Great Streets Framework Plan: H Street NE - Benning Road

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H STREET NE - BENNING

GREAT STREETS FRAMEWORK P

Gernment District C lmbiaAntny A. Williams, Mayr

District Depa rtment Transprta tinMicelle Prcia, Direct r


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THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM INVOLVED THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY ME

A VARIETY OF PROJECT TASKS SUCH AS ANALYSIS, DISCUSSION, WORKSH

PROCESSING, BUDGETING AND DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS.

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THE GREAT STREETS PROGRAM INVOLVED THE PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

VARIETY OF PROJECT TASKS SUCH AS ANALYSIS, DISCUSSION, WORKSHOPS, IDEA

CESSING, BUDGETING AND DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS.

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DISTRIC T DEPARTM ENT OF TRANSPORTATION

BUDGET-

$30 millionLENGTH - 5.00 miles

EXTENT - North Capitol Street

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Table of ContentsProgram Goals

PRINCIPLES

A FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE

HISTORY AND CONTEXT

EXISTING TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT

OTHER INITIATIVES AND MARKET POTENTIALS

Several Transportation and Planning Projects Will Impact the Corridor ......

TRANSPORTATION RECOMMENDATIONS

Right-o-Way Confguration: ..................................................................

Pedestrian Facilities: .............................................................................

Bicycle Facilities: ..................................................................................

Transit Facilities: ...................................................................................

Vehicle/Parking Facilities: ......................................................................

H STREET NE SEGMENT

North Capitol Street to 4th Street NE ....................................................

STARBURST SEGMENT

4th Street NE to 6th Street NE ............................................................

GREEN BOULEVARD SEGMENT

6th Street NE to Oklahoma Avenue NE ..................................................

MINNESOTA - BENNING SEGMENT

Anacostia Ave NE to 4nd Street NE .......................................................

EAST CAPITOL SEGMENT

43rd Road NE to B Street SE .................................................................

BENNING RIDGE

46th Street SE to G Street SE ................................................................

STREETSCAPE TREATMENT

ACTION PLAN

ACTIONS PLANNED TO DATE

ACKNOWLEDG

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Introduction

G reat Streets is a multi-agency program thatstrategically uses public investments to improve

local quality o lie and to attract private investment

to communities. The corridors that are identiied

as the irst phase o the Great Streets Program

are not only vital to the community development

o local neighborhoods, but are also key to

enhancing the Districts diversity and prosperity.

Program Goals. Improve the quality o lie in

neighborhoods along the corridors,including public saety, physicalappearance, and personal opportunity;

. Support local demand or goods

and services through economicdevelopment;

3. Expand mobility choices and improvesaety and eiciency o all modes otravel; and

4. Attract private investment through thedemonstration o a public commitmentto Great Streets communities.

PRINCIPLES

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Introduction

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H Street NE

North Capitol Street to 14th Street NE(6,680 Feet)

Major reconstruction per H Street NE

construction documents

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Destination

MajoThe H Stree t NE-Benn ing Roa d C orridor links c ent ral do wntown t o d ense

urban neighborhoods, riverfronts, parkland, and quiet green communitiesin the Distric t Gatewa y. Dynam ic streetsc ap es enliven three ma jor

neighborhood centers active with retail, ofce, housing, and entertainment

uses. Green trees line the intervening p ark, wate rfront, and residential a reas

where p ed estrians stroll.

This corridor is seeing rapid change. Properties

along H Street NE are coming up or redevelopment

and streetscape improvements are scheduled or

implementation in 006. The Starburst intersection

is being designed as a neighborhood plaza. Benning

Road NE, rom the Starburst intersection to Oklahoma

Avenue NE, will have streetscape improvements.

Streetcar service will compliment H Streets bus service,

and provide adequate transit options or residents o

Benning Road up to the Minnesota Avenue intersection,

across the river. Benning Road, west o the river, is

currently a six lane roadway that will have a median

which will accommodate streetcar stops. Eorts are

underway to create a neighborhood downtown or Ward

7 at the Benning Road-Minnesota Avenue intersection.

Other developments such as those listed below will

go a long way in achieving this goal, by bringing new

residents and visitors to downtown.

Minnesota-Benning Government Center

Parkside mixed-use developments

Renovations to the public library near the Minnesota

Avenue intersection

Revitalization o the shopping center near East

Capitol Street and Minnesota Avenue.

Alternatives or the I-95/Kenilworth Avenue

intersection will create a more accessible Benning

Bridge, potentially oering access to Kingman Island

and a pleasing environment across the bridge.

