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Washington presentation 3.1
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2. WMATA Current Challenges
Years of chronic underfunding and underinvestment have led to:
• Aging Equipment.
• Outdated metro cars
• Less reliable service
• Deteriorating Infrastructure
• Safety Concerns
• Over crowding
9. Successes: Capital Bikeshare Program
• Launched September, 2010
• First Regional bikesharing
system in North America
• Nearly 50 miles of marked
bike lanes
http://dc.streetsblog.org
• Members can join
temporary or annually
• Funding ($6 million) came
from CMAQ
www.downtowndc.org
17. Great Streets Initiative
• Multi-agency program which attempts to improve quality of
life and attract private investments through the enhancement
of DC’s current neighborhoods.
19. Success
• Provide additional transit services
• Promote walking and biking
• Promote efficient vehicle operations and use in the District
• Improve linkage between transportation and land use
development
• Improve environmental performance of transportation
facilities
• Reduce energy consumption
20. State of Washington D.C.’s Transit System
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It takes me where I want to go
It takes me when I want to go
It is a good use of my time
It is a good use of my money
It respects me in the level of safety, comfort, amenity it
provides
• I can trust it
• It gives me the freedom to change my plans
Source: “Human Transit” by Jarrett Walker
Reduced fuel consumptionby more than 1 million gallons. -Prevented the creation of an estimated 360,000 pounds per year of volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxide, as well as more that 27 million pounds of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of removing 2,200 cars from District roads.
SmarTrip is a stored-value card run by metro for use on Washington and the metropolitan area’s public transit, including transportation run by agencies other than WMATA.Users are allowed to store up to $300 on the card and pay a discounted rate to use the transit.SmarTrip adds efficiency and safety to the system
Goals are desired outcomes to be achieved, such as health, equity and happiness. Objectives are ways to achieve goals. During a planning process it is helpful to ask regularly, “What are we trying to achieve?”The ‘what’ is the goal – we develop objectives to achieve this goal. Washington D.C. has been extremely successful in achieving the broader goal of sustainability. This success can be attributed to the capital bikeshare program.
DC introduced the first large scale public bicycle sharing program in the countryDC has 56 miles of bike lanes and 55 miles of trails
Three highway loops were planned Only the largest radius loop was built as planned, only small sections of the other proposed highways were built.
-The Green Alleys Initiative seeks to decrease the quantity and increase the quality of the runoff within the city’s right-of-way.-To do this DDOT is using low impact design in green alleys to decrease runoff from them.
-It also provides environmental benefits through smarter and more efficient use of land resources.-The “Great Streets” initiative is an excellent example of DDOT’s ongoing efforts to bring together transportation improvements and land use strategies through interagency collaboration.
as a multi‐agency effort between the federal and District governments, AWI integrates transportation, land use and economic development projects within the area. -It is a successful case of improved livability in the District. AWI aims to revitalize neighborhoods around the waterfront of the Anacostia River by creating a hub of economic development and bringing thousands of new jobs, residents and visitors to this vital neighborhood.
