SOUTHEAST BLVD & BARNEY CIR Environmental Assessment
WELCOME TO THE 2ND PUBLIC MEETING Today is your opportunity to provide feedback on the Southeast Boulevard and Barney Circle plans!
• Review progress made since the last public meetings • Provide input on the Southeast Boulevard and Barney Circle concepts and designs • Give us your suggestions for the boulevard and circle
Please take the time to examine the information provided, ask as many questions as you wish, and give us your comments and suggestions. Your input is needed as part of the environmental review process and it is important.
Comment sheets are available for written comments and can be submitted today or by emailing or mailing to us by January 24th. All comments received will be reviewed and considered by the project team. To Union Station
Massachusetts Ave SE
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Water St SE Good Hope Rd SE Pennsylvania-Potomac Nicholson St SE Washington Navy Yard Avenue SE Intersection The Yards 295 22th St SE Park Pedestrian Safety Study ANACOSTIA O St SE Pennsylvania Avenue- Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE 295 Anacostia Dr
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Upon completion of the EA, the following additional steps must The EA will address: be taken before the project can be implemented: • Boulevard cross section • Detailed Design and Engineering — The preferred alternative would be designed in greater detail • Multimodal connections following a comprehensive survey of physical conditions. • Bus storage feasibility & • Final Cost Estimate — Beyond the financial analysis in the EA, a refined cost estimate would be prepared general design based on the completion of a more-detailed design. • General footprint of • Land Uses for Potential Excess Right-of-Way — If the EA concludes that there is potential to declare potential excess right-of-way some transportation right-of-way as excess, additional steps, with additional robust public involvement efforts, would be needed to dispose of this land and to determine appropriate uses for the land. • Funding — Funding sources would be identified and a funding plan developed to construct the project.
CHAPT ER 1 WORKS HOP IN FORM A TION AND F ORM A T WHAT WE HEARD SOUTHEAST BLVD & BARNEY CIR & SOUTHEAST BLVD BARNEY CIR refinement of the project’s purpose and need.
Environmental Assessment Environmental 1.1Assessment P u rpose o f th e Works show consistency with goals and objectiveshop of local planning); share and solicit public input on the project’s draft
1.2 Even t Inform ation
FROM YOUR COMMENTS KEY TAKEAWAYS 1.3 F ormat ool’s »»Access to the Anacostia River was an important topic, some felt it was crucial while others thought there no additional connection was necessary Neighborhood multimodal connections were important, especially north-south across Pennsylvania Avenue SE and around Barney »» process, explained the meeting’s purpose,
top portion of the board presents information on changing driving patterns in the area, Circle. Most comments focused on pedestrian access and streetscaping. particularly on outheast oulevard. he bottom portion of the map illustrates the location of existing bus storage facilities and highlights the need for more storage within the istrict. • Purpose and Need Board: This board presents the project’s purpose and needs, ocumentalong with itle some useful images. • xisting nvironmental esources oard he purpose of Figure 2. Map 2 environmental resources, such as community facilities and par areas, located within or around Green space was important to participants, who noted a need for increased green areas that include play space for neighborhood the outheast oulevard study area. ocument itle » » • ey roject lements oard his board focuses on the sort of components that would be this board is to highlight existing included when converting the existing roadway into an urban boulevard. t also featured examples of other streets in the istrict to show attendees what outheast oulevard could loo youth and gathering spaces for residents li e, as well as what the bus storage could loo li e. • outheast oulevard environmental resources ap maps ctivity were n printed order to at obtain different additional scales to input, allow two attendees existing to mar and write notes at particular locations. articipants were encouraged to note environmental, transport ation, and other considerations. • lip harts rovided another opportunity for additional comments. • The proposed bus facility brought up concerns of environmental impacts (air and noise pollution, visual impacts), increased traffic, omment ard he comment cards were designed to obtain answers to the following »» uestions
o you agree with the purpose and need re you aware of any hum and use of the facility should be considered in the development of the transportation improvements an, cultural, or natural resources in the study area that hat elements, if any, would you li e to see considered in the study and why
» Potential future development was also a concern in terms of type, quality, and potential impacts on things such as traffic »
1 .4 Bo ards an Boards and acti ities wered Ac designedt to gi e ivities as collect eedbac The ollowing boards and acti ities were pro ided: ocument Title attendees an o er iew o the stud and its purpose and need, as well T • elcome Board: This board was placed outside the g mnasium to greet attendees and pro ide
additional in ormation • Approximately tud rea Board: This board included a large map o the portion o outheast ashington, about the public meeting that surrounds the outheast Boule ard stud area The location o the project relati e to the
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• Project istor Board: The purpose o this board was to pro ide attendees with some bac ground in ormation on outheast Boule ard The timeline on the board e tends rom the
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neighborhood 71 comments were community members submitted in the attended the Public comment period members of the 57Workshop public were sent notifications
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MAJOR THEMES Waterfront Access Street Design »»Pedestrian and bicycle north-south »»Street elements and design connections »»Connections to north-south streets »»Connection design »»Bus access »»Improve walkability to Boat House » Boulevard travel time Row and riverfront »
Bus Facility Other Themes Environmental impacts »» Public safety Cohesion with neighborhood »» »» Improve Barney Circle walkability and character »» connections Access points to the facility »» Raising the boulvard’s elevation and Sustainability »» »» viewsheds »»Users of the facility
Note: Major themes summarized do not represent the views of all meeting participants and online commenters. A full comment matrix will be part of the project’s Environmental Assessment document. BUSKEY TRANSIT PROJECT SUPPORT ELEMENTS FACILITY SOUTHEAST BLVD & BARNEY CIR Environmental Assessment A newThis Southeastbus facility Boulevard would be EAlocated will evaluateunderneath conversion Southeast of Boulevard. the existing Entry/exit roadway points into an would urban be boulevard from Barneyconsistent Circle with and the 11th expected Street SE multimodal so that buses travel do notdemand circulate and through the character the residential of the adjacent neighborhood. neighborhood. Future project phases may include sustainable design features for this potential bus facility location. A small subset of potential considerations are shown.