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Benning Green Boulevard

16th St. NE to Oklahoma Ave. NE(3,500 Feet)

Addition o median

Sidewalk extensions Curb/gutter re-alignment Streetlighting: #16 light pole or

mid-block lighting and the TeardropPendant or intersections

New street trees Enhanced transit stops

River Terrace/ Benning Bridge

Anacostia Ave to Minnesota Ave NE (3,220 Feet)

Landscape treatment on bridge

Addition o median rom Anacostia Avenue toMinnesota Avenue

Curb/gutter re-alignment New sidewalk Public art New streetlighting: #16 light pole or

mid-block lighting and the Teardrop Pendant or intersections New street trees Other landscaping treatment or sidewalks

East Capitol

43rd Rd NE to B St SE (1,800 Feet)

New sidewalk

New street lighting: #16light pole or mid-block lightingand the Teardrop Pendant orintersections

New street trees Public art

Benning Ridge

New sidewalk

New street lighting: #16light pole or mid-block ligand the Teardrop Pendantintersections

New street trees Public art Way-fnding signage

(1,760 Feet)46th St SE to G St SE AND H St SE to S

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Major Reconstruction

Kingman Bridge

Enhancement

Oklahoma Ave to Anacostia Ave NE (2,650 Ft)

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Minnesota Ave to 42nd St NE (3,000 Feet)

Reconstruction Major Reconstruction

Destination

General Enhancements General Enhanceme

Neighborhood Neigborhood

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ExistingContext

The H Street NE Benning Road Corridor is the most

diverse o the Great Streets Corridors. H Street NE

ormed one o the Districts premiere shopping streets

in the early 900s, served by streetcar and visited by

various city residents. At H Streets eastern end lies

the Starburst intersection where Bladensburg Road

and Benning Road, among others, intersect. The

intersection was the site o an old tollgate which was

used to enter the Federal City.

Benning Road continues east as a wide street that

crosses the Anacostia River (the only Great Street that

does so) to the Benning Bridge, which was originally

built as a wooden structure in 797 by the Anacostia

Bridge Company.

East o the Anacostia, the street enters the Deanwood

Community. Platted originally as three sub-divisions

(Whittingham, Lincoln, and Burrville) by the Sheri

Sisters, this community was settled by Arican-

Americans in the atermath o the Civil War. Growth

in the area was slow. It was not until 909 that the

community grew large enough to house its irst school,

the Deanwood Elementary School, now the George

Washington Carver School, and the National Trade and

Proessional School or Women and Girls, which was

ounded by Nannie Helen Burroughs.

The area remained a low-density, semi-rural settlement

untill World War II, when government jobs spurred

growth. City services such as paved roads, sewers,

and sidewalks only came to the area in the 950s.

Development continued until 969, when the area

became a major Arican-American Community.

As with other retail corridors in the District, H Street NE

suered rom disinvestment and the loss o patronage.

The street is lined with retail acilities that are in poor

condition. Trolley services have been replaced by bus

service, leaving the corridor a major thoroughare that

brings traic rom Bladensburg Road and Benning

Road into downtown.

The I-95 Corridor separates the Deanwood community

rom the Anacostia River and the core o the District o

Columbia. It brings large traic volumes into the city,

severely impacting the area around it. The Benning

Road-Minnesota Avenue intersection is one o the

Districts most dangerous intersections. Despite the

presence o natural resources such as Kingman Island,

the Langston Gol Course, and Fort Mahan Park, the

corridor remains pedestrian unriendly, mostly due

to the highway-like transportation architecture that

seems to dominate this corridor and cuts it o rom

these natural assets.

hISToRY AND CoNTEXT

Figure A: H Street NE, west o Bladensburg Road, May 30, 1949

Figure B: Benning Road NE at Kingman Island, looking east

Figure C: Benning Road/Minnesota Avenue intersectionA B C


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H Street and Benning R oad, west o the Anacostia River,

have had considerable transportation and engineering

design changes implemented in the past -years. These

roads are major commuter routes which provide direct

access to the business core o the District and Union

Station via Bladensburg Road and Kenilworth Avenue.

They also serve as the connector routes rom Anacostia

and Capitol Heights to the downtown. Benning Road

is dominated by residential density, with limited retaillocations concentrated at Minnesota Avenue.

The location that shows the highest potential or

household employment interaction is the area bound

by Benning Road, Minnesota Avenue, and East Capitol

Street.

Peak and o-peak congestion on Benning Road

becomes progressively worse near the intersection at

Minnesota Avenue. Daily traic volumes range rom

7,000 to 4,000 trips per day. The remainder o

the corridor experiences moderate traic congestion

throughout the day.

The H Street/Benning Road Corridor has been

designated as a uture streetcar corridor. West o

Minnesota Avenue, Benning Road has been designed

with streetcar tracks running in the median lanes. At

the Starburst intersection, the streetcar will transition

to a curb lane along H Street.

The highest bus activity on the corridor is at the

intersection o 8th and H Streets, with the majority

o transit ridership starting and ending west o the

Anacostia River. The highest transit activity ocuses on

Union Station. The corridor along Benning Road east o

the Anacostia River exhibits moderate bus ridership.

Parking along H Street has recently been modiied

so that lanes previously designated or no parking

during rush hours have been reverted back to 4-hour

parking. Benning Road east and west o the Anacostia

River has limited parking locations.

