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mile along the routes. They will include a passenger r waiting the new District Department of Employment Services area, a shelter, and system information regarding fares, headquarters. routes, and schedules. The stops may be located on a special platform that is about 75-feet long and 14-inches • Georgetown to Benning Road Metrorail Station high, which enables level boarding, or they may simply Line – This line will connect the downtown Washington utilize a portion of the sidewalk where possible. For areas employment core to residential neighborhoods in with on-street parking, the streetcar stop may be located Northeast DC, a revitalizing commercial district along on a curb bulb-out that extends the sidewalk out to meet H Street NE, established commercial retail businesses the streetcar vehicle operating in the roadway travel lane. in Georgetown, and the Union Station Intermodal Streetcar stops may also be located in a center median Transportation Center. The line also will connect to of the roadway in areas where center-running tracks are seven Metrorail Stations and serve planned mixed-use used. The streetcar system is planned to operate seven development located in downtown Ward 7 near the days per week with service frequencies of around 10 intersection of Benning Road and Minnesota Avenue. minutes throughout the day and evening, including late • to Line – night service on weekends. For segments of the system This line will extend streetcar service from the Historic that accommodate multiple lines, the services will be more Anacostia business district south to Savannah Street in frequent along these trunk lines. the Congress Heights neighborhood in Southeast DC LEGEND DC’s Transit Future Streetcar Lines Rhode Island Ave/U St/14th St/K St System Plan 4-1 MLK Jr. Ave/M St Florida Ave/8th St/U St/Calvert St K St/H St/Benning Rd Minnesota Ave Georgia Ave/14th St/7th St Calvert St/Columbia Rd/Irving St/Michigan Ave 0 0.5 1 Miles 8th St/MLK Jr. Ave/K St/H St Figure 4-1: Streetcar Features

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4-4 Recommended System Plan and north across the to the Capitol Hill • Woodley Park/Adams Morgan to Brookland Line – neighborhood, the H Street NE commercial district, and This line will extend from Woodley Park to the Brookland then to the downtown Washington employment core neighborhood in Northeast DC. The line will provide along K Street NW. Along the way the line will serve a needed east-west transit connection and serves the the future headquarters of the Department of Homeland Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights commercial Security at the former St. Elizabeths Hospital site, which districts, Washington Hospital Center, Howard University, will bring 14,000 new employees to the area. The line Catholic University, and planned large scale mixed-use also will serve the Anacostia Waterfront, growing offi ce developments located near the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s and mixed-use development in the Near Southeast area, Home and McMillan Reservoir. commercial businesses in the M Street SE/Barracks Row Forecasts of ridership for the streetcar system were area, and connect to Union Station. This line will connect prepared using the Metropolitan Washington Council of to all fi ve Metrorail lines along the corridor. Governments Regional Travel Demand Forecasting Model. • Congress Heights to Buzzard Point Line – This line The Year 2030 forecast ridership for the entire streetcar will serve the Anacostia Waterfront area including the system is about 147,000 riders on the average weekday. baseball stadium, Buzzard Point, and the The total system ridership translates to an average daily growing commercial, offi ce, and residential development ridership per mile of 3,900 for the system. As shown in along the route. The line will extend across the Figure 4-3, the heaviest forecast ridership is likely to occur Anacostia River at the 11th Street Bridge and connect to along the K Street NW, Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE, residential neighborhoods east of the river. The line will 14th Street NW, and H Street NE segments of the planned link with the Metrorail Green Line at the Anacostia and system. Navy Yard Stations

• Takoma Metrorail Station to Buzzard Point Line – This 4.2 Metro Express Limited-Stop Bus line will connect the NW commercial System corridor and adjacent neighborhoods with Howard University, the revitalized U Street NW commercial The Metro Express (originally called “Metro Extra”) bus corridor, downtown Washington, the National Mall, and service element implements new branded limited-stop the . This corridor will extend from bus service in several corridors. Metro Express service the Takoma Park Metrorail Station west to the Georgia consists of limited-stop bus service that would only serve Avenue Corridor and then south to the U Street area. specially designated high-ridership stops that are ¼ to ½ The line will also serve the 14th Street NW Corridor mile or more apart. The routes use specially branded blue south of U Street and the 7th Street SW Corridor to the buses so riders can easily recognize them as limited-stop Buzzard Point area. buses. The service is frequent and offers better travel times than the regular Metrobus local service, because it makes Woodley Park/Adams Morgan to Congress Heights • signifi cantly fewer stops. The routes will also incorporate Line – This line will provide a connection between other features to help reduce travel times for