Examples of Hidden Garages Potential Bus Facility Green Features Southeast Boulevard Boulevard features such as sidewalks, Potential surplus of transportation Neighborhood-serving street extensions Pedestrian and bicycle Barney Circle configuration Under-deck bus transit support reconfigured to the same bicycle facilities, street trees, on-street right-of-way for alternative land uses such of 13th, 14th, and 15th Streets SE linksAir to the Filtration waterfront facility withWater bus access Treatment via 11th elevation as L Street SE parking, and green infrastructure as neighborhood development or parks connecting to Southeast Boulevard Enclosed or underground Street SERainwater and/or Barney cisterns Circle collect parking garages require rainwater from a structure. ventilation to remove The cistern stores the water vehicle emissions and other for treatment or to supply pollutants, while providing irrigation water, reducing fresh air. Traditionally, clean runoff. Rainwater is piped air is introduced into the from the top of the structure polluted air via a circulationBus Transit Support Facilityto the cistern, which can Southeast Boulevard Reconfigured system. New technological be located in the structure solutions in air filtration are (as shown in image) or Preliminary traffic forecasts for Southeast Boulevard indicate that the boulevard will carry approximately 14,000 to 21,000 vehicles now being implemented in underground. Other water per day (vpd) in 2040, depending on its configuration. A variety of District and regional streets carry similar existing traffic volumes. parkingA new garages bus such facility that could treatment features could pollutantsbe hidden may actually underneath be include stormwater treatment removed from the air rather using bio-filtration landscape 4th Street SW @ N Street SW 14th Street NW @ T Street NW Georgia Avenue NW @ Decatur than Southeastsimply being Boulevard. diluted treatments and filtration and (11,900 vpd) (16,700 vpd) Street NW (21,100 vpd) and released.Entry/exit points would recycling of bus wash runoff. Garage is below the lawn of the Cathedral, National Pedestrians enter and exit garage via stairs and glass be from Barney Circle Cathedral, Washington, DC elevators and/or 11th Street SE, ensuring vehicles do not circulate through the residential neighborhood.
Boulevard Planning Study
N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington Virginia Avenue SE @ 4th Street SE (15,000 vpd in 2040); (17,000 vpd) the planned section includes a sidewalk-level bike path The National Cathedral bus garage is below the Shisane Park in Istanbul, Turkey, is above hidden Parking entrance lawn of the Cathedral. underground parking Electric Vehicle Charging Noise Mitigation In late 2017, DC Circulator started using 14 100-percent Facility features also can be designed to mitigate potential electric-powered buses on the National Mall route. While noise impacts. Example features include: a bus transit support facility for electric buses requires • Site layout that minimizes reversing substantial power service, benefits include potential for • Walls and enclosures that shield noise from equipment reduced emissions at the facility and while buses are in such as air compressors or pumps service. Electric vehicles also have reduced noise impacts • Sound absorbent finishes on walls in key locations Source: http://www.virginiaavenuetunnel.com/resources when compared to other propulsion systems. • Use of baffled plenums in HVAC (air) systems KEY PROJECT ELEMENTS SOUTHEAST BLVD & BARNEY CIR Environmental Assessment This Southeast Boulevard EA will evaluate conversion of the existing roadway into an urban boulevard consistent with the expected multimodal travel demand and the character of the adjacent neighborhood.
Southeast Boulevard Boulevard features such as sidewalks, Potential surplus of transportation Neighborhood-serving street extensions Pedestrian and bicycle Barney Circle configuration Under-deck bus transit support
reconfigured to the same bicycle facilities, street trees, on-street right-of-way for alternative land uses such of 13th, 14th, and 15th Streets SE links to the waterfront facility with bus access via 11th
elevation as L Street SE parking, and green infrastructure as neighborhood development or parks connecting to Southeast Boulevard Street SE and/or Barney Circle
Southeast Boulevard Reconfigured Bus Transit Support Facility
Preliminary traffic forecasts for Southeast Boulevard indicate that the boulevard will carry approximately 14,000 to 21,000 vehicles per day (vpd) in 2040, depending on its configuration. A variety of District and regional streets carry similar existing traffic volumes. A new bus facility could be hidden underneath 4th Street SW @ N Street SW 14th Street NW @ T Street NW Georgia Avenue NW @ Decatur Southeast Boulevard. (11,900 vpd) (16,700 vpd) Street NW (21,100 vpd) Entry/exit points would be from Barney Circle and/or 11th Street SE, ensuring vehicles do not circulate through the residential neighborhood.
Boulevard Planning Study
N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington Virginia Avenue SE @ 4th Street SE (15,000 vpd in 2040); (17,000 vpd) the planned section includes a sidewalk-level bike path The National Cathedral bus garage is below the lawn of the Cathedral.
Source: http://www.virginiaavenuetunnel.com/resources