The corridor is not conducive to bicycle travel with

most riders using parallel roads. Pedestrian saety

is hindered by the lack o median reuge areas, with

the highest concentrations o pedestrian

at 8th Street, the 6th Street Shopping C

Minnesota Avenue, and East Capitol Street.

A review o high accident locations during

identiied 6 intersections with 0 or more

per year including the cross streets o:

Minnesota Avenue (4)

East Capitol Street (30)

North Capitol Street (30)

Oklahoma Avenue NE ()

7th Street NE (0)

Southern Avenue (0)

All other intersections averaged less than 6

per year.

EXISTING TRANSPoRTATIoN ASSESSMENT

Figure A: Existing Transportation Inrastructure MapA

DC Zoning - Commercial

Open Space

LEGEND

Metro Entry Point

Bus Stops within 5 Minutes Walking Distance

Bike Lanes



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ExistingContext

Several Transportation and Planning projects

Will Impact the Corridor:

H Street NE Corridor Transportation and StreetscapeStudy

Benning Road NE Streetscape

A Working Vision or Downtown Ward 7

The Kenilworth Avenue Corridor Study

The DC Alternatives Analysis

The redesign o the Starburst intersection

Most private sector development in the corridor

is ocused along H Street NE, especially near the

Hopscotch Bridge. In the Ward 7 Downtown Area, the

Minnesota-Benning Government Center (reer to the

Minnesota Avenue Report) and the Parkside mixed-

use development will re-shape the area signiicantly,

bringing new jobs and patrons to the areas retail

acilities.

H Street-West Benning Road: This part o the

corridor is currently characterized by underutilized

retail storeronts and vacant lots. However, the quality

o these uses does not relect the uture market

potential o this corridor as it is directly in the path o

growth rom several directions, particularly rom the

demand or improved retail and services originating

rom neighborhoods to the south and north, Class A

oice development around Union Station, and increased

residential pressures heading east rom the East End.

Along the length o the corridor market conditions vary,

and development will tend to occur within relatively

distinct cores, or Investment Areas. A description o

these Investment Areas is as ollows:

Union Station: The area rom North Capitol to nd

Street NE will be transor med into a high-density, mixed-

use core over the near- and mid-terms consisting o:

4.5 million square eet o Class A oice spacepresently in the pipeline

,000 residential units are in the development

pipeline, including the 474-unit Senator Square

condominium development

H Street West: This area stretches rom 3rd Street

NE to 0th Street NE and is envisioned as a walkable,

one-hal mile long urban main street, with a mixture o

residential uses, street-ront retail, and local-serving

oices.

Approximately 50 residential units are under

development in this corridor, representing a raction

o the likely demand over the mid- and near-terms

The residential development on this corridor and

in the surrounding neighborhoods will support, and

be attracted by, revitalized existing retail comprised

o restaurants, boutique and brand retailers, and

entertainment uses.

H Street East: This area stretches rom 0th Street

NE to the Starburst intersection.

The Starburst intersection may be the location o

new and/or improved conventional, neighborhood-

serving retail and larger, community-serving box

retail anchors.

oThER INITIATIvES AND MARKETPoTENTIALS

Bustling regional center o major transportation modes,Downtown-East End employment, and thriving national re-

tailers/restaurants with H Street addresses.

Architecturally distinctive, 4-to-8 story residential buildings within a mixed-income, walkable, transit-oriented community easily accessible to quality

goods, services, and work opportunities.

Inviting and unique neighborhood goods and services in a mixo successully preserved existing buildings and sensitively

inflled new development.

Eclectic restaurants, caes, bookstores, galleries, artist workshops,boutiques, live music, etc. centered around the successul H Street

Playhouse and the Atlas Perorming Arts Center.

Vibrant mixed-incomeand regional retail dbeyond more pedestrcrossings at the spid

Figure A: H Street Framework Plan

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The area between the Starburst intersection and 0th

Street NE will see inill residential development,

with retail playing a local-serving complimentary

unction.

The presence o larger-scale retail options will anchor

the urban main street retail experience.

Benning Road West: This area between 7th Street

NE and st Street NE is characterized by poor-quality,local-serving retail; large industrial and underutilized

sites; and income-constrained neighborhoods.

This area will eventually be an attractive location or inill

residential and complimentary neighborhood-serving

redevelopment, but will see limited development in the

near- and mid-term.

East Benning: This part o the corridor is characterized

by older, multiamily projects, and the surrounding

neighborhoods are generally income-constrained.

There are some small pockets o retail, but the quality

o the retail is poor and does not adequately serve the

local neighborhood.

However, recent revitalization eorts in nearby and/or

similar neighborhoods (including the Capitol Gateway

HOPE VI development to the north o the corridor), have

proven that, given decades o limited housing choices

and aordable housing options in other parts o the

region, there is a strong local and regional demand

or higher quality, low- moderate, and middle-income

housing in areas such as the East Benning Road

Corridor.

Given these market conditions, there will be an

opportunity to rehabilitate or redevelop some o the

older multiamily buildings in the corridor into new

and better quality housing. This will help improve the

physical appearance o the corridor and attr act a wider

range o household incomes into the neighborhood. In

turn, this will support a higher quality o local-serving

retail, which is sorely lacking in the area.

