

refr

eshm

ents

will

be

serv

ed.

For

addi

tiona

l in

form

atio

n, c

onta

ct:

Cal

listu

s N

wad

ike,

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n Pl

anne

r, D

DO

T, 2

000

14th

Stre

et, N

W, W

ashi

ngto

n, D

C 2

0009

, 202

-671

-273

0, c

allis

tus.n

wad

ike@

dc.g

ov.

Page

1 o

f 4

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e T

rans

port

atio

n an

d St

reet

scap

e Im

prov

emen

ts

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee M

eetin

g M

eetin

g M

inut

es

Apr

il 26

, 200

7

Mee

ting:

Loca

tion:

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity, C

olle

ge o

f Arc

hite

ctur

e, 2

306

Sixt

h St

reet

NW

,

M

acke

y B

uild

ing,

Roo

m #

150

Tim

e: 6

:30

PM to

9:0

0 PM

Pu

rpos

e: T

o pr

esen

t ste

erin

g co

mm

ittee

mem

bers

with

des

ign

alte

rnat

ives

an

d so

licit

thei

r inp

ut

Att

ende

es: S

ign-

in sh

eet i

s atta

ched

.

Ove

rvie

w:

Gre

er G

illis

(PB

) wel

com

ed e

very

one

to th

e m

eetin

g an

d op

ened

the

mee

ting

with

in

trodu

ctio

ns.

Janu

ary

27th

Wor

ksho

p Su

mm

ary:

M

eg C

eder

oth

(PB

) sum

mar

ized

and

revi

ewed

the

com

men

ts fr

om th

e Ja

nuar

y 27

th C

omm

unity

Wor

ksho

p. In

this

dis

cuss

ion,

two

ques

tions

wer

e fe

atur

ed:

Que

stio

n #1

: Wha

t are

the

dest

inat

ion,

his

toric

or c

ultu

rally

sign

ifica

nt lo

catio

ns

from

a p

edes

trian

and

veh

icul

ar p

ersp

ectiv

e?

Que

stio

n #5

: Sho

uld

park

ing

be re

mov

ed o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e fr

om B

arry

Pla

ce to

Fl

orid

a A

venu

e to

impr

ove

bus a

nd tr

affic

flow

, and

how

shou

ld w

e ad

dres

s pa

rkin

g fo

r the

rest

of t

he c

orrid

or?

Tran

spor

tatio

n A

ltern

ativ

es:

Nex

t, G

reer

Gill

is a

nd M

eg C

eder

oth

pres

ente

d th

e tra

nspo

rtatio

n de

sign

alte

rnat

ives

to th

e at

tend

ees v

ia b

oard

s. K

eith

Bel

cher

(PB

) ass

iste

d by

dis

cuss

ing

the

spec

ifics

of t

he d

esig

ns su

ch a

s lan

e w

idth

, bul

b-ou

ts, s

hare

d bi

ke la

nes,

pave

men

t spe

cific

s, et

c.

Soon

ther

eafte

r, a

leng

thy,

dis

cuss

ion

ensu

ed w

ith re

side

nts e

xpre

ssin

g th

eir o

pini

on o

f not

ha

ving

shar

ed b

ike

lane

s. O

ne a

ttend

ee a

rticu

late

d hi

s dis

plea

sure

of h

avin

g cy

clis

ts o

n G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue,

whi

le E

ric G

illila

nd p

oint

ed o

ut th

at m

akin

g ro

om fo

r bik

ers w

as b

ette

r tha

n no

thin

g at

al

l, an

d th

at th

ere

shou

ld in

deed

be

bike

mar

ker(

s) o

n th

e pa

vem

ent,

but t

here

shou

ld b

e no

en

cour

agem

ent o

f Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

as a

bik

e ro

ute.

How

ever

, Cel

l Ber

nard

ino

expl

aine

d hi

s ap

prov

al fo

r the

shar

ed b

ike

lane

s by

expl

aini

ng th

at th

e fu

ture

per

spec

tive

for t

his s

tudy

are

a w

ill h

ave

a di

ffer

ent d

emog

raph

ic o

f res

iden

ts i.

e. th

ose

who

wal

k an

d/or

bik

e m

ore

ofte

n.

PB c

ontin

ued

the

disc

ussi

on b

y de

scrib

ing

the

Sher

man

Ave

nue

desi

gn. T

he S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee

addr

esse

d co

ncer

n th

at b

oth

Sher

man

Ave

nue

and

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

will

hav

e sl

ower

traf

fic d

ue

to th

e pr

opos

ed c

hang

es. P

B a

lso

desc

ribed

the

conc

ept a

nd re

ason

ing

behi

nd th

e ex

tens

ion

of

Bry

ant a

nd W

Stre

ets i

n th

e de

sign

alte

rnat

ives

. How

ard

Uni

vers

ity re

pres

enta

tives

opp

osed

the

exte

nsio

n of

Bry

ant a

nd W

Stre

ets.

May

belle

Ben

nett

expl

aine

d th

at th

ere

will

be

new

use

s of t

he

How

ard

Tow

n C

ente

r are

a, a

nd th

e in

corp

orat

ion

of e

xten

ded

stre

ets w

ill n

ot w

ork.

Als

o, sh

e po

inte

d ou

t tha

t bul

b ou

ts in

all

desi

gns c

ould

pro

ve to

be

diff

icul

t for

snow

rem

oval

veh

icle

s to

man

euve

r, as

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

is a

snow

em

erge

ncy

rout

e. A

drie

nne

McC

ray

(Lee

Pap

a &

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

and

Stre

etsc

ape

Impr

ovem

ents

A

pril

26, 2

007

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

Mee

ting

Page

2 o

f 4

Ass

ocia

tes)

exp

lain

ed th

at th

e bu

lb o

uts w

ere

desi

gned

at a

n an

gle

to a

llow

snow

truc

ks to

m

aneu

ver t

he c

orrid

or. T

here

was

als

o a

side

com

men

t tha

t the

re sh

ould

be

dedi

cate

d le

ft tu

rn

mov

emen

t allo

wed

at B

ryan

t Ave

nue,

with

opp

osite

pro

tect

ed p

edes

trian

mov

emen

t.

Urb

an D

esig

n an

d St

reet

scap

e C

once

pts:

Th

e ag

enda

con

tinue

d w

ith L

ee P

apa

& A

ssoc

iate

s pr

esen

ting

the

stre

etsc

ape

and

urba

n de

sign

con

cept

s for

the

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e ar

ea. A

fter

the

pres

enta

tion,

one

com

mitt

ee m

embe

r not

ed th

at th

ere

shou

ld b

e re

mov

al o

f a fe

w o

f the

tree

s, be

caus

e du

ring

hard

rain

per

iods

, the

re m

ight

be

a po

ssib

ility

that

the

trees

will

fall

dow

n. A

lso,

th

e m

embe

r add

ed th

at so

me

of th

e tre

es in

DC

are

old

, and

nee

d to

be

rem

oved

. How

ever

, A

drie

nne

expl

aine

d th

at th

e U

rban

For

estry

Adm

inis

tratio

n (U

FA) d

ecid

es w

hich

tree

s sta

y an

d w

hich

tree

s sho

uld

be c

ut d

own.

One

mem

ber a

sked

if it

was

pos

sibl

e to

inco

rpor

ate

cher

ry

blos

som

tree

s int

o th

e de

sign

sinc

e th

ese

type

s of t

rees

are

alre

ady

on 4

th S

treet

, nea

r the

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity Q

uad

Dor

mito

ries.

Adr

ienn

e re

plie

d by

sayi

ng th

at th

is id

ea c

ould

be

inco

rpor

ated

in

to th

e de

sign

. Ano

ther

com

mitt

ee m

embe

r exp

ress

ed c

once

rn o

n th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f tre

e bo

xes

and

tree

pits

and

how

to p

reve

nt th

em fr

om b

eing

file

d w

ith tr

ash.

A m

embe

r of t

he d

esig

n te

am

answ

ered

that

the

Dis

trict

will

be

in c

harg

e of

mai

nten

ance

, and

Tho

mas

Sm

ith su

gges

ted

that

th

ere

are

com

mun

ity c

lean

-up

days

, and

bus

ines

ses s

houl

d sw

eep-

up in

thei

r res

pect

ive

area

. A

noth

er m

embe

r ask

ed a

bout

the

loca

tion

of tr

ash

rece

ptac

les t

hrou

ghou

t the

stud

y ar

ea, a

nd it

w

as a

nsw

ered

that

the

trash

con

tain

ers w

ould

be

plac

ed th

roug

hout

the

entir

e co

rrid

or in

the

cobb

lest

one

(cur

b zo

ne) a

rea.

Ove

rall,

ther

e w

ere

posi

tive

revi

ews o

f the

stre

etsc

ape

desi

gn a

nd

the

num

ber a

nd lo

catio

n of

the

trees

in th

e st

reet

scap

e de

sign

.

Cel

l Ber

nard

ino

sugg

este

d th

at b

usin

esse

s sho

uld

look

into

bec

omin

g a

busi

ness

impr

ovem

ent

dist

rict (

BID

). H

e al

so e

mph

asiz

ed th

at it

may

be

wor

th th

e ad

ded

expe

nse

and

that

BID

wou

ld

take

car

e of

mai

nten

ance

.

Kar

ina

Ric

ks (D

DO

T) a

dded

that

the

H S

treet

cor

ridor

was

als

o co

nsid

erin

g be

com

ing

a pa

rt of

th

e B

ID, a

nd th

at D

DO

T is

fund

ing

one

year

out

of G

reat

Stre

et re

sour

ces t

o pr

ovid

e a

Gre

en

Team

, whi

ch p

rovi

des t

he sa

me

serv

ices

as a

BID

. Afte

r the

one

yea

r, it

is u

p to

bus

ines

ses t

o de

cide

the

valu

e in

mai

ntai

ning

the

serv

ice.

Kar

ina

stat

ed th

at th

is c

ould

als

o be

don

e fo

r G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.

Fina

l Com

men

ts:

The

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee re

com

men

ded

that

the

team

go

forw

ard

and

pres

ent t

he d

esig

n al

tern

ativ

es a

nd st

reet

scap

e co

ncep

ts to

the

publ

ic w

ithin

the

next

thre

e w

eeks

.

With

no

furth

er c

omm

ents

, the

mee

ting

was

adj

ourn

ed a

t 9:0

0PM

.

Min

utes

Wri

tten

by:

L. H

ende

rson

, G. G

illis

D

istr

ibut

ed b

y: G

. Gill

is

Dis

trib

uted

on

May

8, 2

007

to M

. Ced

erot

h, M

. Pap

a, A

. McC

ray,

S. I

ngre

ti, C

. Zuc

ker.

