DC Transit Future System Plan
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E V A T A S I G H R T 6 O 1 E MILITARY RD G 1 W C 4 O T I S N H C N S O E T N C S T I I N C U A T V E A V E E E M AV V A A S AN D S G N A HI LA C IC IS H M E U D S O E RH T T CALVERT ST 2.0 PurposeS and Need A V E This chapter describes the need for additional transit improvements generated by continuing population andK ST employment growth in the District as well as local economic and community development objectives. TheH SassessmentT B addressesE the NNIN effects of increased travel time, crowding on the existing bus and rail systemsG R Dand inadequate access to transit. T S E V T H A 2.1 Project Purpose S the needs assessment were incorporated into some of T A 8 H the measures used to evaluateINDE thePE transitNDEN improvementCE AVE T The purpose of the transit investments outlined in the T O 7 options. These measures included travel time savings system plan is to enhance mobility for city residents, S to major trip destinations, ridership potential, change E accommodate continued growth in population and N N in transit capacity and vehicle loads, planning initiatives I employment, improve access to jobs, connect and development/redevelopment projects served, and M neighborhoods and activity centers, and support M ST community support. The evaluation of alternatives is sustainable economic growth for the District of Columbia. summarized in Chapter 3.0 and Appendix B of thisP report.E These results are based on the needs assessment NN conducted as part of the DC Alternatives Analysis The statement of needs addressed the following key issues:S Y LV AN completed in 2005 and updated in 2008 and 2010. The Accommodate Population and EmploymentG IA • O A following section summarizes the needs assessment Growth - The District has been actively engagedOD in VE H results. community and economic development efforts toO target PE P areas that could be redeveloped to help accommodateRD o 100,000 additional DistrictE residents. Over time, 2.2 Needs Assessment t V o additional transit serviceA will be required that offers more R The project needs assessment identified areas of the m direct and higher-capacity access between areas with J a District of Columbia that require transit improvements growing concentrationsK of population and employment L to enhance access within and between neighborhoods, c within the city. M to key activity centers within the city, and to the regional R Provide Enhanced Mobility - Current and future Metrorail system. To identify these needed improvements, it • i District residents need new transit services that extend measured five indicators of system performance: v e to new activity centers within communities and for trip 1. Transit travel times to employment and other activityr purposes that are currently underserved and require centers for District residents; multiple transfers. There is a need for high-capacity transit 2. Overall travel and transit demand in different sections of service that can offer cross-town trip patterns and more the city; direct connections across the Anacostia River without forcing a transfer. There is also a need to serve non-work 3. Comparison of transit demand to transit capacity within trips made by neighborhood residents and visitors to key corridors in the city; destinations located in different parts of the City. 4. Development and redevelopment initiatives within the • Support Continued Economic Development - There city that will require transit access; and are mutual benefits to be obtained by supporting 5. Public preferences for transit improvements. community development initiatives with transit Based on the analyses outlined above, a statement of investments. The developing areas receive the transportation needs was developed for the District of advantage of convenient transportation to a variety of Columbia. The needs statement provided the framework destinations. At the same time, the transit investment for the identification of corridors to receive detailed