The major constraint associated with mixed-income,

residential redevelopment will be the gap between

the cost o redevelopment and the prices and rents

o low- and moderate-income housing. The volume o

redevelopment activity in this corridor will be driven ingreat part by the availability o unding sources that

can bridge this gap. The investment areas in this part

o the corridor include the ollowing:

Benning-East Capitol Intersection:

currently includes a mix o small-scale

multiamily retail o varying age and quality.

The uture market-driven character o the

be a moderate-density residential location

leverage access to the nearby Benning Roa

station and to better-located retail cores, the Benning-Minnesota intersection severa

the northwest. This will mean the redevelo

number o existing retail uses, as well as rede

and rehabilitation o existing multiamily bu

small amount o complimentary local-servin

oice space can also be ully supported ove

Southern Gateway: The southern end o t

has a small amount o local-serving ret

concentration o older multiamily propert

generally surrounded by lower-density si

homes. There will likely be an opportunity

to redevelop or rehabilitate some o the

housing stock and improve the quality o

amount o existing retail in the area.

H Street-West Benning Road East Benning

Union Station

H Street West

H Street East

Benning Road West

Benning-East CapitolIntersection

SouthGatew

Figure A: Minnesota Avenue NE/Benning Road NE intersection, rom A

Working Vision or Downtown Ward 7, MHCDO and Washington Regional

Network

Figure B: Potential Private Sector Investment PlanA

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TRANSPoRTATIoN RECoMMENDATIoNS

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A Typical section through H Street NE

The sections below show the Right-O-Way options or the corridor. The corridor improvements

consist o creating mixed trafc transit lane enhancements that reallocate the existing lane striping

and curb extensions.

Transportation recommendations have been developed

or each corridor and are deined in three modal parts:

pedestrian/bicycle, transit, and vehicular.

Benning Road east o Minnesota Avenue will continue

to be a heavy residential corridor that will experience

modest growth over the next 30-years. Retail activity

on this corridor will concentrate south o Benning

Road along Minnesota Avenue. Travel conditions on

the corridor during o-peak periods will remain good.

Peak period conditions will exhibit moderate to heavy

traic with the intersection at Minnesota Avenue as

the most congested on the corridor.

Right-o-Way Confguration:

Sections A through D below show the options or theright-o-way conigurations.

The corridor improvements consist o creating mixed

traic transit lane enhancements that reallocate t he

existing lane striping and curb extensions.

The Benning Bridge widening project will redesign the

Minnesota/Benning intersection to accommodatesae vehicular low and the turning radius required

by the streetcar as shown in sections A through C.

Pedestrian Facilities:

High visibility crosswalks and wider center medianimprovements are recommended or the major

ocus areas along the corridor.

The Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road intersection

will be redesigned to accommodate pedestrians

with the new pedestrian sidewalks proposed along

the Benning Bridge widening project.

A secondary location is the 44th Street-Benning

Road intersection where the vehicular traic is

currently unsae or pedestrian crossings.

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A B C D

Bicycle Facilities:

Bicycle lanes are only recommended or the portion

o Benning Road east o Minnesota Avenue.

Bicycle use west o this location would use parallel

roadways, with the exception o the Anacostia

River crossing that would require major design

enhancements to accommodate bicycles.

Transit Facilities:

The WMATA Alternative Analysis indicated that there

would be 9,00 daily boardings on H Street rom

Union Station to the start o Benning Road and 6,350

boardings on Benning Road to the Minnesota Avenue

Metro.

H Street/Benning Road has been designated as auture streetcar corridor.

West o the Anacostia River, Benning Road hasbeen designed with streetcar tracks running

along the median o the roadway.

At the starburst intersection at Bladensburg Road/

Maryland Avenue, the streetcar would transition

rom the median on Benning Road to a curb lane

along H Street.

DDOT Mass Transit Administration is currentlycompleting detailed streetcar orecasts that include

streetcar options along Minnesota Avenue toBenning Road across the Anacostia River onto H

Street.

Vehicle/Parking Facilities:

Signal coordination and transit signal prioritizationshould be reviewed and implemented.

Section A will have o-peak parking lanes that

transition to travel lanes during peak periods,

creating three travel lanes in the peak direction and

two travel lanes in the o-peak direction.

Let-turn median pockets along the wider median

rom the starburst intersection to Oklahoma

Avenue.

The intersection o Benning Road and

Avenue continues to exhibit the highest

levels as the location services high

vehicular and transit traic. Improveme

intersection should include accommodati

Benning Bridge widening project.

Buses traveling southbound on Minneso

block the intersection during stops and wh

to westbound Benning Road. Drivers

attempt to go around the bus by making

onto Benning Road rom the southbou

lane in ront o the bus.

The intersection at 44th Street also

improvement so that southbound 44th St

can merge onto southbound Benning Ro

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Recommendations

Extent:

North Capitol Street to 14th Street NE

This .5-mile long segment is ronted by retail and

mixed-use acilities and is surrounded by dense

residential neighborhoods. It lies in close proximity to

Union Station and the Districts downtown.

