MESSAGE FROM DDOT DIRECTOR AND CHIEF ENGINEER
We are very pleased to announce the completion of the DC Streetcar Design Criteria. This manual marksa significant milestone for the District Department of Transportation as we prepare to restore streetcarservice to the District.The DC Streetcar Design Criteria will provide both general guidelines and specific criteria for theplanning, design and construction of the proposed streetcar system. We are confident that the use of this manual will enable DDOT, agencies, consultants, planners, engineers and other professionals tomore efficiently translate DC requirements into acceptable design solutions.Implementing a successful streetcar system that will serve the District of Columbia is our key goal. Withthe development of this Design Criteria and Standard Drawings we have taken a very important steptowards this direction
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Terry Bellamy Ronaldo Nicholson, PEDDOT Director Chief Engineer