K.

Bel

cher

, E. M

aeya

ma

Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Improvements April 26, 2007 Steering Committee Meeting

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Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

and

Stre

etsc

ape

Stud

y

MEE

TIN

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RY

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unity

Mee

ting

of M

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n Tu

esda

y, M

ay 2

2, t

he D

C D

epar

tmen

t of

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n (D

DO

T) h

eld

a m

eetin

g w

ith t

he c

omm

unity

to

pres

ent

the

final

des

ign

plan

s fo

r th

e Lo

wer

G

eorg

ia A

venu

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

and

Stre

etsc

ape

Pro

ject

, w

hich

con

sist

ed o

f an

op

en h

ouse

the

for

mal

pre

sent

atio

n an

d qu

estio

n an

d an

swer

per

iod.

N

early

se

vent

y pe

ople

atte

nded

the

mee

ting

incl

udin

g:

resi

dent

s, b

usin

ess

owne

rs, c

ivic

le

ader

s, A

NC

1A

and

1B

Com

mis

sion

ers,

and

Cou

ncilm

an J

im G

raha

m.

Dis

trict

C

able

visi

on C

hann

el 1

6 ta

ped

the

mee

ting

and

a re

porte

r fro

m th

e In

tow

ner

was

pr

esen

t. D

DO

T’s

Kar

ina

Ric

ks w

elco

med

par

ticip

ants

and

int

rodu

ced

DD

OT

exec

utiv

e di

rect

or E

mek

a M

onem

e an

d C

ounc

ilman

Jim

Gra

ham

and

wel

com

ed A

NC

C

omm

issi

oner

s an

d ci

vic

lead

ers.

Kar

ina

than

ked

DD

OT’

s co

nsul

ting

team

led

by

Par

son’

s B

rinke

rhof

f and

com

men

ded

them

for

the

leve

l of d

etai

l in

the

map

s th

at

they

bro

ught

and

com

men

ted

that

this

was

goi

ng to

be

a w

alk

able

com

pone

nt to

th

e co

mm

unity

. A

fter

wel

com

ing

parti

cipa

nts,

Em

eka

let

ever

yone

kno

w t

hat

the

Low

er G

eorg

ia

Ave

nue

Tran

spor

tatio

n an

d S

treet

scap

e P

roje

ct d

esig

ns r

esul

ted

from

the

ir in

put

from

the

pre

viou

s m

eetin

gs.

He

men

tione

d th

at t

here

may

be

a fe

w m

inor

m

odifi

catio

ns b

ut th

at th

is w

as th

e fin

al m

eetin

g an

d th

e pl

ans

wou

ld b

e po

sted

on

DD

OT’

s w

eb s

ite a

s w

ell a

s in

the

publ

ic li

brar

ies.

W

ard

One

Cou

ncilm

embe

r Ji

m G

raha

m t

hank

ed D

DO

T fo

r a

grea

t pr

ojec

t an

d in

dica

ted

that

it

was

exc

iting

for

all

of t

he c

omm

unity

. H

e as

ked

the

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

to s

tand

and

be

reco

gniz

ed a

nd th

ank

them

for t

heir

hard

wor

k.

Gre

er G

illis

, pr

ojec

t m

anag

er f

or P

arso

n’s

Brin

cker

hoff,

sha

red

the

visi

on D

DO

T he

ld fo

r Lo

wer

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

and

She

rman

Ave

nue

and

pres

ente

d a

brie

f slid

e pr

esen

tatio

n of

the

proj

ect.

She

indi

cate

d th

at th

ere

are

four

feat

ures

to th

e de

sign

pl

an,

whi

ch f

ocus

ed o

n be

tter

mob

ility

for

all

user

s an

d th

ey a

re:

ped

estri

an

safe

ty,

qual

ity s

treet

scap

e, i

mpr

oved

sid

ewal

ks a

nd c

ross

wal

ks,

prob

lem

tra

ffic

inte

rsec

tions

. S

he m

entio

ned

that

the

goal

was

to c

reat

e sa

fer a

nd m

ore

effic

ient

op

erat

ion

for a

ll m

odes

.

Gre

er

poin

ted

out

the

vario

us

trans

porta

tion

alte

rnat

ives

th

at

wer

e un

der

cons

ider

atio

n:

clea

ring

vehi

cula

r an

d pe

dest

rian

cong

estio

n w

hich

foc

used

on

impr

ovin

g au

to la

nes,

upg

radi

ng in

ters

ectio

ns t

o in

crea

se p

edes

trian

saf

ety,

and

w

iden

ing

side

wal

ks o

n al

l of

She

rman

Ave

. an

d a

maj

or p

ortio

n of

Geo

rgia

Ave

. S

he m

entio

ned

that

ther

e w

ill be

new

con

cret

e pa

vers

, pub

lic a

rt lo

catio

ns w

ith a

po

ssib

le g

atew

ay to

Flo

rida

Ave

nue

or a

Wal

k of

Fam

e, a

nd a

Lin

ear P

ark

open

ing

to B

anne

ker

Par

k.

She

indi

cate

d th

at th

e te

am a

ttem

pted

to im

prov

e op

erat

ions

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

from

Bar

ry to

Flo

rida

by d

esig

natin

g a

“Bus

Onl

y” la

nes.

G

reer

sha

red

that

the

vis

ion

for

She

rman

Ave

nue

was

mor

e re

side

ntia

l and

less

co

mm

erci

al in

nat

ure

with

a m

edia

n in

the

cent

er b

etw

een

the

north

and

sou

th fl

ow

of tr

affic

. Th

ere

will

be

one

lane

for t

raffi

c, a

bik

e la

ne a

nd a

“Bus

onl

y” la

ne d

urin

g ru

sh h

our

and

reve

rt to

on

stre

et p

arki

ng o

ff ru

sh h

our.

Gre

er r

ecog

nize

d ev

eryo

ne i

nvol

ved

in t

he p

roje

ct a

nd i

nvite

d C

omm

issi

oner

Sm

ith t

o ta

lk t

o th

e au

dien

ce a

nd c

omm

ent o

n w

orki

ng w

ith th

e S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee

AN

C C

omm

issi

oner

Tho

mas

Sm

ith t

hank

ed D

DO

T an

d th

e S

teer

ing

Com

mitt

ee

for

the

oppo

rtuni

ty to

wor

k w

ith th

em, t

o le

arn

abou

t the

des

ign

proc

ess

and

the

firm

s in

volv

ed a

nd to

und

erst

and

how

to h

elp

shap

e th

e co

mm

unity

. M

ike

Jone

s of

DD

OT

gave

the

final

rem

arks

and

let e

very

one

know

that

in tw

elve

m

onth

s, D

DO

T w

ill br

eak

grou

nd o

n th

e pr

ojec

t. H

e m

entio

ned

that

onc

e D

DO

T ge

ts to

30%

on

the

desi

gn th

ere

are

not a

s m

any

publ

ic m

eetin

gs.

Mik

e in

dica

ted

that

Pha

se O

ne w

ill be

She

rman

Ave

nue

and

Pha

se T

wo

will

be L

ower

and

Upp

er

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

D

ISC

USS

ION

PO

INTS

I h

ave

not h

eard

any

thin

g ab

out e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t in

any

of th

is.

I am

a

busi

ness

ow

ner

on G

eorg

ia A

ve.

and

how

do

you

inte

nd t

o br

ing

new

bu

sine

sses

to th

e co

mm

unity

? Th

is S

treet

scap

e P

roje

ct is

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent!

For

exa

mpl

e B

arra

cks

Row

w

as v

ery

sim

ilar

to G

eorg

ia A

venu

e.

The

stre

ets

wer

e ne

glec

ted

ther

e an

d re

taile

rs a

nd n

ew b

usin

esse

s w

ould

n’t e

nter

the

com

mun

ity.

Afte

r the

pro

ject

was

co

mpl

eted

the

new

bus

ines

ses

cam

e.

Ther

e ar

e ei

ght

new

res

taur

ants

on

8th

Stre

et, n

ew r

etai

lers

, a fu

rnitu

re s

tore

s, b

outiq

ues

and

pet s

tore

s, e

tc.

Ther

e w

as

an e

xist

ing

Chi

nese

Tak

e O

ut R

esta

uran

t tha

t had

bul

let p

roof

gla

ss a

nd w

as ta

ke

out

only

, no

w t

hat

sam

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

has

whi

te t

able

clo

ths

with

ins

ide

and

outs

ide

café

sea

ting.

S

o, t

his

desi

gn p

roje

ct d

efin

itely

will

affe

ct e

cono

mic

de

velo

pmen

t and

new

bus

ines

ses

will

wan

t to

put t

heir

mon

ey in

to th

e co

mm

unity

. W

ho w

ill b

e de

cidi

ng p

ublic

art

wor

k?

The

DC

Com

mis

sion

on

The

Arts

is

prob

ably

the

ent

ity t

hat

will

over

see

that

co

mpo

nent

. T

hey

have

the

bud

get

for

ongo

ing

mai

nten

ance

, ar

e be

st e

quip

ped

and

this

is w

hat t

hey

do.

That

is n

ot to

say

that

How

ard

Uni

vers

ity w

ill n

ot h

ave

som

e in

put,

but t

he p

ublic

art

will

mirr

or th

e co

mm

unity

. Sh

erm

an A

venu

e lo

oks

like

ther

e w

ill b

e le

ss t

raffi

c la

nes

than

cur

rent

ly

exis

ts.

How

will

this

des

ign

addr

ess

the

traf

fic th

at w

e al

read

y ha

ve a

s w

ell

as th

e ne

w tr

affic

that

will

com

e?

She

rman

Ave

nue

has

been

rede

sign

ed to

be

a re

side

ntia

l stre

et to

slo

w d

own

the

traffi

c sp

eedi

ng t

hrou

gh t

he n

eigh

borh

ood

and

to e

ncou

rage

tra

ffic

head

ing

dow

ntow

n to

find

alte

rnat

ive

rout

es d

esig

ned

for

high

er tr

affic

vol

umes

. It

is a

lso

to e

ncou

rage

less

veh

icle

traf

fic a

nd m

ore

Met

ro u

sage

. I h

ave

conc

erns

reg

ardi

ng t

rees

and

tre

e bo

xes

as it

rel

ates

to

safe

ty.

The

tree

box

es a

re t

oo c

lose

to

the

bus

stop

s an

d cu

rbs

and

who

will

mai

ntai

n th

e tr

ees

and

tree

box

es?

The

city

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r th

e m

aint

enan

ce o

f the

tree

s an

d th

e bo

xes.