passengers, several commercial districts including Woodley Park, including signal priority for transit at intersections and Adams Morgan, U Street NW, NoMa, H Street NE, special lanes to bypass congested roadway segments Barracks Row, Anacostia Waterfront, and Historic where possible. Figure 4-4 shows some of the key features Anacostia. The line also will have direct connections to of the Metro Express bus service. all fi ve Metrorail lines and serve Gallaudet University and the National Zoo. As shown in Figure 4-5, the Metro Express limited-stop • Rhode Island Avenue/Eastern Avenue to Washington bus element of the plan envisions the implementation of Circle Line – This line will extend from Eastern Avenue Metro Express limited-stop service in 13 corridors. These in Northeast DC to the Washington Circle/ were identifi ed based in part on the results of the evaluation area near downtown Washington and generally follow of corridors described in Chapter 3.0. This element also Rhode Island Avenue NE/NW, U Street NW, 14th includes some additional Metro Express limited-stop Street NW and K Street NW. This line will connect the corridors that were identifi ed as part of the 2008 WMATA Brentwood area and neighborhoods along Rhode Island Metrobus Priority Corridor Network Plan. Avenue in Northeast DC, that are currently not well Some of the initial Metro Express limited-stop bus corridors served by the existing Metrorail system, to employment have been designated as future streetcar corridors. In centers and commercial districts in downtown these corridors the Metro Express limited-stop bus service Washington and adjacent areas. would likely precede streetcar service in the short term.

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DC’s Transit Future System Plan 4-7 As streetcar service is introduced in these particular • Rhode Island Avenue NE Corridor – This corridor will corridors, the Metro Express limited-stop bus service will include service along Rhode Island Avenue NE/NW from be optimized so that the bus and streetcar lines provide Eastern Avenue to 7th Street NW. It will serve an area complementary services. Under this arrangement Metro of the city that has traditionally been underserved by Express will serve longer corridor trips than the streetcar transit. The corridor is designated as a Great Streets service, with stops that are further spaced apart. This corridor which will have comprehensive streetscape and restructured service will further reduce travel times for pedestrian improvements. passengers traveling relatively long distances via transit. • Benning Road/H Street Corridor – This corridor will The Metro Express element of the long-term system plan include service along portions of Benning Road and H includes service in the following corridors: Street NE from Downtown Washington to . The existing bus routes serving this corridor are Georgia Avenue/7th Street NE Corridor – Metro • some of the most heavily used and overcrowded in the Express (Route 79) service was implemented in 2007 city. The corridor will serve a revitalizing H Street NE along this corridor. The service connects Silver Spring commercial district and planned redevelopment east of with the Gallery Pace/Chinatown area in downtown the Anacostia River. Washington. The route also serves Howard University and the Convention Center area. • /U Street NW/8th Street SE Corridor – This corridor will connect the Anacostia SE Corridor – Metro Express • Waterfront, Barracks Row, H Street NE, NoMa, U Street (Route 39) service was implemented in 2008 along this NW, Adams Morgan, and Woodley Park commercial corridor. It operates along Pennsylvania Avenue SE and districts. connects downtown Washington to Capitol Hill, Barracks Row, and neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. • South Capitol Street/Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue/ Minnesota Avenue Corridor – This service will operate /K Street NW Corridor – Metro • along portions of South Capitol Street, Martin Luther Express (Route 37) service was implemented in 2008 King, Jr. Avenue SE, and Minnesota Avenue SE. The along Wisconsin Avenue NW and Massachusetts route will serve the planned Department of Homeland Avenue NW. The route connects Friendship Heights, Security headquarters campus, Historic Anacostia Tenleytown, National Cathedral area, , business district and planned redevelopment near the and downtown Washington. In the future this service intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road. would utilize the planned K Street Transitway, which will incorporate transit-only lanes into a reconstructed • Good Hope Road – This corridor will include service roadway. The K Street Transitway also will along Good Hope Road SE and Martin Luther King, Jr. accommodate the DC Circulator Route, local Metrobus Avenue SE from the Anacostia Metrorail Station to the and streetcar service pending additional study. Skyland commercial area at Alabama Avenue SE. • 16th Street NW Corridor – Metro Express service • Calvert St/Columbia Rd Corridor – This corridor will (Route S9) was implemented in 2009 on 16th Street NW. provide needed east-west transit service connecting The service connects residential neighborhoods in the the National Cathedral area on Wisconsin Avenue to northern part of the city with the McPherson Square area Woodley Park, Columbia Heights, Catholic University in downtown Washington. and the Brookland area. It also will serve planned mixed-use development near the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s 14th Street NW Corridor – This