Barney Circle and Southeast Boulevard Transportation Planning Study

Revised Design Concepts Meeting November 21, 2013

Agenda
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Meeting Purpose Program and Project Goals Public Comments Received Revised Design Concepts Questions and Answers

Module 1 Meeting Purpose

Meeting Purpose
Recent Work: Share with you the results of our work since the last public meeting, February 21, 2013.
What were your comments at the last public meeting? What did we do to address them? How did your comments change the design concepts for the project?

Moving Forward: We need your feedback!

Please review the revised design concepts and provide us your feedback on the comment form.

Module 2 Program and Project Goals

Anacostia Waterfront Initiative Program Goals

Provide continuous pedestrian and bicycle access along the entire waterfront. Aggressively promote a modal shift to public transit. Create Great Urban Boulevards with mixed uses, landscaping, and great civic spaces. Redesign highways and freeways to reduce barriers between neighborhoods and waterfront parks. Reconnect the city street grid to waterfront parks.

What Are the Future Projects Adjacent to this Project?

Barney Circle and Southeast Boulevard Transportation Planning Study Goals

Transform the Southeast Freeway into a boulevard that is integrated with adjacent neighborhoods between the new 11th Street Bridge and Barney Circle and the Anacostia Waterfront. Reconstruct Barney Circle to accommodate vehicle turning movements. Improve pedestrian and bicyclist connectivity to the Anacostia River Waterfront. Considered design options that include multi-modal transportation uses.

What Process is Used to Make a Decision for the Project?

Final Design and Right of Way 2015/2016 Construction 2017/2018 Comments received at our meeting tonight will determine our next steps for the schedule of the project

Tonight Winter 2013 Spring 2014 Spring 2014 Summer 2014

Module 3 Prior Public Comments Received

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How Did We Address Your Comments After the First Public Meeting?
Compiled and reviewed all public comments. Evaluated how to address the questions we received. Traffic scenarios were evaluated using the travel demand model. Applied travel demand model to the development of the revised design concepts. Share results of our work with you tonight.

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Traffic Analysis Confirms 4 Lanes Necessary for Southeast Boulevard

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Concepts Analyzed That Will No Longer be Studied

Vehicular street connection from 13th, 14th, and 15th Streets SE to Southeast Boulevard, as it had the potential to induce cut through neighborhood traffic. Southeast Boulevard constructed immediately adjacent to L Street Southeast. Southeast Boulevard as a 2-lane road as it had the potential to induce cut-through neighborhood traffic. Southeast Boulevard eliminated, as it had the potential to induce cut-through neighborhood traffic.

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Addressing Your Comments!

Pedestrian and Bicycle Connections to the Waterfront
Create pedestrian and bicycle connections from 13th, 14th, and 15th Streets SE to waterfront. Allow pedestrian and bicycle access through Barney Circle.

Kentucky Avenue Included in Study Area

Expand the study area to include 700 and 800 blocks of Kentucky Avenue SE to evaluate potential cut through traffic that may result from the improvements to Barney Circle.

Southeast Boulevard Design

Do not provide vehicle connections to 13th, 14th, and 15th Streets SE. Do not locate Southeast Boulevard immediately adjacent to homes along L Street SE.

Parking Facility
An underground parking facility is quieter and allows green space on top.
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Module 4 Revised Design Concepts

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Revised Design Concepts Presented Tonight

Concept 1: No Build --- Do Nothing Option. Concepts 1 and 2 for Barney Circle. Concepts 2, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B for Southeast Boulevard. Reference the Concept Guide.

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Southeast Freeway

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17th Street SE

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Module 5 Community Questions and Answers

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Tonight: Tell Us What You Think!

Fill Out Comment Form! Email Distribution List: www.anacostiawaterfront.org/BarneyCircle Email: barneycircle@prrbiz.com Mail: Mr. Sanjay Kumar, P.E. District Department of Transportation Anacostia Waterfront Initiative 55 M Street, SE, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20003 DDOT is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of its projects, programs, and services on the basis of race, color, national origin, or gender, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or on the basis of disability as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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