W

e ha

ve

final

ly c

augh

t up

on

our

tree

mai

nten

ance

but

the

rea

lity

is w

e do

not

hav

e th

e bu

dget

or t

he m

anpo

wer

to m

aint

ain

the

tree

boxe

s. W

e w

ill be

look

ing

at w

orki

ng

with

com

mun

ity o

rgan

izat

ions

and

the

busi

ness

ow

ners

to a

ssis

t in

the

mai

ntai

ning

of

the

boxe

s as

we

do o

n B

arra

cks

Row

. Th

ere

are

som

e pr

oble

m in

ters

ectio

ns th

at s

tand

out

in m

y m

ind

and

I do

not

see

a re

solu

tion

of th

em in

thes

e pl

ans,

like

the

cong

estio

n ne

ar H

owar

d U

’s

book

stor

e at

Bry

ant

Stre

et.

Cro

ssin

g in

fro

nt o

f th

e bu

s la

ne s

huts

dow

n tr

affic

, how

will

this

be

reso

lved

? A

turn

sig

nal s

houl

d fix

this

pro

blem

and

som

e bu

s st

op re

loca

tions

will

be

look

ed

at to

reso

lve

this

con

cern

. H

as a

nyon

e co

ntac

ted

the

polic

e de

part

men

t to

hel

p st

op t

his

bottl

enec

k?

Som

etim

es it

take

s hu

man

inte

rven

tion

to d

irect

traf

fic.

We

ackn

owle

dge

this

issu

e an

d th

ank

to C

ounc

ilman

Gra

ham

’s d

iligen

ce in

thi

s m

atte

r. W

e w

ill be

add

ing

thirt

y ad

ditio

nal T

raffi

c C

ontro

l Offi

cers

to

the

curre

nt

role

, brin

ging

the

coun

t up

to s

even

ty-th

ree

offic

ers.

Th

ese

offic

ers

will

als

o ha

ve

ticke

t/sum

mon

s w

ritin

g ab

ility

, so

that

will

have

an

impa

ct o

n th

e tra

ffic

cong

estio

n.

WO

RK

STA

TIO

N Q

UES

TIO

NS

Geo

rget

te W

alke

r of P

B c

onsu

lting

team

mem

ber,

Rob

inso

n A

ssoc

iate

s, fa

cilit

ated

th

e qu

estio

n an

d co

mm

ents

por

tion

of t

he m

eetin

g an

d le

t ev

eryo

ne k

now

tha

t th

ere

wer

e fo

ur d

iffer

ent

stat

ions

set

up,

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n, S

treet

scap

e, U

rban

D

esig

n an

d Tr

affic

.

Urb

an S

tree

tsca

pe W

orks

tatio

n Th

e m

ater

ial t

hat y

ou a

re c

onsi

derin

g, D

uraT

herm

, will

it lo

ok li

ke th

is in

2-5

ye

ars,

bec

ause

if y

ou c

anno

t fix

str

eets

you

can

not f

ix s

choo

ls?

Yes

, thi

s m

ater

ial i

s ve

ry in

nova

tive

and

will

be

able

to w

ithst

and

the

extre

mes

of

east

coa

st w

eath

er a

nd h

eavy

traf

fic a

nd n

ever

loos

e sh

ape

or c

olor

and

will

ble

nd

in w

ith e

xist

ing

mat

eria

l. A

re t

he s

idew

alks

bei

ng w

iden

ed o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e fo

r tu

rnin

g an

d w

hat

type

of t

ree

is b

eing

pla

nned

for t

he tr

ee b

oxes

? Y

es, b

ump

outs

will

be

at th

e co

rner

s an

d th

e tre

es th

at a

re b

eing

con

side

red

are

Lond

ons,

Oak

s an

d M

aple

s.

How

long

will

this

tota

l pro

ject

take

for c

ompl

etio

n?

We

are

antic

ipat

ing

com

plet

ion

in tw

o to

thre

e ye

ars.

In

the

othe

r br

eako

ut s

ectio

ns th

ere

wer

en’t

spec

ific

ques

tions

, but

rat

her

peop

le

gath

erin

g ar

ound

to o

bser

ve th

e de

sign

s. T

he m

eetin

g en

ded

at 8

:15P

M.

AN

NO

UN

CEM

ENTS

•

The

Com

mun

ity D

esig

n M

eetin

g S

umm

ary

is p

oste

d on

DD

OT’

s w

ebsi

te a

t w

ww

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t.dc.

gov

and

avai

labl

e at

AN

C 1

A, A

NC

1B

, the

Pet

wor

th L

ibra

ry, a

nd th

e M

artin

Lut

her K

ing,

Jr.

Mem

oria

l Lib

rary

. •

Dis

trict

Cab

levi

sion

Cha

nnel

16

aire

d th

e C

omm

unity

Des

ign

Mee

ting

June

200

7.

For

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n, c

onta

ct:

Cal

listu

s N

wad

ike,

Tra

nspo

rtatio

n P

lann

er,

DD

OT,

20

00

14th

S

treet

, N

W,

Was

hing

ton,

D

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2000

9,

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Appendix VI.Appendix VI. Specifi c Design Elements

Low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e St

reet

scap

e D

esig

n

Key

Inte

rsec

tions

(Flo

rida

Ave.

, V S

t., W

St.,

Bry

ant S

t.,B

arry

Pl.,

How

ard

Pl.,

Fairm

ont S

t. G

irard

Str

eet,

Har

vard

St.,

Col

umbi

a R

d., I

rvin

g St

., K

enyo

n St

.)

-Dec

orat

ive

Stre

et P

rint p

atte

rn c

ross

wal

k w

ith A

frica

n m

otif

-Bum

p-ou

t sid

ewal

k ar

eas

to im

prov

e pe

dest

rian

safe

ty-B

ump

out p

riorit

y: 1

. Int

erse

ctio

ns w

ith h

igh

num

ber o

fpe

dest

rian

acci

dent

s 2.

Inte

rsec

tions

that

nee

d ad

ditio

nal

spac

e to

acc

omm

odat

e A

DA

ram

ps.

3. B

us S

top

loca

tions

.

Seco

ndar

y In

ters

ectio

ns (a

ll ot

her

inte

rsec

tions

)

Stan

dard

pai

nted

ladd

er c

ross

wal

kB

ump-

out s

idew

alk

area

s to

impr

ove

pede

stria

n sa

fety

Pou

red

in p

lace

con

cret

e w

heel

chai

r ram

ps

Apr

il 11

, 200

7

Stre

et P

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PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY SITES AND CRITERIA FOR LOWER GEORGIA AVENUE

Lower Georgia Avenue Public Art Opportunity Sites

M . Kenyon St.SE cornersmall pocket park

N . LamontSt. SE cornerstore

O. Morton St. SEcorner decorativefence/planting toshield parking lot

P. Park Road ????

A. V St. NE corner

B. Barry PlaceNW corner

G. Brickretainingwall

C. Howard Univ.Legacy Walk

F. Banneker ParkRecreation Center J. Harvard St.

SW corner

K. ColumbiaRd. NE & SEcorners

H. Fairmount St. Main Entrance

I. Historic retailrow

Howard TownCenter Streetscape

Georgia Avenue Potential Public Art Sites

Criteria (3 Most desirable—1 not as highly desirable)

A. V St. NE corner: Southern edge ofHoward Town CenterB. Barry Place NW corner: Northernedge of Howard Town Center

Public art can be used to highlight the two intersections that geographically define the Howard Town Centeralong Georgia Avenue. The art works should be visible from passing cars and should represent the “branding”of Howard Town Center. 2

C. Howard University Legacy Walk:Connecting Howard Town Center toHoward University entrances alongthe east side of Georgia Avenue

A prototype bronze plaque should be designed that can illustrate the achievements of the faculty and alumni ofHoward University. Plaques are to be inserted into the sidewalk in short intervals to create a visual connectionbetween the Howard Town Center and the Howard University Fairmount Street entrance. 3

D. Banneker Park entrance wall: Newentrance to Banneker Park

A new curving wall should create a new visible entrance to Banneker Park from Georgia Avenue. 3E. Howard Pl. entrance: Secondaryentrance to Howard University fromGeorgia Avenue

Vertical elements such flag poles on either side of the Howard Place entrance to Howard University locatedclose to the Georgia Avenue sidewalk will add to its attractiveness and highlight its location. 1

F. Banneker Park Recreation Center:Entranceway area

The front landscaping of the Banneker Park Recreation Center requires an upgrade to create an attractiveentranceway. A Banneker related art work located at the entranceway will help to create a positive image. 2

G. Brick retaining wall: 10-12 foothigh brick wall located at the sidewalkedge

The brick wall located directly adjacent to the sidewalk on the east side of the street at the intersection ofEuclid Street may be considered as an opportunity to continue the Legacy Walk concept onto a vertical wall surface.

1H. Fairmount St. Main Entrance:Main entrance to Howard Universityfrom Georgia Avenue

Vertical elements such flag poles on either side of the Fairmount Street entrance to Howard University locatedclose to the Georgia Avenue sidewalk will add to its attractiveness and highlight its location. 2

I. Historic retail row: Culturallysignificant retail establishments on the west side of Georgia Avenue

A commemorative artwork located at the location of the significant retail stores should tell the story of theirsignificance to Howard University and to the Civil Rights Movement 3

J. Harvard St. SW corner: Major cross-town street running one-wayeastK. Columbia Rd. NE & SE corners:Major cross-town street running one-way westL. Irving St. NE corner: Major cross-town street running one-way eastM. Kenyon St. SE corner small pocket park: Major cross-town street running one-way west

These four intersections present opportunities to create an artwork that highlights Georgia Avenue. The workshould be visible from passing cars and represent an aspect of the Georgia Avenue renaissance 3

Georgia Avenue Potential Public Art Sites (Continued)

Criteria (3 Most desirable—1 not as highly desirable)

N. Lamont St. SE corner store: cross-town street running east

A wide sidewalk area in front of the SE corner store may provide a good opportunity for artwork that reflectsneighborhood history or event. 2

O. Morton St. SE corner decorativefence/planting to shield parking lot: street fronting parking lot

The parking lot facing onto Georgia Avenue should be shielded from the street with ornamental plantings and a decorative fence that may be a craft or artwork. 2

P. Park Road: ????

Sherman Avenue Public Art Opportunity Sites

A. New roundabout at Florida and NewHampshire Avenues

E. New Roundabout at Park Rd. and New

B. Girard St. SE cornerstore

C. Harvard St. NE corner store

D. Columbia Rd. NEcorner store

Sherman Avenue Potential Public Art Sites Criteria (3 Most desirable—1 not as highly desirable)

A. New roundabout at Florida and Sherman Avenues: Southern end of renewed Sherman Avenue

Public art can be used to highlight the southern end of the newly renovated Sherman Avenue. The proposed roundabout should be planted with ornamental plantings and contain a work of art that is highly visible from passing cars. The artwork should be mirrored with a twin art element in the roundabout located at Park Road and Sherman Avenue, and should be representative of the history of the area, a significant person or event.