This corridor will be served by streetcar with stops

located on sidewalk extensions. The street will have

a hard-paved eel to it with well-urnished sidewalks,

adequate street lighting, and public art in the orm o

sidewalk insets that make cartographic reerences to

the neighborhoods around it.

Public art at the top o Hopscotch Bridge highlights the

proximity o downtown Washington, D.C. to the west.

Air rights developments over the railway tracks will

signiicantly change the public environment along the

bridge.

Currently, construction documents are being prepared

or the corridor and construction will begin shortly.

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Recommendations

Ater (acing page):

Sidewalk extensions, enhanced crosswalks, and transit acilities mathis intersection a sae, pleasing environment or pedestrians and emulti-modal transportation choices.

Beore (see below):

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Recommendati

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Extent:

14th Street NE to 16th Street NE

The starburst intersection, so called because ive major

streets intersect here, is the eastern anchor o the H

Street NE Corridor and provides a transition to Benning

Road.

This intersection will be redesigned as a plaza or use

by neighboring residents. Public art in the orm o

a water-wall, with sotscape areas, custom designed

lighting, trees, and other landscape eatures will create

a ocal place here. Currently, construction documents

are being prepared or the plaza.

STARBuRSTSEGMENT

Recommendati

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Ater (acing page):

Re-confgured roadways, a plaza, and pedestrian acilities such asimproved streetlighting and seating create an accessible neighborhgathering place or the surrounding communities.

Beore (see below):

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Recommendations

Extent:

16th Street NE to Oklahoma Avenue NE

In general, Benning Road NE rom 6th Street to

Oklahoma Avenue NE is envisioned as a broad green

boulevard with a planted median and eventual

streetcar service. The streetscape is designed to

highlight and support the neighborhood-serving retailnode located between 9th and st Streets NE. It will

oer a graceul green transition to Anacostia Park and

the waterront on its eastern end and a more urban

hardscape as it joins to the Starburst Plaza and H

Street NE retail corridor on its western end.

The typical section o Benning Road NE consists o

three lanes in each direction with a center median.

The curb lane is available as a parking lane in o-

peak hours. The median alternates between wide

planted areas, narrow perviously paved median areas,

and let-turn pockets. In general, streetlights, signals,

and all urnishings are accommodated only on the

sidewalk; however, the median should accommodateinrastructure or a center-running streetcar alignment

as well with lights only as needed.

Sidewalks should create an attractive environment

and require minimal maintenance o pavement or

plantings. Streetlights are a combination o decorative

teardrop and Washington Globe. Street trees provide

an arching canopy to reduce the perception o scale

o the street and assist in calming traic. Pedestrian

crosswalks are highly visible and help to highlight

central neighborhood retail nodes.

Paving materials, streetlights, and other street

urnishings and ixtures, particularly in the retail node,should be consistent with the typical palette and

standards established in the H Street NE streetscape

design. Currently, construction documents are being

prepared or the segment.

GREEN BouLEvARD SEGMENT

Recommendations

Ater (acing page):

Enhanced transit services, street lighting, a planted median, and weurnished sidewalks transorm this major roadway into a multi-modgreen boulevard.

Beore (see below):

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Recommendations

Extent:

Anacostia Avenue NE to 42nd Street NE

Three major areas deine this segment - the Bridge

over Kenilworth Avenue, the intersection o Benning

Road and Minnesota Avenue, and Fort Mahan Park.

The pedestrian acilities on the bridge will be improved

based on the recommendations o the KenilworthAvenue Corridor Study. Landscape elements will soten

the appearance o the bridge and provide places to

sit and enjoy views o the waterront. At the base o

the bridge, ree-standing sculpture, improved lighting,

and signage will announce the transition to Ward 7s

Downtown.

At the intersection o Benning Road and Minnesota

Avenue the sidewalks will be urnished with benches

and bike racks. Adequate streetlighting and street

trees will create a pleasing environment or shoppers

and other pedestrians. Curb cuts will be minimized

and utility poles along Minnesota Avenue, near the

intersection, will be buried. Public art, in the orm o

insets in the sidewalk paving, interpretive signage,

and, streetsign attachments will recall the rich cultural

history o the area. Way-inding signage, which points

to places such as the Minnesota Avenue Metro S tation,

Fort Mahan Park, the pubic library and the Friendship

Edison Academy will make navigating the street easier

or pedestrians.

As one moves away rom the intersection toward Fort

Mahan Park dense tree canopies, streetlighting, and

interpretive signage will compliment the parks natural

setting.

Streetscape elements should be developed rom the

streetscape elements in Enhanced Areas section.

MINNESoTA - BENNING SEGMENT

Recommendations

Note: Further study recommended or ROW allocation

Ater (acing page):

New private sector developments, coupled with substantial improvin street inrastructure geared to multi-modal transportation and apedestrian-riendly environment create a center or Downtown War

Beore (see below):

Minnesota Avenue NE and Benning Road NE



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Extent:

43rd Road NE to B Street SE

This Segment is centered between the Benning Road

Metro Station and the East Capitol Street intersection.