corridor will include • Home and McMillan Reservoir. new service along 14th Street NW from Pennsylvania Avenue NW to Aspen Street NW and a connection to the • Military Rd/Missouri Avenue Corridor – This corridor Takoma Park Metrorail Station. The route will serve the will provide needed east-west transit service along Columbia Heights and U Street commercial districts and Military Road and Missouri Avenue NW to the Fort Totten residential areas to the north. Metrorail Station, which is served by three Metrorail lines. The corridor also will serve redevelopment sites planned /Michigan Avenue – This corridor • for the Fort Totten Area. will include service along Michigan Avenue NE from the Brookland/Catholic University Metrorail Station to North Capitol Street and along North Capitol Street from Michigan Avenue NE to Massachusetts Avenue NW and Union Station.

4-8 Recommended System Plan 4.3 Project Phasing • Implementation of Initial Metro Express Bus Services – Current implementation of the relatively low- This section describes the implementation phasing of cost Metro Express service has resulted in immediate projects included in the 2010 Update. Because the improvement to several transit corridors. These initial improvements cannot all be constructed and operated corridors include some of those recommended in immediately, improvements will be gradually phased in the WMATA Metrobus Priority Corridor Network Plan over a period of years. For the implementation chronology, as well as the Transit System Plan. Service is being projects were divided into a set of initial phase of projects implemented along portions of 16th Street NW, Georgia that were already under construction as of 2009 and three Avenue NW/7th Street NW, Wisconsin Avenue NW, and future phases of system development. The streetcar Pennsylvania Avenue SE. project phasing strategy considers the following key principals: • Anacostia Streetcar Initial Line Segment – In 2004 DDOT and WMATA identifi ed the Anacostia Initial Line Focus on the Highest Ridership Segments for • Segment as the fi rst phase of a future streetcar system Early Implementation – Ridership forecasts have for the District of Columbia. The segment connects been prepared for the recommended streetcar system the Anacostia Metrorail station with the Naval Annex in using the regional travel demand forecasting model Southeast DC. Construction activities for this project and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments began in 2009. population and employment forecasts. The corridor segments with the highest ridership per mile include K • H/Benning Streetcar Segment – DDOT also prioritized Street NW, H Street NE, 14th Street NW, U Street NW, the H/Benning Streetcar line because of its high 8th Street NE, Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, and ridership potential and service to an area targeted for Calvert Street NW. economic development. This phase includes streetcar construction along H Street NE and Benning Road Establish an Interconnected Streetcar Network – This • between Union Station and Oklahoma Avenue. Track includes establishing an initial system of interconnected construction for this segment was initiated in 2009 as streetcar lines in Phase 1 that expands outward in part of the reconstruction of these roadways. subsequent phases of system implementation. This allows for greater fl exibility for operations, vehicle fl eet • K Street Transitway – The project will construct a management, and maintenance and storage facility dedicated transitway to accommodate buses and construction and utilization. eventually streetcars. It is currently in the environmental study and preliminary design phase of project Coordinate Streetcar Construction with Other • development. Infrastructure Projects – To the extent possible, the streetcar phasing has been designed to coordinate the Phase 1 construction of streetcar facilities with planned roadway, bridge reconstruction, and development projects located Phase 1 will connect the initial projects described above along the line. For example, the streetcar projects in and expand the streetcar system to the north, east, and the H Street NE, Benning Road, Martin Luther King, south. It includes the streetcar segments with the highest Jr. Avenue, and 11th Street Bridge were identifi ed for forecast ridership and establishes a single interconnected the earliest phases of implementation to be able to streetcar system. The Phase 1 system will be completed incorporate streetcar track construction into the road by 2015; activities consist of the following projects: and bridge reconstruction projects that are currently • Extension of the Georgetown to H/Benning Streetcar underway. Line to Ward 7 and Downtown – After completion of Figures 4-6 through 4-9 show the recommended project the initial H/Benning Streetcar segment, expansion plans phasing. will focus on extending this line east from Oklahoma Avenue to the Benning Road Metrorail Station and Initial Projects extending it west from Union Station to K Street NW and Washington Circle (near the Foggy Bottom-GWU This phase consists of projects that have already initiated Metrorail station). Corridor analyses have indicated design and construction activities by 2010 as well as that the K Street NW segment has the highest ridership implementation of new Metro Express services. The Initial potential in the system. The streetcar alignment will Projects include the following: utilize the dedicated transit lanes that will be established along K Street NW as part of the planned transitway project.