3

B. Girard St. SE corner store: neighborhood service/retail C. Harvard St. NE corner store: neighborhood service/retail D. Columbia Rd. NE corner store: neighborhood service/retail

A wide sidewalk area in front of each of these corner stores may provide a good opportunity for artwork that reflects neighborhood history or event. 1

E. New Roundabout at Park Rd. and Sherman Avenue: Northern end of renewed Sherman Avenue

Public art can be used to highlight the northern end of the newly renovated Sherman Avenue. The proposed roundabout should be planted with ornamental plantings and contain a work of art that is highly visible from passing cars. The artwork should be mirrored with a twin art element in the roundabout located at Florida Avenue and Sherman Avenue, and should be representative of the history of the area, a significant person or event.

3

Examples of Typical Public Art Projects Art in sidewalks

Art on Walls

Free standing art/sculpture

Decorative fences & railings

Freestanding art/street furniture

Flags and flag poles, Metal / fabric banners on poles

Commemorative, Memorial, Legacy Walkways


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Publ

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Wha

t is

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? Pl

anne

d U

nit

Dev

elop

men

t, or

PU

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a p

lann

ing

tool

whi

ch a

llow

s gr

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r zo

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fle

xibi

lity,

usu

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erm

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ality

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enef

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publ

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impr

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ents

and

aff

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ing

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ition

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ws

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the

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key

dist

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AN

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mun

ity

grou

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avai

labl

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on

th

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t is

the

rela

tion

ship

bet

wee

n th

e C

ompr

ehen

sive

Pla

n an

d Zo

ning

? Zo

ning

reg

ulat

ions

are

the

prin

cipa

l too

l for

impl

emen

ting

Com

p Pl

an la

nd u

se o

bjec

tives

.

Wha

t is

the

Zoni

ng C

omm

issi

on a

nd w

hat d

oes

it d

o?

The

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ing

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mis

sion

is a

five

-mem

ber

legi

slat

ive

body

that

is r

espo

nsib

le fo

r pr

epar

ing,

ado

ptin

g an

d am

endi

ng th

e Zo

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Map

and

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egul

atio

ns, i

nclu

ding

req

uest

s fo

r Pl

anne

d U

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evel

opm

ents

(PU

D).

Wha

t is

the

BZA

and

wha

t doe

s it

do?

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he B

oard

of Z

onin

g A

djus

tmen

ts, o

r B

ZA, i

s a

five-

mem

ber

quas

i-jud

icia

l boa

rd th

at h

olds

hea

ring

s on

app

eals

of a

dmin

istr

ativ

e de

ci-

sion

s on

the

Zoni

ng R

egul

atio

ns a

nd Z

onin

g M

ap (i

nter

pret

atio

ns),

and

on r

eque

sts

for

vari

ance

s or

spe

cial

exc

eptio

ns.

Wha

t is

“mat

ter-o

f-rig

ht d

evel

opm

ent?

“M

atte

r-of-R

ight

” is

a te

rm th

at d

escr

ibes

a ty

pe o

f dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

that

is e

ntir

ely

cons

iste

nt w

ith th

e zo

ning

reg

ulat

ions

.

Wha

t is

a sm

all a

rea

plan

?

A S

mal

l Are

a Pl

an is

a s

uppl

emen

t to

the

Com

preh

ensi

ve P

lan

that

pro

vide

s de

taile

d di

rect

ion

for

area

s ra

ngin

g in

siz

e fr

om a

few

city

bl

ocks

to e

ntir

e ne

ighb

orho

ods

or c

orri

dors

. So

me

smal

l are

a pl

ans

are

prep

ared

for

plac

es in

the

city

whe

re D

istr

ict i

nter

vent

ion

is

nece

ssar

y to

man

age

grow

th, p

rom

ote

revi

taliz

atio

n or

ach

ieve

oth

er lo

ng-ra

nge

plan

ning

goa

ls.

Plan

ning

and

Zon

ing

Freq

uent

ly A

sked

Que

stions

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue-

Pet

wor

th M

etro

Pla

n A

ppro

ved:

On

June

20,

the

DC

C

ounc

il un

anim

ousl

y ap

prov

ed th

e sm

all a

rea

plan

for

the

Petw

orth

are

a.

whi

ch a

ims

to r

e-es

tabl

ish

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

as a

n at

trac

tive

corr

idor

off

erin

g a

uniq

ue lo

catio

n to

live

, wor

k, p

lay

and

shop

. Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

is p

lan

is m

ovin

g fo

rwar

d w

ith th

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

the

Park

Pla

ce d

evel

opm

ent a

t th

e Pe

twor

th M

etro

sta

tion.

In

addi

tion,

OP

is c

urre

ntly

dev

elop

ing

zoni

ng

over

lay

for

the

corr

idor

to p

rom

ote

tran

sit-o

rien

ted

deve

lopm

ent p

roje

cts.

Bri

ghtw

ood

Cul

tura

l Tra

il: B

righ

twoo

d ha

s a

rich

her

itage

full

of im

por-

tant

cul

tura

l res

ourc

es, i

nclu

ding

For

t Ste

vens

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ivity

Cat

holic

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rch,

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y U

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P an

d th

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treet

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d as

suc

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d its

par

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enci

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ealt

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pri

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ents

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sh

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pri

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d, N

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pro

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din

g se

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es t

o th

e h

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that

op

erat

es 1

3 p

rogr

am f

acil

itie

s ac

ross

th

e D

istr

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incl

ud

ing

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nea

rby

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a sh

elte

r lo

cate

d a

t 14

th a

nd

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ing

stre

ets,

NW

.N

eigh

borh

ood

res

iden

ts, re

sid

ents

of

S

RF

A,

War

d

1 C

oun

cilm

embe

r Ji

m G

rah

am,

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d 4

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nci

lmem

-be

r M

uri

el

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ser,

SR

FA

D

irec

tor

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a D

ixon

, an

d r

epre

sen

tati

ves

from

th

e m

ayor

’s offi

ce

, C

oun

cilm

embe

rs

Gra

ham

’s offi

ce

, A

dvi

sory

Nei

ghbo

r-h

ood

C

omm

issi

on

1A,

Dep

artm

ent

of H

um

an S

ervi

ces

and

th

e C

omm

u-

nit

y P

artn

ersh

ip f

or t

he

Pre

ven

tion

of

Hom

eles

snes

s w

ere

in a

tten

dan

ce.

At

the

mee

tin

g,

som

e ar

ea

resi

-d

ents

ex

pre

ssed

co

nce

rn

that

yo

uth

fr

om S

RF

A w

ere

loit

erin

g ou

t in

th

e st

reet

s in

fro

nt

of t

he

buil

din

g at

all

h

ours

an

d w

ere

han

gin

g ou

t in

th

e al

-le

ys b

ehin

d r

esid

ents

’ hom

es, t

hro

win

g tr

ash

in

nei

ghbo

rs y

ard

s an

d b

ehav

ing

inap

pro

pri

atel

y.“I

’m a

frai

d t

o co

me

out

of m

y fr

ont

doo

r so

met

imes

,” s

aid

Jer

ry P

hil

lip

s, a

n

eigh

bor

wh

o li

ves

in v

ery

clos

e p

rox-

imit

y, a

dd

ing

that

he

was

ala

rmed

th

at

youth

wou

ld s

omet

ime

com

e on

to h

is

pro

per

ty a

nd

lit

ter.

“Th

is w

ould

nev

er

hap

pen

in

War

d 3

.”R

esid

ents

of

SR

FA

wh

o w

ere

in

atte

nd

ance

res

pon

ded

to s

uch

con

cern

s by

say

ing

that

it

was

n’t

fair

to

crit

iciz

e yo

uth

for

loi

teri

ng

wh

en t

hey

wer

en’t

bein

g off

ere

d a

ny

alte

rnat

ive

way

s to

sp

end

th

eir

tim

e th

rough

rec

reat

ion

al

pro

gram

s. “

It’s

not

th

e ki

ds’

fault

,” s

aid

one

SR

FA

re

sid

ent,

sugg

esti

ng

the

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d c

ould

be

doi

ng

mor

e to

su

pp

ort

the

youth

.P

art

of r

esid

ents

’ con

cern

s m

ay b

e re

late

d t

o th

e sl

ated

tem

por

ary

relo

ca-

tion

of L

a C

asa

shel

ter,

curr

entl

y lo

cat-

ed a

t 14

th a

nd

Irv

ing

stre

ets,

NW

, to

11

31 S

pri

ng

Roa

d, N

W, a

few

blo

cks

away

fro

m S

FR

A,

said

Ted

Loz

a of

C

oun

cilm

embe

r G

rah

am’s

offi

ce i

n a

n

inte

rvie

w w

ith

DC

Nor

th.

Th

e te

m-

por

ary

relo

cati

on w

ill

last

for

ap

pro

xi-

mat

ely

12 t

o 18

mon

ths

duri

ng

wh

ich

ti

me

a n

ew f

acil

ity

is r

enov

ated

for

L

a C

asa.

Th

e re

loca

tion

wil

l n

ot t

ake

pla

ce f

or a

not

her

12-

18 m

onth

s, b

ut

nei

ghbo

rs h

ave

voic

ed c

once

rns

that

th

e te

mp

orar

y re

loca

tion

wil

l be

com

e p

erm

anen

t w

ith

out

the

com

mun

ity’

s ap

pro

val,

said

L

oza.

H

owev

er,

Loz

a sa

id

resi

den

ts

can

re

st

assu

red

“w

e ar

e lo

okin

g at

a n

ew s

tate

-of-

the-

art

buil

din

g th

at i

s 2

½ y

ears

aw

ay.”

A

t th

e co

mm

un

ity

mee

tin

g, S

FR

A

Dir

ecto

r N

ola

Dix

on

enco

ura

ged

be

tter

co

mm

un

icat

ion

be

twee

n

the

SF

RA

res

iden

ts a

nd

oth

er n

eigh

bor-

hoo

d

resi

den

ts.

“Th

is

is

wh

ere

they

li

ve, t

his

is

wh

ere

they

cal

l h

ome,

too

,”

said

Dix

on, s

ugg

esti

ng

SR

FA

res

iden

ts

could

ben

efi t

fro

m n

eigh

borh

ood

res

i-d

ents

bec

omin

g m

ore

invo

lved

, giv

ing

the

exam

ple

of

the

nee

d f

or l

ife-

skil

ls

buil

din

g.