New inill development, such as the Benning Road

Oice Building and the Chaplin Woods development,

near the East Capitol Street Intersection will bring

vitality to this segment.

The streetscape at the intersection is upgraded with

pedestrian oriented streetlighting, adequate tree cover

and, other landscape eatures. These will soten the

intersections current hard-paved eel, so that the

segment becomes more consistent with the corridors

green boulevard appearance,between 6th Street NE

and Oklahoma Avenue. A ree standing sculpture,at t he

East Capitol intersection highlights LEnant Avenue

and serves to visually constrict the width o this

intersection. Signage and enhanced crosswalks make

this intersection easier to use or pedestrians.

The rest o the streetscape in this segment is enhanced

with streetlighting and trees to create a pleasing

pedestrian environment. Streetscape elements should

be developed rom the streetscape elements in

Enhanced Areas section.

EASTCAPIToL SEGMENT

Recommendat

ions

Note: Further study recommended or ROW allocation

Ater (acing page):

Enhanced pedestrian crosswalks, streetlighting, and public art servcreate an active node at this transit hub.

Beore (see below):

East Capitol Street and Benning Road NE



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Recommendat

ions

Extent:

46th Street SE to G Street SE

The neighborhood retail area between 46th Street

SE and G Street SE serves nearby residents o the

Benning Heights, Benning Ridge, and Marshall Heights

communities. Between B Street SE and Woodlawn

Cemetery Street the corridor oers access to FortChapin Park via C Street SE. From H Street SE to

Southern Avenue, the Corridor oers neighborhood

retail services beore it transitions to the Maryland

border.

Streetlighting will illuminate the roadway and the

sidewalk in ront o the retail acilities while new trees

and other landscape eatures deine the street edge.

The urnishing zone is paved with pervious unit pavers

and the sidewalks are r e-paved. Additional lighting and

enhanced crosswalks at the intersections o 46th St reet

and G Street (classiied as a Dangerous Intersection)

acilitate easier pedestrian crossings.

A gateway element at Southern Avenue highlights

the border between the District and Maryland, while

improved way-inding signage near C Street SE makes

access to Fort Chapin Park easier.

Streetscape elements should be developed rom the

streetscape elements in Enhanced Areas section.

BENNING RIDGE

Recommendat

ions

Ater (acing page):

Enhanced sidewalk urnishings including improved street lighting awith new retail acilities create a space or members o the surrouncommunities to come to.

Beore (see below):

46th Street SE and Benning Road SE



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Recommendations

TYPIC

Walkway Zone

Minimum 40

Furnishing/Planting Zone

Minimum 40

Width varies

Paving

Designated parking lane -

Unit pavers (c1)Crosswalk -

Thermo plastic piano s

Curb & Gutter (c3)

Granite curb

Brick gutter

Median treatment

Curb cuts & driveways - co

contiguous sidewalk inADA ramps - concrete ram

truncated dome unit pa

Streetlight - teardrop pend

Paving (a1)

DC mix bu

colored concreteor exposed

aggregate

concrete

Furnishings (a2)

Access cover

Streetlight (b2)

#6 (mid-block)Teardrop Pendant

(intersections)

Paving (b1)

Pervious unit

pavers/grassplanting strips as

possible

Furnishings (b3)

Trash bin

Landscaping (b4))

Red mapleUnderstory planting

Mulch

Contiguous tree

root zone

Private- Roadway- number of Sidewalk- width varies

These guidelines are written with careul consideration o the ongoing eorts o the city and private developers in

the area. The goal is to build upon them and integrate eorts or maximum and successul res ults. The streetscape

materials and urnishing recommendations, should be used as the building blocks to create a unique public

environment in conormance with existing District standards.

The streetscape typology emphasizes commercial segments at neighborhood, community, and regional levels

which will be treated with the streetscape elements or Enhanced Areas. The street environment along parkresidential areas will be treated in accordance with the Typical streetscape elements.

These elements should be used in residential, minor retail, and park areas. Where Historic District designation

applies, these standards will be superseded by the Districts Historic District standards.

c3

b4

a1

b2

b1 c2c1

STREETSCAPE TREATMENT

AERATIONSTRIP/RO OTCHANNEL


ENhANCED


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ENhANCED

Spill-Zone

(optional)

Furnishing/Planting Zone

Minimum 40

Walkway Zone

Minimum 40

Sidewalk- width variesRoadway- number of lanes varies

Paving (d1)

To match the Walkway Zone

Paving (a1)

Standard bu colored concreteor exposed aggregate concrete

Brick (at historic areas)

Furnishings (d2)

Seating & planter boxes

provided by businesses

Furnishings (a2)

Access cover insets

Paving (c1)

Designated parking lane - unit paversCrosswalk - stamped concrete

Signage (b5)

Custom design street sign attachments

Streetlight (b2)

#6 or DoubleTeardrop(mid-block)