will benefit from the potential increased ridership base evaluation in subsequent steps of the system planning associated with the redevelopment areas. process. The key indicators of system performance from LEGEND Streetcar Lines 2-1 Purpose and Need Rhode Island Ave/U St/14th St/K St 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 E V A T A S I G H R T 6 O 1 E MILITARY RD G 1 W C 4 O T I S N H C N S O E T N C S T I I N C U A T V E A V E E E M AV V A A S AN D S G N A HI LA C IC IS H M E U D S O E RH T T CALVERT ST S • Provide Metrorail Coverage and Core Capacity approximately 22 percent by 2030. This section presents A V Relief - The Metrorail system serves several parts of the the results of population and employment growth forecasts E City effectively, but there are still large gaps in service in DC and identifies locations that will experience the coverage within the District due to the regional nature of greatest future transit demands and needs. the service. In addition, both the Metrorail and Metrobus systems are approaching their maximum capacities. Population Figure 2-1 shows the projected population densities across the city for the year 2030, and Figure 2-2 shows the areas K ST 2.3 Accommodate Population and in the District of Columbia that are expected to experience H ST BE Employment Growth NNIN the greatest population increases between 2000 and 2030. G RD The transportation system within DC will have to High growth areas include: T accommodate continued growth in population and Mount Vernon Square/North of Massachusetts Avenue S E • V employment over the next 20 years not only within the T (NoMa) area near downtown DC; H A S T A city, but across the region. In 2000, 572,000 people 8 H INDEPENDENCE AVE T • Brentwood area in Northeast DC; T lived within the city, with an average density of over 9,000 O 7 S people per square mile. In 2003, District government set Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home/McMillan Reservoir area in E • N a goal of attracting 100,000 new residents to the District Northeast DC; N I over the next ten years, which would represent an increase M • Walter Reed Army Hospital site and adjacent area in M ST of almost 20 percent. Along with population growth, Northwest DC; employment within the District is expected to grow by PE NN SY Figure 2-1: Forecast Population Density (2030) Figure 2-2: Population Change (2010-2030) L ¾M ¾M VA N ¾M ¾M G IA OO A D VE ¾M ¾M H E ¾M E ¾M O V V A ¾M A ¾M P T T S A S A I I E P H H R G G W T W T R ¾M R ¾M D 6 6 I C O I C O o S MILITARY RD 1 S MILITARY RD 1 O ¾M O E ¾M E E C C N O N G O G N N t V N ¾M N ¾M E E S S C ¾M C ¾M o A I I N T N T ¾ ¾ M I M I A C A C V U V U R m ¾M ¾M M E T M E T J A A E E A A E E S V V S V V S V ¾M A A S V ¾M A A ¾ D ¾E D a A M E N A M N K N N C GA ¾M A C GA ¾M A H HI SL H HI SL L I I U ¾M IC E U ¾M IC E c S M D S M D E ¾MCALVERT ST O E ¾MCALVERT ST O M T H T H T R T R S ¾M S ¾M A A V ¾ ¾ V ¾ ¾ R M M M M E ¾M E ¾M ¾M ¾M i ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M K ST ¾M K ST ¾M v ¾M H ST BEN ¾M H ST BEN ¾M ¾M NI E ¾M ¾M NI ¾M NG R ¾M NG R E ¾M ¾M ¾M D ¾VM ¾M ¾M ¾M D V¾M T T e A ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M A S S T T ¾M ¾M A ¾M ¾M A S T S ¾ H ¾ H M ¾M M T ¾M r ¾ ¾ T O M T O M ¾M H ¾M H 8 S 8 S ¾M T ¾M ¾M T ¾M ¾M ¾M E ¾M ¾M E ¾7 ¾7 ¾M ¾M M ¾M ¾M ¾M M ¾M ¾M ¾ N ¾M ¾ N M N M N M ST I M ST I P M P ¾M ¾M E ¾M ¾M E M NN NN SY SY ¾M G LV ¾M G LV O AN O AN OD IA OD IA ¾ H AV ¾ H AV M ¾M OP E M ¾M OP E P E E P E E ¾M V RD ¾M V RD o o A A t t ¾M R ¾M R J J o ¾M o ¾M K K m m L ¾M L ¾M ¾M ¾M M M a ¾M a ¾M c c R R i i v ¾M v ¾M e e r r ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M ¾M Parks Population Change 2000 to 2030 Population Density 2030 (Persons/Acre) ¯ No Change ¯ 0 0.5 1 Up to 20% Increase 0 0.5 1 Miles Between 20% and 100% Increase Miles - 5 10 20 50 00 00 0 6 - 1 - 1 - - 1 >1 1 2 51 Source: MWCOG Greater than 100% Increase Source: MWCOG LEGEND DC’s Transit Future Streetcar Lines Rhode Island Ave/U St/14th St/K St System Plan 2-2 MLK Jr.