At

the

clos

e of

th

e m

eeti

ng,

AN

C

1A

Com

mis

sion

er

Jacq

uel

ine

Ar-

guel

les

rem

ind

ed n

eigh

bors

an

d c

ity

offi

cial

s of

th

e im

por

tan

ce o

f bu

ild

-in

g un

ity

and

not

cre

atin

g d

isti

nct

ion

s be

twee

n

diff

ere

nt

resi

den

ts

of

the

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d.

“Let

’s go

out

of h

ere

reco

gniz

ing

that

on

e is

not

an

y gr

eate

r th

an t

he

oth

er,

but

all

of u

s w

orki

ng

toge

ther

on

an

eve

n k

eel

can

hel

p e

v-er

ybod

y,”

said

Arg

uel

les.

Com

mun

ity

mem

bers

su

gges

ted

D

ixon

con

fer

wit

h S

RF

A r

esid

ents

an

d

dra

ft a

lis

t of

nee

ds

and

rec

omm

end

a-ti

ons

on h

ow n

eigh

borh

ood

res

iden

ts

could

bet

ter

sup

por

t th

e sh

elte

r. L

oza

said

th

at

com

mun

ity

mem

bers

w

ill

mee

t ag

ain

wit

hin

th

e co

min

g w

eeks

to

rev

isit

th

e is

sue.

No

dat

e h

as b

een

se

t ye

t.

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n Pl

ans f

or L

ower

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rgia

and

Sher

man

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nue

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ed fo

r Co

mm

unity

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e

Dis

tric

t h

as d

esig

ns

on G

eor-

gia

Ave

nue.

Cit

y offi

ci

als

shar

ed t

hes

e d

esig

ns

at t

he

fi n

al c

omm

un

ity

wor

k-sh

op f

or t

he

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

Tra

ns-

por

tati

on

and

S

tree

tsca

pe

Pro

ject

w

hic

h

took

p

lace

M

ay

22

at

Bru

ce

Mon

roe

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool

on 3

012

Geo

rgia

Ave

., N

W.

Th

e D

istr

ict

De-

par

tmen

t of

Tra

nsp

orta

tion

an

d W

ard

1

Cou

nci

lmem

ber

Jim

Gra

ham

hos

ted

w

hat

was

th

e la

st o

f a

seri

es o

f on

goin

g co

mm

un

ity

des

ign

wor

ksh

ops

over

th

e p

ast

year

to

dis

cuss

th

e fu

ture

of

low

er

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

exte

nd

ing

from

New

H

amp

shir

e an

d F

lori

da

aven

ues

an

d

Fou

rth

Str

eet

and

Sh

erm

an A

ven

ue,

N

W.

Th

e w

orks

hop

bro

ugh

t to

geth

-er

re

sid

ents

, ad

viso

ry

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d

com

mis

sion

ers,

d

evel

oper

s, ar

chit

ects

an

d

busi

nes

s ow

ner

s to

d

iscu

ss

$8

mil

lion

in

pro

pos

ed i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

im

-p

rove

men

ts a

nd

red

esig

n f

or t

he

two

thor

ough

fare

s.M

ike

Jele

n,

tran

spor

tati

on

pla

n-

ner

fo

r D

DO

T,

said

th

at

the

mai

n

purp

ose

of t

he

red

esig

n i

s “t

o cr

eate

a

coh

esiv

e st

reet

scap

e th

at w

ill

pri

ori-

tize

saf

ety

and

th

e ea

se o

f tr

affi

c fl

ow,

wh

ile

hon

orin

g th

e lo

cal

his

tory

.” O

f h

ow t

he

des

ign

pla

ns

wou

ld h

onor

lo-

cal

his

tory

, Je

len

gav

e th

e ex

amp

le o

f st

amp

ed m

arke

rs a

t cr

ossw

alks

wh

ich

w

ill

hon

or A

fric

an-A

mer

ican

his

tory

on

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue.

Jel

en s

aid

th

at a

d

evel

opm

ent

com

pan

y fo

r th

e co

n-

stru

ctio

n p

roje

ct w

ill

be s

elec

ted

on

ce

Par

son

s B

rin

cker

hoff

, an

urb

an

de-

sign

com

pan

y co

ntr

acte

d t

o as

sess

th

e st

reet

s, s

ubm

its

thei

r fi

nal

rep

ort.

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ey

exp

ect

to b

reak

gro

un

d o

n t

he

pro

ject

in

th

e fa

ll o

f 20

08.

Jele

n n

oted

th

at m

uch

of

the

far

stre

tch

of

the

low

er G

eorg

ia A

ven

ue

por

tion

of

the

pro

ject

has

not

yet

bee

n

clea

rly

outl

ined

as

it i

s su

bjec

t to

co-

ord

inat

ion

w

ith

th

e H

owar

d

Tow

n

Cen

ter

pla

n-

a $6

0 m

illi

on

mix

ed-

use

res

iden

tial

an

d r

etai

l d

evel

opm

ent

pro

ject

sla

ted

to

be b

uil

t ad

jace

nt

to

the

un

iver

sity

cam

pus.

Th

us,

th

e ou

t-li

ned

im

pro

vem

ents

fo

cuse

d

on

the

sect

ion

of

Geo

rgia

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nue

exte

nd

ing

from

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sham

Str

eet

to N

ew H

amp

-sh

ire

Ave

nue,

NW

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pro

vem

ents

wil

l in

clud

e w

iden

ing

the

stre

et a

nd

sid

e-w

alks

, el

imin

atin

g cu

rb c

uts

to

mak

e th

e st

reet

m

ore

ped

estr

ian

fr

ien

dly

, ad

din

g tr

ee b

oxes

an

d a

dd

ing

traffi

c

circ

les

for

the

nor

ther

n a

nd

sou

ther

n

por

tion

of

the

low

er G

eorg

ia A

ven

ue

pla

n. D

ram

atic

ch

ange

s w

ill

take

pla

ce

on S

her

man

Ave

nue

as w

ell.

On

e su

ch

chan

ge t

hat

has

bee

n o

utl

ined

is

the

add

itio

n o

f a

med

ian

str

ip –

hea

vily

p

lan

ted

wit

h t

rees

– t

o be

ad

ded

to

the

len

gth

of

Sh

erm

an A

ven

ue.

Jel

en a

lso

not

ed t

hat

curr

entl

y m

any

of t

he

curb

s al

ong

Sh

erm

an A

ven

ue

do

not

mee

t st

and

ard

s of

th

e A

mer

ican

Dis

abil

i-ti

es A

ct a

nd

red

esig

n p

lan

s w

ill

ensu

re

AD

A

com

pli

ance

. O

ther

im

pro

ve-

men

ts o

utl

ined

for

Sh

erm

an A

ven

ue

incl

ud

e w

iden

ing

sid

ewal

ks a

nd

ad

d-

ing

bicy

cle

lan

es a

nd

lef

t-tu

rn l

anes

.S

ome

resi

den

ts

at

the

mee

tin

g vo

iced

con

cern

abo

ut

the

city

’s ca

pac

-it

y to

mai

nta

in a

ll t

he

add

itio

nal

tre

es

pro

pos

ed f

or b

oth

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rgia

an

d S

her

-m

an a

ven

ues

. AN

C 1

A C

omm

issi

oner

L

enw

ood

Joh

nso

n, w

ho

was

in

att

en-

dan

ce, e

xpre

ssed

con

cern

th

at t

he

city

h

adn’

t d

ealt

wit

h t

rees

th

at J

ohn

son

sa

id w

ere

in d

ange

r of

blo

win

g ov

er i

n

a st

orm

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e

city

has

alw

ays

don

e a

poo

r jo

b ta

kin

g ca

re o

f tr

ees

and

gre

en

spac

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nd

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not

sure

we

nee

d m

ore

tree

s if

th

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an’t

take

car

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th

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ist-

ing

tree

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nso

n.

DD

OT

’s L

ower

Geo

rgia

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nue

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nsp

orta

tion

an

d S

tree

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pe

Pro

ject

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par

t of

th

e D

istr

ict’s

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reat

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eets

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itia

tive

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mult

i-ye

ar, m

ult

i-ag

ency

eff

ort

to

tran

sfor

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nd

erin

vest

ed c

or-

rid

ors

into

th

rivi

ng

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d

cen

ters

. F

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

con

tact

Kar

-

ina

Ric

ks,

DD

OT

, G

reat

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pro

ject

man

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to C

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ne

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asse

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por

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efor

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por

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nom

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com

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cre

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to

exp

lore

th

e p

ossi

bili

ty

of

nei

ghbo

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imp

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AN

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a

spec

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mem

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asse

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on t

o p

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aga

inst

th

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th

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ANC

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sant

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ns, U

Stre

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Ledr

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ons:

Th

e

com

mis

sion

m

oved

to

pro

test

th

e n

ew A

lcoh

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ever

age

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ula

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dm

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trat

ion

li

cen

se

app

lica

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of

th

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&

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th

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sis

of

pea

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ord

er a

nd

quie

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e

com

mis

-si

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oved

to

pro

test

th

e n

ew A

BR

A

lice

nse

of

Tow

n o

n t

he

basi

s of

pea

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ord

er a

nd

quie

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e

com

mis

sion

vot

ed t

o su

pp

ort

the

ren

ewal

li

cen

ses

for

the

foll

ow-

ing

Nor

thw

est,

DC

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tabl

ish

men

ts:

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ms M

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n, Ka

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sed

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p-

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pro

test

th

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ren

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a-so

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osin

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eff

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fo

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osure

an

d

pri

vate

dev

elop

men

t re

mai

n o

pen

to

all

youth

of

this

cit

y.