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DC’s Transit Future System Plan 4-13 • Extension of the Anacostia Streetcar Initial Line • Extension of the Georgia Avenue to Buzzard Point Segment to Buzzard Point – This phase will extend Streetcar Line further north to Takoma – This phase the Anacostia Initial Line Segment across the 11th will extend streetcar service further north along Georgia Street Bridge to the M Street SE offi ce and commercial Avenue and connect to the Takoma Metrorail Station. corridor, Nationals Park stadium area, and terminus at • Completion of the Georgetown to H/Benning Buzzard Point. Streetcar Line west to Wisconsin Avenue – This • Construction of the Congress Heights to Downtown phase will extend the line further west to connect to the Streetcar Line to the St. Elizabeths Hospital Georgetown waterfront on K Street NW, completing this Campus – This line will provide a connection across line. the Anacostia River from Southeast to downtown • Construction of the Woodley Park/Adams Morgan to Washington. The initial southern terminus of the line Congress Heights Streetcar Line – This improvement in Phase 1 will be the future Department of Homeland will provide cross-town service connecting Northwest Security Headquarters at the St. Elizabeths Hospital and Southeast DC. The northern terminus of the line is campus. From this initial terminus, the line will run north the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail station. to the Navy Yard area, Capitol Hill neighborhood, and At the south end, it will extend streetcar service south downtown DC, terminating at Washington Circle. The along Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE to Congress line will also provide a streetcar linkage between the Heights and the future Department of Homeland Security Anacostia Streetcar Initial Line Segment and H/Benning Headquarters. Streetcar line, creating a single connected streetcar system. The development of a single connected system • Construction of the Rhode Island Avenue to will allow for easy movement of vehicles between Downtown Streetcar Line – This project will initiate streetcar lines and sharing of maintenance and storage streetcar service for Northeast DC along Rhode Island yard facilities between the lines. Avenue NW/NE, including connections to the Brentwood area and Rhode Island Avenue Metrorail Station. It will • Construction of the northern segment of the Georgia extend from Washington Circle to Eastern Avenue and Avenue to Buzzard Point Streetcar Line from Fort Circle Park at the District boundary. Petworth to Downtown – Ridership forecasts indicated strong ridership for streetcar service in the Georgia • Implementation of the Remaining Metro Express Avenue and 14th Street NW portions of the line as far Bus Services – This phase will implement the remaining north as the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metrorail station. Metro Express corridors, such as the Military Road/ The Phase 1 portion of the line will extend service from Missouri Avenue Corridor, Good Hope Road SE and the Washington Circle, east along K Street NW to 14th Calvert Street NW/ NW Corridor. Street NW, north on 14th Street NW, east on U Street Phase 3 NW, and north on Georgia Avenue NW to the Georgia Avenue/Petworth Metrorail station. Phase 3 will include the expansion of the Phase 2 system to the Columbia Road/Michigan Avenue Corridor serving Expansion of Metro Express Bus Services – • the Columbia Heights, Washington Hospital Center, Implementation of Metro Express services will continue and Brookland areas. This phase will also include the in the following corridors: 14th Street NW, Michigan Minnesota Avenue corridor, connecting the Historic Avenue NW/North Capitol Street, Florida Avenue/U Anacostia area to Ward 7, and the 7th Street SW Street/8th Street SE, South Capitol Street/Martin Luther Corridor providing service to the monumental core and King, Jr. Avenue/Minnesota Avenue, and Rhode Island the Southwest Waterfront. The Phase 3 system will be Avenue NE. completed by 2020. Activities consist of the following Phase 2 projects: Phase 2 will expand the Phase 1 streetcar system further • Construction of the Woodley Park/Adams Morgan north to the Takoma Metro Station, further west to to Brookland Line – This phase will build and initiate Georgetown, and further south to the Congress Heights service along a new line serving Columbia Heights, area. This phase will also establish two new streetcar lines Washington Hospital Center, and Catholic University and continue implementation of Metro Express services. areas. The line will extend from the Woodley Park-Zoo/ The Phase 2 system will be completed by 2018. Activities Adams Morgan Metrorail station to the Brookland-CUA consist of the following projects: Metrorail station.