Teardrop (intersections)

Curb & Gutter (c3)

Granite curb

Brick gutter

Curb cuts & driveways - concrete ramps,

Median treatmentContiguous sidewalk inish

ADA Ramps - Granite ramps with truncated

dome unit pavers

Streetlights - teardrop pendant

Paving (b1)

Unit paver to matchsidewalk color

Furnishings (b3)

Seating

Standard trash binsBike rack

Bus shelters

Pedestrian & Traic Saety (c2)

Sidewalk extension (when easible)

Bus shelter

Landscaping (b4)

London plane tree/ Village green

zelkova/ Japanese tree lilac

planting

Planter edging

Maintain contiguous tree root zone

a1

b2 b3

c3 c1

a1


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Recommendations

ACTIoN PLAN

J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D

H Street NE

Starburst Plaza

Benning West

Benning Bridge

Benning Downtown

Benning East Cap

Benning Southern

Design

Construction

Early Improvements

2005 2006 2007 20

$20mill

$200K$500K

Actions

Planned to

Date

Total (Great Streets

Early Improvements

$738K ($800K fed)

($663K fed)

$135K

$200K

$100K

$2.1mill

$1mill (11.3 mill fed)

$700K (10mill fed)

$3

$1mill

Total (Resources)

1

2 4

3

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

14

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2 Action: H Street NE Streetscape Design

Description: Engineering design or street

improvements o H Street NE rom 3rd to

4th Streets NE. Concept design = H Street

Transportation and Streetscape study.

Great Streets Funding: $700K

Related Projects: REVIVAL: H Street Plan, Streetcardesign, starburst design

4 Action: Streetscape Construction Coord

Description: Develop uniied constructio

management to coordinate with local m

property owners, utilities, and other st

to minimize disruption to business cost

Great Streets Funding: Included in con

Related Projects: Benning Road, projects

1 Action: Hopscotch Bridge Streetscape

Improvement

Description: Improve the pedestrian environment

on Hopscotch Bridge in coordination with bridge

maintenance and private property investments.

Great Streets Funding: $ million

6 Action: Starburst Intersection Public Art Design,

Fabrication, Installation

Description: Design, abrication and installation o

signature public art piece commissioned by DCCAH

($00K) and developed with the community.

Other Funding: $00K (DCCAH)

7 Action: Starburst Intersection Construction

Description: Reconiguration o intersection,

modiication o roadways, construction and

landscaping o plaza.

Other Funding: $. million

Related Projects: Benning Road, H Street NE

Streetcar

12 Action: Benning Downtown Constructio

Description: Street reconstruction de

90% level prior to announcement o Gre

Reinement made to improve streetscap

and respond to community.

Great Street Funding: $400 K

Other Funding: $0 million Fed Aid

Related Projects: Minnesota Avenue st

streetcar

11 Action: Benning Downtown Design

Description: Street reconstruction designed to

90% level prior to announcement o Great Streets.

Reinement made to improve streetscape elements

and respond to community.

Other Streets Funding: $300+K

Related Projects: Streetcar

10 Action: Benning Road Bridge Enhancements

Description: Bridge recently reconstructed

however the design is overly stark, promotes

speeding, does not respond to waterront gat eway.

Low-cost, no structural impact improvements

needed.


Related Projects: Streetcar

5 Action: Starburst Intersection Design

Description: Reconiguration o intersection,

modiication o roadways, landscape design o

plaza.

Related Projects: Benning Road, H Street NE

Streetcar

8 Action: Benning Road West Design

Description: Street reconstruction o al

Great Streets enhancements added to

design.


Related Projects: Starburst project, str

9 Action: Benning Road West Construction

Description: Street reconstruction o all elements.

Great Streets enhancements added to completed

design.

Great Streets Funding: $million

Other Funding: $ million Fed Aid

Related Projects: Starburst project, Streetcar

3 Action: H Street NE Streetscape Construction

Description: Construction o improvements rom

3rd to 4th Street NE on H Street NE.

Great Streets Budget: $8 million

Related Projects: Streetcar project, starburst

project

Ac tins Planned t Date

1514Action: Benning Road SE Design

Description: Study o and design or improvements

to east end o Benning Road including saety

improvements or Benning and East Capitol

intersection.


13Action: Kenilworth Avenue Overpass

Improvements

Description: Saety, pedestrian, transit, and

aesthetic improvements to bridge.

Action: Benning Road SE Improvements

Description: Implementation o proposed

improvements or the east end o Benning Road

including Benning and East Capitol intersection.