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ANC

1D –

Mou

nt P

leasa

ntA

NC

1D

m

embe

rs

hel

d

two

mon

thly

mee

tin

gs i

n M

ay a

nd

pas

sed

th

e fo

llow

ing

reso

luti

ons:

ad

visi

ng

the

DC

Cou

nci

l to

up

grad

e th

e m

ayor

’s bu

dge

t w

ith

suffi

cie

nt

fun

ds

for

the

Dep

artm

ent

of P

arks

an

d R

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atio

n

to h

ire

a fu

ll t

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bili

ngu

al f

acil

itat

or

and

$2

mil

lion

to

rest

ore

and

up

grad

e L

amon

t R

ecre

atio

n

mult

i-use

fa

cili

-ti

es; a

dvi

sin

g th

e co

un

cil a

nd

may

or t

o re

form

th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n o

f h

isto

ric

pre

serv

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n t

o as

sure

tra

nsp

aren

cy i

n

pol

icy;

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visi

ng

DD

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to

arra

nge

for

el

ectr

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not

ifi c

atio

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f p

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it a

pp

li-

cati

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stru

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um

p-

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loc

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lock

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alks

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pro

test

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ewal

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r ei

ght

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asan

t re

stau

ran

ts

on t

he

grou

nd

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pro

vin

g an

d n

ot

dec

reas

ing

the

pea

ce,

ord

er a

nd

quie

t of

th

e n

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borh

ood

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visi

ng

the

coun

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to a

dop

t ba

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g fo

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me

acti

on

on

the

vaca

nt

or

“nuis

ance

” p

rop

erti

es

in

thei

r n

eigh

borh

ood

s li

ned

up

on

May

24

to t

esti

fy a

t a

DC

C

oun

cil

hea

rin

g on

th

e “N

uis

ance

P

rop

erti

es

Aba

tem

ent

Ref

orm

an

d

Rea

l P

rop

erty

Cla

ssifi

cat

ion

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end

-m

ent

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of

2007

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bil

l in

trod

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d b

y C

oun

cilm

embe

rs J

ack

Eva

ns

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ard

2)

an

d M

ary

Ch

eh (

D-W

ard

3).

F

or

resi

den

ts

of

Sh

aw

and

L

o-ga

n

Cir

cle,

w

her

e va

can

t p

rop

erti

es

abou

nd

, man

y sa

y th

e “b

roke

n w

ind

ow

syn

dro

me”

an

d o

ther

cri

me

and

qual

ity

of l

ife

issu

es c

reat

ed b

y em

pty

pro

per

-ti

es a

re c

hie

f am

ong

thei

r co

nce

rns.

“V

acan

t p

rop

erty

is

on

e of

th

e m

ain

iss

ues

for

my

con

stit

uen

ts,”

sai

d

Com

mis

sion

er K

evin

Ch

app

le o

f A

d-

viso

ry

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d

Com

mis

sion

2C

. “Th

e

crim

e th

at i

s en

coura

ged

by

vaca

nt

pro

per

ties

is

a re

al p

robl

em…

Th

e ab

and

oned

hou

ses

are

[als

o] o

ne

of t

he

barr

iers

to

real

eco

nom

ic d

evel

-op

men

t an

d t

he

revi

tali

zati

on o

f th

is

area

. N

o on

e w

ants

to

se

e bl

igh

ted

bu

sin

esse

s an

d

vaca

nt

and

ru

nd

own

h

omes

,” C

hap

ple

con

tin

ued

. Th

e

legi

slat

ion

aim

s to

bet

ter

co-

ord

inat

e th

e ag

enci

es r

esp

onsi

ble

for

iden

tify

ing,

tag

gin

g an

d t

axin

g va

can

t p

rop

erti

es i

n o

rder

to

mor

e effi

ci

entl

y d

eal

wit

h

aban

don

ed

pro

per

ties

, ac

-co

rdin

g to

Jac

k E

van

s’ offi

ce

. Th

e bil

l d

irec

ts t

he

Dep

artm

ent

of C

onsu

mer

an

d R

egula

tory

Aff

airs

to

man

age

the

insp

ecti

on a

nd

des

ign

atio

n o

f p

rop

er-

ties

as

“Cla

ss 3

vac

ant”

wh

ile

requir

ing

bett

er c

oord

inat

ion

wit

h t

he

Offi

ce

of

Tax

an

d R

even

ue.

Th

e

issu

e of

ta

xati

on

of

vaca

nt

pro

per

ties

is

a m

ajor

con

cern

for

som

e re

sid

ents

wh

o sa

y th

at t

axat

ion

is

a vi

-

able

way

to

dea

l wit

h n

eglig

ent

own

ers.

Th

e

Mou

nt

Ver

non

Sq

uar

e N

eigh

-bo

rhoo

d A

ssoc

iati

on r

ecen

tly

pre

par

ed

a st

ud

y of

vac

ant

buil

din

gs i

n t

he

area

an

d p

rese

nte

d t

he

resu

lts

to t

he

coun

-ci

l. A

ccor

din

g to

Si K

aili

an, t

he

MV

S-

NA

fou

nd

th

at 6

1 of

th

e 10

0 va

can

t p

rop

erti

es in

th

e n

eigh

borh

ood

are

be-

ing

taxe

d a

t th

e w

ron

g ra

te.

Th

e M

VS

NA

re

por

ted

: “M

any

are

taxe

d a

t th

e ra

te f

or o

ccup

ied

or

per

mit

ted

st

ruct

ure

s (0

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per

cen

t),

rath

er t

han

th

e h

igh

er ‘C

lass

3’ v

acan

t p

rop

erty

ra

te

(5

per

cen

t),

dep

rivi

ng

the

Dis

tric

t go

vern

men

t of

th

ousa

nd

s in

rev

enue

and

pla

cin

g n

o in

cen

tive

on

ow

ner

s to

ren

t, d

evel

op o

r se

ll t

hei

r va

-ca

nt

pro

per

ties

.”

Ray

Mil

eski

th

inks

th

e bi

ll c

ould

go

eve

n f

urt

her

th

an e

nfo

rcin

g th

e ta

x la

ws

on t

he

book

s. M

iles

ki,

a 21

-yea

r S

haw

re

sid

ent

at

Nin

th

Str

eet

and

R

hod

e Is

lan

d A

ven

ue,

sai

d t

he

hou

se

nex

t d

oor

to h

im h

as b

een

aba

nd

oned

fo

r n

earl

y ei

ght

year

s. A

for

-sal

e si

gn

is t

acke

d o

n t

he

hou

se,

but

acco

rdin

g to

Mil

eski

, th

e ow

ner

has

no

inte

nti

on

to s

ell

and

avo

ids

pay

ing

taxe

s at

th

e C

lass

3

rate

(f

or-s

ale

pro

per

ties

ar

e ta

xed

at

the

low

er C

lass

2 r

ate)

. “Th

e

Eva

ns

legi

slat

ion

has

no

teet

h,”

sai

d

Mil

eski

w

ho

sugg

este

d

“tax

ing

the

hel

l” o

ut

of n

uis

ance

pro

per

ty o

wn

ers.

Th

e n

ew

legi

slat

ion

, in

stea

d,

in-

ten

ds

to c

omp

el o

wn

ers

to m

ain

tain

th

eir

vaca

nt

pro

per

ty a

nd

pay

th

eir

fair

sh

are

of

tax,

th

ough

so

me

resi

den

ts

thou

ght

oth

er

mec

han

ism

s sh

ould

be

con

sid

ered

. R

esid

ents

at

the

May

h

eari

ng

poi

nte

d o

ut,

for

exam

ple

, th

at

the

DC

gov

ern

men

t it

self

is t

he

own

er

of s

ever

al v

acan

t p

rop

erti

es i

n W

ard

2.

An

oth

er w

ell-

know

n v

acan

t-p

rop

-er

ty o

wn

er i

n t

he

area

, Sh

iloh

Bap

tist

C

hurc

h,

rece

ntl

y re

ceiv

ed

a n

otic

e fr

om t

he

Boa

rd f

or t

he

Con

dem

na-

tion

of

Un

san

itar

y B

uil

din

gs;

four

of

the

seve

ral

aban

don

ed p

rop

erti

es o

n

Nin

th S

tree

t w

ere

pos

ted

wit

h c

on-

dem

nat

ion

not

ices

las

t m

onth

. M

ost

of t

he

buil

din

gs h

ave

been

aba

nd

oned

fo

r d

ecad

es, a

nd

th

e ch

urc

h w

as g

iven

15

day

s to

mak

e m

ajor

rep

airs

to

the

roof

s, t

he

inte

rior

s, a

nd

th

e br

icks

an

d

mor

tar

or f

ace

the

pos

sibi

lity

of

fi n

es.

Sh

iloh

Min

iste

r Th

om

as L

. Bow

en

told

th

e W

ash

ingt

on

Exa

min

er

on

May

18

that

th

e m

aste

r p

lan

is

to t

urn

th

e p

rop

erti

es i

nto

aff

ord

able

hou

sin

g fo

r se

nio

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e co

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at

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churc

h h

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n.

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wil

l ho

st a

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ed

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and

Nu

isan

ce P

rope

rty

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min

-

istr

atio

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forc

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t” o

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t

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t 14t

h an

d Irv

ing

stre

ets,

NW

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Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d re

side

nts,

resi

dent

s of

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FA, W

ard

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ounc

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im G

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ard

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urie

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owse

r, S

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ctor

Nol

a D

ixon

, and

repr

esen

tativ

es fr

om th

e m

ayor

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ffice

, Cou

ncilm

embe

rs G

raha

m’s

offi

ce,

Adv

isor

y N

eigh

borh

ood

Com

mis

sion

1A

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artm

ent o

f Hum

an S

ervi

ces

and

the

Com

mun

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artn

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ip fo

r the

P

reve

ntio

n of

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eles

snes

s w

ere

in a

ttend

ance

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he m

eetin

g, s

ome

area

resi

dent

s ex

pres

sed

conc

ern

that

you

th fr

om S

RFA

wer

e lo

iterin

g ou

t in

the

stre

ets

in fr

ont

of th

e bu

ildin

g at

all

hour

s an

d w

ere

hang

ing

out i

n th

e al

leys

beh

ind

resi

dent

s’ h

omes

, thr

owin

g tra

sh in

nei

ghbo

rs

yard

s an

d be

havi

ng in

appr

opria

tely

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“I’m

afra

id to

com

e ou

t of m

y fro

nt d

oor s

omet

imes

,” sa

id J

erry

Phi

llips

, a n

eigh

bor w

ho li

ves

in v

ery

clos

e pr

oxim

ity,

addi

ng th

at h

e w

as a

larm

ed th

at y

outh

wou

ld s

omet

ime

com

e on

to h

is p

rope

rty a

nd li

tter.

“Thi

s w

ould

nev

er h

appe

n in

W

ard

3.”

Res

iden

ts o

f SR

FA w

ho w

ere

in a

ttend

ance

resp

onde

d to

suc

h co

ncer

ns b

y sa

ying

that

it w

asn’

t fai

r to

criti

cize

you

th

for l

oite

ring

whe

n th

ey w

eren

’t be

ing

offe

red

any

alte

rnat

ive

way

s to

spe

nd th

eir t

ime

thro

ugh

recr

eatio

nal p

rogr

ams.