4-14 Recommended System Plan • Extension of the Anacostia Initial Line Segment to the Skyland area, and further south along Martin Luther the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station – This phase will King, Jr. Avenue SE and South Capitol Street to National extend the Anacostia Streetcar north along Minnesota Harbor. Avenue to Benning Road and the Minnesota Avenue Potential Streetcar Projects by Phase Metrorail Station. Completion of the Georgia Avenue to Buzzard Point Based on the proposed streetcar system phasing, • potential individual project segments have been Streetcar Line – This extension will complete the line, identifi ed to advance through the project planning constructing the southern portion of the line from K and development process. Table 4-1 shows these Street NW to the Southwest Waterfront, M Street SW proposed projects including the identifi cation of logical and Buzzard Point. operational termini for each project. The individual proposed streetcar segments are described in more Future Extensions detail in the segment profi les that follow the table. The Beyond Phase 3, the system plan envisions future profi les summarize key information about each of the expansions of the streetcar system in the Wisconsin segments including: length, ridership forecasts, capital Avenue corridor north of Georgetown, further north cost estimates, population and employment along the along Georgia Avenue to Silver Spring, further east to route, performance relative to the evaluation criteria, key strengths, and segment termini. Table 4-1: Potential Streetcar Projects by Phase Operating Operating Project Segment Terminus 1 Terminus 2 Rationale for Project Termini and Independent Utility Initial Projects Anacostia Initial Naval Annex Anacostia Metrorail x Naval Annex is an employment center and trip destination point Line Segment Station x Anacostia Metrorail station is a major multimodal passenger transfer point for SE Washington H/Benning Union Station RFK Stadium Area x Union Station is a major intermodal passenger transfer location for the region (At Oklahoma x RFK Stadium is a destination for special events Avenue) x Spingarn High School and the Spingarn-Langston Recreation Center are located adjacent to Terminus 2 Phase 1 Benning Road Union Station Benning Road x Extends the H/Benning Project currently under construction west of Metrorail Station Oklahoma Avenue NE x Benning Road Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point Historic Naval Annex Good Hope x Naval Annex is an employment center and trip destination point Anacostia Road/11th Street x Connection to Good Hope Road serves Historic Anacostia business district Bridge Union Mount Vernon Benning Road x Extends the H/Benning Project currently under construction east of Union Station/Mount Square/ Convention Metrorail Station Station to the Downtown Vernon Square Center x /Washington Convention Center is a destination point for special events K Street Washington Circle Benning Road x Union Station is a major intermodal passenger transfer location for the region Metrorail Station x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point x University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major employment, educational and medical trip destination point M Street SE/11th Naval Annex Buzzard Point (At V x Extends the Anacostia Initial Line Segment/Naval Annex to the M Street Street Bridge Street SW) Corridor, connecting two major employment centers and trip destination points. x Serves Capitol Riverfront, Anacostia Waterfront, Southwest Waterfront and adjacent redevelopment at Buzzards Point MLK Jr. Avenue St. Elizabeth’s Good Hope x Future DHS Headquarters Site will become a major employment center and Hospital Campus Road/11th Street work trip destination point (Future DHS Bridge x Connection to Good Hope Road serves Historic Anacostia business district Headquarters Site) 8th Street St. Elizabeth’s Washington Circle x Future DHS Headquarters Site will become a major employment center and Hospital Campus work trip destination point (Future DHS x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location Headquarters Site) x George Washington University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major employment, educational and medical trip destination point 14th Street Washington Circle Georgia Avenue/ x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location Florida Avenue x George Washington University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major employment, educational and medical trip destination point x Howard University and Hospital is a major employment, educational and medical trip destination point x U Street commercial activity center is a destination point

Lower Georgia Washington Circle Georgia Ave- x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location Avenue Petworth Metrorail x George Washington University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major Station employment, educational and medical trip destination point x Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail Station and activity center is a major passenger transfer site