Great Streets Funding: $4 million

ACKNoWLEDGEMENTS


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ACKNoWLEDGEMENTS

CoRE GRouP

Karina Ricks:District Department o Transportation -Great Streets Program Manager

Derrick Woody:Ofce o the Deputy Mayor or Planning andEconomic Development-Coordinator, Great Streets Initiative

Rosalynn Taylor:Ofce o Planning-

Associate Director or Neighborhood Planning

Drew Becher:Ofce o Planning-Deputy Director

Tara Jones:Interim Director-Ofce o Neighborhood Services

John Deatrick:District Department o Transportation, IPMA-Deputy Director, IPMAChie Engineer

Kathleen Penney:District Department o Transportation,IPMA-Deputy City Engineer

Douglas E. Noble: District Department o Transportation, TSAAssociate Director, District Trafc Engineer

Co NSuLTAN TSCoMMITTEE ADvISoRY TEAM

Adam Maier: Oice o Councilmember Schwartz

James Slattery: Oice o Councilmember Schwartz

Velda Bell: Oice o Councilmember Barry

Dawn Slonneger: Oice o Councilmember Gray

Rhonda Young: Oice o Councilmember Gray

Skip Coburn: Oice o Councilmember Ambrose

Dee Smith: Oice o Councilmember Orange

Denise Johnson: National Trust or HistoricPreservation

Dominic Moulden: Manna, CDC

Betty Newell: East Central Civic Association

Alexander Padro: Shaw Main Street/ANC C

Paul Ruppert: Mt. Vernon Square Business Association

Armond Spikell: Roadside Development

Leroy Thorpe: ANC-C, Chair

Maybelle Bennett: Howard University

Sinclair Skinner: Lower Georgia Avenue Business

Development Corp

Myla Moss: ANCB-0/LeDeroit Park Civic Assoc.

Ali Muhammad: ANC A-Economic Dev

David Jannarone: Petworth Action CommitteeAndrew McGilvray: United Neighborhood Coalition

Garrett Pressick: North Columbia Heights CivicAssociation

Timothy Jones: ANC4C08

Jourdinia Brown: ANC 4A, Chair

Tony Giancola: Gateway Coalition, Inc

Marc Loud: Gateway Georiga Avenue RevitalizationCorporation

Artie Milligan: Georgia Avenue Gateway

Daniel Pernell: ANC 6C04, Commissioner

Cody Rice: ANC 6A, Commissioner

Anwar Saleem: Chairperson, H Street Main Street

Brenda Artis: Miner Elementary SchoolKathy Henderson: 5B0, Commissioner

Gladys Mack: ANC 6A, Commissioner

Bill Myers: 5B, Commissioner

Frazier Walton: Kingman Park NeighborhoodAssociation

Johnny Gaither: River Terrace Community Organization

Adrian Hasty: 7D04, Commissioner

Dorothy Douglass: 7D Chair, Commissioner

Cheryl Cort: Washington Regional Network or Livable

Communities

Graylin Presbury: Fairlawn Citizens Association

Carrie Thornhill: Marshall Heights Community

Development OrganizationCarl Cole: Anacostia Waterront Corporation Board

Diane Fleming: Anacostia Garden Club

Butch Hopkins: Anacostia Economic Development

Corporation

Raymond Keith: ANC 7B, Chair

Phillip Panell: Anacostia Coordinating Council

Yavocka Young: Main Street Anacostia

Al Williams: Ward 8 Business Association

Vera Abbott: Bellevue Neighborhood Civic Association

Sandra Seegars: ANC 8E

Ian Tyndall: Washington Parks and People

Robin Marlin: 7B, Commissioner

Yvonne Moore: Pennsylvania Avenue Task ForceHarriette Hartmann: Small Business (East o the River

Travel)

Richard Hawkins: Penn Branch Civic Association

Barbara Morgan: Pennsylvania Avenue Task Force

Vincent Spaulding: 7B04, Commissioner

Akili Cooper: Fort Davis Civic Association

Maurice Perry:Hillcrest Civic Association/EOR CDC

Louise Brodnitz: Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Paul Savage: Pennsylvania Avenue Task Force

Skip Coburn: Oice o Councilmember Ambrose

Wendy Rahim: Oice o Councilmember Evans

Ronald Austin: Oice o Councilmember FentyKimberley Johnson: Oice o Councilmember Graham

CONTACT

Karina Ricks, AICP

Great Streets Program Manager

District Department of Transportation

[email protected]

(202) 671-2542

Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects

Lead, Urban Design and Public Realm

Howard Decker, FAIA, Project Director

Matthew Bell, AIA, Principal-in-Charge

Kiran Mathema, Project Manager

Prashant Salvi, Urban Designer/ Planner

Liang Liang, Urban Designer/ Planner

Samar Maqusi, Urban Designer/ PlannerAbbie Cronin, Urban Designer

Henry Asri, Urban Designer

Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

Transportation and Traic

Victor Siaurusaitis, Principal

Tony Homann, Project Manager

Feng Liu, Technical Manager

Derek Miura, Planner

Rajan Paradkar, Web Site Designer

Jianyun Li, Computer Programmer

Mark Makin, CADD TechnicianKim Leduc, Content Coordinator

Robert Charles Lesser

Market Analysis

Len Bogorad, Managing Director

Marc McCauley, Vice President

Peter McLaughlin, Senior Associate

Michelle Loutoo,Associate

Timothy Wells, Illustrator

Documents

Great Streets Framework Plan: H Street NE - Benning Road