“It

’s n

ot th

e ki

ds’ f

ault,

” sai

d on

e S

RFA

resi

dent

, sug

gest

ing

the

neig

hbor

hood

cou

ld b

e do

ing

mor

e to

sup

port

the

yout

h.

Par

t of r

esid

ents

’ con

cern

s m

ay b

e re

late

d to

the

slat

ed te

mpo

rary

relo

catio

n of

La

Cas

a sh

elte

r, cu

rren

tly lo

cate

d at

14

th a

nd Ir

ving

stre

ets,

NW

, to

1131

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ing

Roa

d, N

W, a

few

blo

cks

away

from

SFR

A, s

aid

Ted

Loza

of

Cou

ncilm

embe

r Gra

ham

’s o

ffice

in a

n in

terv

iew

with

DC

Nor

th. T

he te

mpo

rary

relo

catio

n w

ill la

st fo

r app

roxi

mat

ely

12

to 1

8 m

onth

s du

ring

whi

ch ti

me

a ne

w fa

cilit

y is

reno

vate

d fo

r La

Cas

a. T

he re

loca

tion

will

not

take

pla

ce fo

r ano

ther

12

-18

mon

ths,

but

nei

ghbo

rs h

ave

voic

ed c

once

rns

that

the

tem

pora

ry re

loca

tion

will

bec

ome

perm

anen

t with

out t

he

com

mun

ity’s

app

rova

l, sa

id L

oza.

How

ever

, Loz

a sa

id re

side

nts

can

rest

ass

ured

“we

are

look

ing

at a

new

sta

te-o

f-th

e-ar

t bui

ldin

g th

at is

2 ½

yea

rs a

way

.”

At t

he c

omm

unity

mee

ting,

SFR

A D

irect

or N

ola

Dix

on e

ncou

rage

d be

tter c

omm

unic

atio

n be

twee

n th

e S

FRA

resi

dent

s an

d ot

her n

eigh

borh

ood

resi

dent

s. “T

his

is w

here

they

live

, thi

s is

whe

re th

ey c

all h

ome,

too,

” sai

d D

ixon

, sug

gest

ing

SR

FA re

side

nts

coul

d be

nefit

from

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d re

side

nts

beco

min

g m

ore

invo

lved

, giv

ing

the

exam

ple

of th

e ne

ed

for l

ife-s

kills

bui

ldin

g.

At t

he c

lose

of t

he m

eetin

g, A

NC

1A

Com

mis

sion

er J

acqu

elin

e A

rgue

lles

rem

inde

d ne

ighb

ors

and

city

offi

cial

s of

the

impo

rtanc

e of

bui

ldin

g un

ity a

nd n

ot c

reat

ing

dist

inct

ions

bet

wee

n di

ffere

nt re

side

nts

of th

e ne

ighb

orho

od. “

Let’s

go

out

of h

ere

reco

gniz

ing

that

one

is n

ot a

ny g

reat

er th

an th

e ot

her,

but a

ll of

us

wor

king

toge

ther

on

an e

ven

keel

can

hel

p ev

eryb

ody,

” sai

d A

rgue

lles.

Com

mun

ity m

embe

rs s

ugge

sted

Dix

on c

onfe

r with

SR

FA re

side

nts

and

draf

t a li

st o

f nee

ds a

nd re

com

men

datio

ns o

n ho

w n

eigh

borh

ood

resi

dent

s co

uld

bette

r sup

port

the

shel

ter.

Loza

sai

d th

at c

omm

unity

mem

bers

will

mee

t aga

in

with

in th

e co

min

g w

eeks

to re

visi

t the

issu

e. N

o da

te h

as b

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set y

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Bru

ce M

onro

e E

lem

enta

ry

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ool o

n 30

12 G

eorg

ia A

ve.,

NW

. The

Dis

trict

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

nspo

rtatio

n an

d W

ard

1 C

ounc

ilmem

ber J

im

Gra

ham

hos

ted

wha

t was

the

last

of a

ser

ies

of o

ngoi

ng c

omm

unity

des

ign

wor

ksho

ps o

ver t

he p

ast y

ear t

o di

scus

s th

e fu

ture

of l

ower

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

exte

ndin

g fro

m N

ew H

amps

hire

and

Flo

rida

aven

ues

and

Four

th S

treet

and

S

herm

an A

venu

e, N

W. T

he w

orks

hop

brou

ght t

oget

her r

esid

ents

, adv

isor

y ne

ighb

orho

od c

omm

issi

oner

s, d

evel

oper

s,

arch

itect

s an

d bu

sine

ss o

wne

rs to

dis

cuss

$8

mill

ion

in p

ropo

sed

infra

stru

ctur

e im

prov

emen

ts a

nd re

desi

gn fo

r the

two

thor

ough

fare

s.

Mik

e Je

len,

tran

spor

tatio

n pl

anne

r for

DD

OT,

sai

d th

at th

e m

ain

purp

ose

of th

e re

desi

gn is

“to

crea

te a

coh

esiv

e st

reet

scap

e th

at w

ill p

riorit

ize

safe

ty a

nd th

e ea

se o

f tra

ffic

flow

, whi

le h

onor

ing

the

loca

l his

tory

.” O

f how

the

desi

gn

plan

s w

ould

hon

or lo

cal h

isto

ry, J

elen

gav

e th

e ex

ampl

e of

sta

mpe

d m

arke

rs a

t cro

ssw

alks

whi

ch w

ill h

onor

Afri

can-

Am

eric

an h

isto

ry o

n G

eorg

ia A

venu

e. J

elen

sai

d th

at a

dev

elop

men

t com

pany

for t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

proj

ect w

ill b

e se

lect

ed o

nce

Par

sons

Brin

cker

hoff,

an

urba

n de

sign

com

pany

con

tract

ed to

ass

ess

the

stre

ets,

sub

mits

thei

r fin

al

repo

rt. T

hey

expe

ct to

bre

ak g

roun

d on

the

proj

ect i

n th

e fa

ll of

200

8.

Jele

n no

ted

that

muc

h of

the

far s

tretc

h of

the

low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e po

rtion

of t

he p

roje

ct h

as n

ot y

et b

een

clea

rly

outli

ned

as it

is s

ubje

ct to

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith th

e H

owar

d To

wn

Cen

ter p

lan-

a $

60 m

illio

n m

ixed

-use

resi

dent

ial a

nd

reta

il de

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

sla

ted

to b

e bu

ilt a

djac

ent t

o th

e un

iver

sity

cam

pus.

Thu

s, th

e ou

tline

d im

prov

emen

ts

focu

sed

on th

e se

ctio

n of

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

exte

ndin

g fro

m G

resh

am S

treet

to N

ew H

amps

hire

Ave

nue,

NW

. Im

prov

emen

ts w

ill in

clud

e w

iden

ing

the

stre

et a

nd s

idew

alks

, elim

inat

ing

curb

cut

s to

mak

e th

e st

reet

mor

e pe

dest

rian

frien

dly,

add

ing

tree

boxe

s an

d ad

ding

traf

fic c

ircle

s fo

r the

nor

ther

nan

d so

uthe

rn p

ortio

n of

the

low

er G

eorg

ia A

venu

e pl

an.

Dra

mat

ic c

hang

es w

ill ta

ke p

lace

on

She

rman

Ave

nue

as w

ell.

One

suc

hch

ange

that

has

bee

n ou

tline

d is

the

addi

tion

of a

med

ian

strip

– h

eavi

ly p

lant

ed w

ith tr

ees

– to

be

adde

d to

the

leng

th o

f She

rman

Ave

nue.

Jel

en a

lso

note

d th

at

curr

ently

man

y of

the

curb

s al

ong

She

rman

Ave

nue

do n

ot m

eet s

tand

ards

of t

he A

mer

ican

Dis

abili

ties

Act

and

re

desi

gn p

lans

will

ens

ure

AD

A c

ompl

ianc

e. O

ther

impr

ovem

ents

out

lined

for S

herm

an A

venu

e in

clud

e w

iden

ing

side

wal

ks a

nd a

ddin

g bi

cycl

e la

nes

and

left-

turn

lane

s.

Som

e re

side

nts

at th

e m

eetin

g vo

iced

con

cern

abo

ut th

e ci

ty’s

cap

acity

to m

aint

ain

all t

he a

dditi

onal

tree

s pr

opos

ed

for b

oth

Geo

rgia

and

She

rman

ave

nues

. AN

C 1

A C

omm

issi

oner

Len

woo

d Jo

hnso

n, w

ho w

as in

atte

ndan

ce,

expr

esse

d co

ncer

n th

at th

e ci

ty h

adn’

t dea

lt w

ith tr

ees

that

Joh

nson

sai

d w

ere

in d

ange

r of b

low

ing

over

in a

sto

rm.

“The

city

has

alw

ays

done

a p

oor j

ob ta

king

car

e of

tree

s an

d gr

een

spac

e, a

nd I'

m n

ot s

ure

we

need

mor

e tre

es if

th

ey c

an't

take

car

e of

the

exis

ting

trees

,” sa

id J

ohns

on.

DD

OT'

s Lo

wer

Geo

rgia

Ave

nue

Tran

spor

tatio

n an

d S

treet

scap

e P

roje

ct is

par

t of t

he D

istri

ct’s

“Gre

at S

treet

s In

itiat

ive”

–

a m

ulti-

year

, mul

ti-ag

ency

effo

rt to

tran

sfor

m u

nder

inve

sted

cor

ridor

s in

to th

rivin

g ne

ighb

orho

od c

ente

rs.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

cont

act K

arin

a R

icks

, DD

OT,

Gre

at S

treet

s pr

ojec

t man

ager

, 202

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sup

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oved

to p

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e ne

w A

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ed to

pr

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t the

new

AB

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lice

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port

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lice

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llow

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thw

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gran

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my

in th

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the

amou

nt o

f $1,

000

was

app

rove

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r the

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k C

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ocia

tion

for a

sec

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cam

era.

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otio

n w

as a

dopt

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writ

e a

lette

r of s

uppo

rt to

the

DC

Cou

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set

asi

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e m

ayor

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estin

g ne

w re

gula

tions

rega

rdin

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rks.