DC’s Transit Future System Plan 4-15 Table 4-1: Potential Streetcar Corridor Projects by Phase (continued) Operating Operating Project Segment Terminus 1 Terminus 2 Rationale for Project Termini and Independent Utility Phase 2 Georgia Avenue Washington Circle Takoma Metrorail x Extends the Georgia Avenue Corridor constructed in Phase 1, connecting Station major destinations such as: U Street, Howard University and Hospital, Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail Station x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location x George Washington University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major employment, educational and medical trip destination point x Takoma Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location for the region Congress Congress Heights Washington Circle x Congress Heights at Savannah Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue is a Heights commercial district neighborhood oriented activity center (At Savannah St SE) x Connection to Good Hope Road serves Historic Anacostia business district Florida Avenue Congress Heights Georgia Avenue/ x Congress Heights at Savannah Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue is a commercial district Florida Avenue neighborhood oriented activity center (At Savannah St SE) x Howard University and Hospital is a major employment, educational and medical trip destination point U Street/Calvert Congress Heights Woodley Park- x Congress Heights at Savannah Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue a Street commercial district Zoo/Adams Morgan neighborhood oriented activity center (At Savannah St SE) Metrorail Station x Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location x Extension connects major destinations such as: Woodley Park/Adams Morgan, U Street, Howard University and Hospital, Gallaudet University, Capitol Hill, Anacostia. Rhode Island Washington Circle Rhode Island Ave- x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location Avenue South Brentwood Metrorail x George Washington University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major Station employment, educational and medical trip destination point x Downtown Washington via K Street major employment and work trip destination x Rhode Island Ave-Brentwood Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point Rhode Island Washington Circle Rhode Island x Foggy Bottom-GWU Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer location Avenue North Avenue/ Eastern x George Washington University and Hospital at Washington Circle is a major Avenue employment, educational and medical trip destination point x Downtown Washington via K Street major employment and work trip destination x Residential neighborhoods and commercial center near Rhode Island Avenue and Eastern Avenue Intersection Georgetown K Street NW and Benning Road x Georgetown Waterfront/Wisconsin Avenue is a major activity center and trip Wisconsin Avenue Metrorail Station destination x Downtown Washington via K Street major employment and work trip destination x Extends the Washington Circle to Benning Road Metro Line constructed in Phase 1 x Union Station is a major intermodal passenger transfer location for the region. x Benning Road Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point Phase 3 Minnesota Naval Annex Minnesota Avenue x Extends Anacostia Initial Line Segment currently under construction Avenue Metrorail Station x Naval Annex is an employment center and trip destination point x Minnesota Avenue Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point Bolling AFB Bolling Air Force Minnesota Avenue x Extends Anacostia Initial Line Segment currently under construction Base Metrorail Station x Connects to Bolling Air Force Base Access Point x Connects Bolling Air Force Base to Downtown Historic Anacostia x Minnesota Avenue Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point Columbia Road Woodley Park- Georgia Avenue/ x Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail Station is a major passenger Zoo/Adams Morgan Columbia Road transfer point Metrorail Station x Columbia Heights Metrorail station is a major passenger destination and transfer point x Lower Georgia Avenue commercial district and connection to lower Georgia Avenue Streetcar Michigan Avenue Woodley Park- Brookland-CUA x Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail Station is a major passenger Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail Station transfer point Metrorail Station x Washington Hospital Center is a major employment and work trip destination point x Brookland Avenue Metrorail Station is a major passenger transfer point x Catholic University near Brookland-CUA Metrorail Station is a major trip destination point 7th Street Takoma Metrorail Buzzard Point (At V x Takoma Metrorail station is a major passenger transfer location for the region Station Street SW) x Extends the Georgia Avenue Corridor constructed in Phase 2 x Serves stadium area activity center, Capitol Riverfront, Anacostia Waterfront, Southwest Waterfront and adjacent redevelopment

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