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Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape ImprovementsFinal Report – December 2007Contents Page
A. Executive Summary 1
Introduction and Background
12B. Introduction 13C. Study Area 17D. History 18
Project Purpose
23E. Public Participation 24F. Corridor Revitalization Visions and Guidelines 27
Existing Conditions
38G. Land Use 39H. Existing Conditions – Transportation 42I. Existing Conditions – Public Realm 56
Alternatives
63J. Transportation Alternatives 64
Recommendations
79K. Preferred Alternative 80L. Short Term Recommendations 116M. Long Term Recommendations 118N. Implementation Plan 121O. Acknowledgements
Appendices
Appendix I – Existing Conditions ReportAppendix II – Future Traffic Analysis ReportAppendix III – Steering Committee ListAppendix IV – Comments from Public MeetingsAppendix V – Public Meeting SummariesAppendix VI – Specific Design ElementsAppendix VII – Associated News ArticlesAppendix VIII – McDonald’s Restaurant Exit Analysis
printed June, 2009
 
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Lower Georgia Avenue Transportation and Streetscape Improvement Study - Final Report
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.ExecutiveSummary
Project Overview
TheDistrictDepartmentofTransportation(DDOT)commissionedadetailedstudyofstrategictransportationimprovementsthatcouldimprovemultimodalmobilityintheGeorgiaAvenuacorridor,whileenhancingthepublicrealmwithaconsistentandattractivestreetscape.DDOTiscommittedtomakingmajortransportationinvestmentsandimprovementsalongthecorridor,includingimprovementstothestreetscapeandthepublicrealm.DDOTandotherDistrictagencieswishtoprioritizetransit,economicdevelopment,overallsafety,andinparticular,pedestrianandbicyclistneedsalongthecorridor.ActivecollaborationandinvolvementwiththecommunityhasbeencrucialfordevelopingaconsensusvisionforthemultimodaltransportationdesignandmanagementplanforGeorgiaAvenuepresentedinthisdocument.
Major Study Goals
Provideamechanismtocreateacomprehensiveunderstandingofthecurrentandfuturetransportationsystem-Developanoverallstreetalignment-Determinethecurbdynamics-SupporttheneedsandgrowthofthelocalbusinessDevelopatransportationmanagementandright-of-wayplanthatsupportsexpandedeconomicdevelopmentandlocalmobility.Developtransportationoptionsthatareconducivetoanurbanuniversitycampusenvironment.
Determine impacts of changes to Georgia Avenue on efciencies and multimodal
performanceofotherroadsinthestudyareasystem.
Determine efcient strategies (parallel streets, Georgia Avenue retail) to develop bus
rapidtransitorstreetcarservicealongthecorridor.Developaplanthatsupportstheneedsanddesiresofthebusiness,residential,andinstitutionalcommunities.••••••
FigureA-1:ExistingConditionsonGeorgiaAvenue
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