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com

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n to

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may

or, c

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d W

ashi

ngto

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a Tr

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horit

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ay a

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nal s

elec

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of b

uyer

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par

cels

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ida

Ave

nue

until

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f all

five

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prev

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ghbo

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l’s b

and

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to K

ings

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inio

n fo

r a b

and

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petit

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otio

n w

as m

ade

to p

rote

st th

e lic

ense

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wal

for t

he L

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ank

for t

he re

ason

of p

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, ord

er a

nd q

uiet

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rs p

asse

d a

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n op

posi

ng th

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of th

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lleff

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d G

irls

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b an

d ur

ged

the

Dis

trict

gov

ernm

ent t

o ta

ke s

teps

to

ensu

re th

at J

elle

ff B

oys

and

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s C

lub

and

othe

r Boy

s an

d G

irls

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bs o

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ater

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hing

ton

curre

ntly

sla

ted

for

clos

ure

and

priv

ate

deve

lopm

ent r

emai

n op

en to

all

yout

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this

city

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AN

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nt P

leas

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C 1

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embe

rs h

eld

two

mon

thly

mee

tings

in M

ay a

nd p

asse

d th

e fo

llow

ing

reso

lutio

ns: a

dvis

ing

the

DC

Cou

ncil

to

upgr

ade

the

may

or's

bud

get w

ith s

uffic

ient

fund

s fo

r the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Par

ks a

nd R

ecre

atio

n to

hire

a fu

ll tim

e bi

lingu

al fa

cilit

ator

and

$2

mill

ion

to re

stor

e an

d up

grad

e La

mon

t Rec

reat

ion

mul

ti-us

e fa

cilit

ies;

adv

isin

g th

e co

unci

l an

d m

ayor

to re

form

the

adm

inis

tratio

n of

his

toric

pre

serv

atio

n to

ass

ure

trans

pare

ncy

in p

olic

y; a

dvis

ing

DD

OT

to

arra

nge

for e

lect

roni

c no

tific

atio

n of

per

mit

appl

icat

ions

whe

re c

onst

ruct

ion

or d

umps

ter l

ocat

ion

bloc

ks s

idew

alks

, st

reet

s or

pub

lic a

men

ities

; adv

isin

g th

e A

lcoh

ol B

ever

age

Con

trol B

oard

of A

NC

1D

’s p

rote

st o

f liq

uor l

icen

se

rene

wal

s fo

r eig

ht M

ount

Ple

asan

t res

taur

ants

on

the

grou

nds

of im

prov

ing

and

not d

ecre

asin

g th

e pe

ace,

ord

er a

nd

quie

t of t

he n

eigh

borh

ood;

adv

isin

g th

e co

unci

l to

adop

t bas

ic p

rinci

ples

for s

tew

ards

hip

of p

ublic

pro

perty

in o

rder

to

pres

erve

pub

lic p

rope

rty fo

r pub

lic n

eeds

; allo

catin

g up

to $

500

for i

nitia

l exp

ense

s to

exp

lore

bes

t pra

ctic

es fo

r ha

ndlin

g al

coho

l lic

ense

s an

d vo

lunt

ary

agre

emen

ts; a

dvis

ing

DD

OT

to a

rran

ge fo

r pay

men

ts in

kin

d w

here

by

disr

uptio

ns c

ause

d by

dum

pste

rs a

nd o

ther

con

stru

ctio

n ob

stac

les

to s

idew

alks

and

stre

ets

wou

ld b

e co

mpe

nsat

ed b

y lo

nger

-term

impr

ovem

ents

to a

rea

stre

etsc

ape;

adv

isin

g th

e D

C M

etro

polit

an P

olic

e D

epar

tmen

t to

rein

stat

e ha

ndlin

g th

e P

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e S

ervi

ce A

rea

301

mee

ting

via

join

t spo

nsor

ship

with

AN

C 1

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com

mitt

ee o

n P

ublic

Sec

urity

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Appendix VIII.Appendix VIII. McDonald’s Restaurant Exit Analysis

Short-Term Recommendation – McDonald’s Parking Lot


The parking lot of Mc Donald’s between Barry Place NW and Bryant Street NW generates and attracts many trips during midday and afternoon peak hours. As seen in Figure 1, the McDonald’s intersects Georgia Avenue NW at two points: an entrance and exit justsouth of Barry Place, and an exit just north of Bryant Street. The entrance/exit near Barry Place is frequently used by entering and exiting vehicles. Vehicles traveling on both directions of Georgia Avenue tend to use this entrance most, although there is a second entrance to the restaurant off of 8th Street NW.

Figure 1. Mc Donald’s Entrances and Exits between Barry Place NW and Bryant Street NW

Field observations revealed that there is a lot of congestion of Georgia Avenue between Barry Place and Bryant Street due to thevehicle maneuvers into and out of the McDonald’s parking lot. With the existing friction in this section due to large number of turning vehicles, parked vehicles reducing lane capacities, double parked vehicles blocking through-moving vehicles, and stopped buses blocking through-moving vehicles, any thing that can eliminate some of the friction in this area would improve traffic operations and transportation mobility.

One of the short-term recommendations is to eliminate the main entrance/exit to the McDonald’s restaurant and relocate the entrance/exit Barry Place, or just divert patrons to the exit off of 8th Street NW. McDonald’s patrons would be directed to turn onto Barry Place, thus positioning all turn movements at the signalized intersection. This would combine all operations to Barry Place, and would eliminate a friction point at the McDonald’s entrance/exit. The drive-thru exit near Bryant Street would remain.

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Traffic volumes for the McDonald’s Restaurant are shown in Figure 2. Less than one hundred vehicles enter and exit the facilityduring the midday and afternoon peak hours. But the delays generated as a result of the waiting vehicles contribute to inefficientoperation on Georgia Avenue.

Figure 2. Traffic Volumes for the McDonald’s Parking Lot (2007)

Vehicular queue lengths and the impact of queues on blocking intersections can reveal the level of friction on this segment of Georgia Avenue. Figure 3 shows the percent of blocking queues on Georgia Avenue near the McDonald’s entrance.

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Figure 3A. % Blocking Queues for Midday Peak Hour

Figure 3B. %Blocking Queues for PM Peak Hour

According to the diagrams, the left-most lanes in both the northbound and southbound directions are blocked at least 10 to 20 percent of the time to at most 50 percent of the time, particularly near the entrance to the McDonald’s parking lot. Of course, turning vehicles at Barry Place and Bryant Street create queues in and of themselves that block the lanes on Georgia Avenue. Queuing vehicles waiting to turn into the McDonald’s parking lot also contribute to this situation. To help clear congestion in this segment of Georgia Avenue, the queue lengths need to reduced, or even eliminated.

According to the Synchro models, the amount of vehicles waiting to turn into McDonald’s on a weekday midday and afternoon periodcontribute to about queues from 70-100 feet and queuing delays of up to 50 seconds per vehicle for the northbound direction. Ifthese vehicles can be re-routed to another entrance, this would eliminate of the friction due to the queuing vehicles at the McDonald’s entrance.

Table 1. McDonald’s Entrance Exit Queuing Statistics (for turning lanes into McDonald’s) Approach Peak Hour Measures NB SB

Average Queue (feet) 74 17Upstream Blocking Time (%) 68 5

Midday

Total Delay (secs) 40.3 0.2Average Queue (feet) 105 24Upstream Blocking Time (%) 32 0

Entrance/Exit

PM

Total Delay (secs) 51.6 0.6

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Midday


Exit

PM


Relocation of McDonald’s Entrance

An analysis was performed to evaluate the impacts and operations if the McDonald’s entrance was relocated. Figure 4 shows the readjusted traffic volumes to the restaurant as a result of the closing the entrance on Georgia Avenue.

Figure 4. Traffic Volumes for the McDonald’s Parking Lot with Revised Configuration

There will be an increase the turning volumes at the intersection of Barry Place and Georgia Avenue. This will increase the average delays and queue lengths for the northbound approach to this intersection. However, as seen Table 2, the increased volumes willnot deteriorate the intersection level of service (LOS).

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Table 2. Comparison of Measures of Effectiveness for Barry Place NW Intersection Intersection EB Barry Place NB Georgia Avenue SB Georgia Avenue

Scenario Time Period Delay

(secs) LOS Delay (secs) LOS Queue

(95th) (feet) Delay (secs) LOS Queue

(95th) (feet) Delay (secs) LOS Queue

(95th) (feet) Before the Relocation Midday 20.9 C 41.9 D 137 25.1 C 208 11.2 B 131After the Relocation Midday 25.1 C 45.7 D 169 31.3 C 225 11.4 B 133Before the Relocation PM 24.5 C 45.1 D 276 19.6 B 210 22.1 C 221After the Relocation PM 26.8 C 50.3 D 334 21.9 C 228 22.5 C 224

The Synchro model results reveal the level of queue lengths and the amount of queues blockages at this segment of Georgia Avenue were reduced as a result of eliminated the entrance. Figure 5 shows the percent of blocking queues on Georgia Avenue with the revised configuration.

Figure 5A. % Blocking Queues for Midday Peak Hour

Figure 5B. %Blocking Queues for PM Peak Hour

According to the diagrams, the left-most lanes in both the northbound and southbound directions are blocked at least one to fivepercent of the time to at most 50 percent of the time. These blockages are due to the queuing at the intersections of Barry Place and Bryant Street. Noticeably missing is the queuing related to the McDonald’s entrance, which has shifted to Barry Place. Also missingis the friction and blockages as a result of the McDonald’s entrance.

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Table 3 reveals the queuing statistics for the Georgia Avenue as a result of the relocated entrance. Although there are no statisticsavailable for the entrance, there are reductions in the amount of delays and percent blockages for the Drive-Thru exit. In thenorthbound direction, the percent blockages are reduced from 12 percent to zero percent in the midday peak hour, and from 21 percent to 13 percent in the afternoon peak hour. The delays on Georgia Avenue associated with this exit also decrease. In thesouthbound direction, the percent blockages are reduced by five percent in the midday peak hour, yet remain the same in the afternoon peak hour. Delays for the southbound direction increase by as much as 13 seconds in the southbound direction, likelybecause vehicles in the southbound have more interactions with exiting vehicles from the drive-thru.

Table 3. Relocated McDonald’s Entrance Queuing Statistics Approach Peak Hour Measures NB SB


Midday


Exit

PM


Findings

The relocation of the McDonald’s entrance from Georgia Avenue to 8th Street NW would provide the following benefits to multimodal traffic operations.

Reduces friction and percent blockages on Georgia Avenue, thus improving traffic flows. Reduces vehicle-to-vehicle conflict points on Georgia Avenue in this narrow roadway section. Traffic analysis reveals less queuing impacts on Georgia as a result of the entrance; it would eliminate the queuing on Georgia

Avenue due to the vehicles turning left from Georgia into the parking lot. Although relocation will increase volumes and queuing at the Barry Place intersection, the level of service and delays will not

deteriorate overall corridor operations. The relocation will not significantly increase queues at Barry Place. Safety will be improved as McDonald’s patrons will now turn at a signalized intersection as opposed to an uncontrolled driveway. Decreases average delays and queue lengths for the vehicles leaving the Mc Donald’s parking lot.

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