The 2134 District Department of Transportation (DDOT) has released the draft moveDC Transportation Plan, a comprehensive, multimodal transportation strategy that outlines policies, programs and capital investments to enhance the District’s transportation network, and includes detailed elements or master plans for each mode of travel in the District.
The plan takes into account projections that the city will add about 170,000 residents in the next 25 years, and increase jobs by 40 per cent, for an additional 200,000 people working in the city.
Highlights of the plan include recommendations for more educational campaigns to promote safe pedestrian practices, bus stop improvements, a sidewalk on at least one side of every street, and the expansion of the District’s speed and red-light camera programs to enforce speed limits, raise the comfort level of pedestrians and reduce pedestrian-related accidents.
The plan for the District’s vehicular transportation system focuses on reducing automobile use or maintaining the current number of vehicular trips. It calls for toll lanes at major entry points into the city and cordon area congestion pricing, in which vehicles would be charged to access downtown.
The plan also calls for 70 miles of high-capacity transit (streetcar or bus), a new downtown Metrorail loop, dedicated bus lanes, expanded commuter rail and water taxis.
“Building a world-class, sustainable city in the District of Columbia has always been one of the principal goals of my administration, and moveDC plays an integral role in advancing this effort,” said Mayor Vincent C. Gray. “It is so exciting to see the hard work and energy of District residents pay off in a plan that will continue to move us forward into the future.”
The plan takes into account projections that the city will add about 170,000 residents in the next 25 years, and increase jobs by 40 per cent, for an additional 200,000 people working in the city.
Highlights of the plan include recommendations for more educational campaigns to promote safe pedestrian practices, bus stop improvements, a sidewalk on at least one side of every street, and the expansion of the District’s speed and red-light camera programs to enforce speed limits, raise the comfort level of pedestrians and reduce pedestrian-related accidents.
The plan for the District’s vehicular transportation system focuses on reducing automobile use or maintaining the current number of vehicular trips. It calls for toll lanes at major entry points into the city and cordon area congestion pricing, in which vehicles would be charged to access downtown.
The plan also calls for 70 miles of high-capacity transit (streetcar or bus), a new downtown Metrorail loop, dedicated bus lanes, expanded commuter rail and water taxis.
“Building a world-class, sustainable city in the District of Columbia has always been one of the principal goals of my administration, and moveDC plays an integral role in advancing this effort,” said Mayor Vincent C. Gray. “It is so exciting to see the hard work and energy of District residents pay off in a plan that will continue to move us forward into the future.”
