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Overview

• Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI)
• District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
• Water Quality other Environmental conditions in
  the AWI area
• Anacostia Waterfront Transportation Architecture
  Design Standards (ATADS)
• - Goals Objectives
• - Elements of the Design Standards
• - Implementation Examples
• Challenges

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Anacostia Waterfront Initiative

• The Anacostia Waterfront Initiative is a
  redevelopment project that
• envisions environmentally responsible development
• unification of the diverse waterfront areas into
  commercial, residential, recreational, and
  open-space uses
• develops conserves park areas
• provides greater access to the waterfront
  communities

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Anacostia Waterfront Initiative
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Anacostia Waterfront Initiative

• 1,800 acres of park land
• 20 miles of a continuous Anacostia Riverwalk
  Trail along both banks of the Anacostia
  waterfront.
• Substantially improved water quality for the
  Anacostia river
• A reconfigured transportation system which serves
  neighborhood citizens and regional traffic
  patterns.
• 15-20 thousand additional housing units
• Prominent sites for 10 additional museums
• A revitalized South Capitol Street Corridor as a
  urban boulevard creating a grand gateway to the
  nations capital.

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Overview

• Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI)
• District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
• Water Quality other Environmental conditions in
  the AWI area
• Anacostia Waterfront Transportation Architecture
  Design Standards (ATADS)
• - Goals Objectives
• - Elements of the Design Standards
• - Implementation Examples
• Challenges

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District Department of Transportation

• DDOTs mission is to provide reliable
  transportation facilities and services for
  residents, commuters, and businesses so they can
  move safely and efficiently, while enhancing
  quality of life and economic competitiveness.

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DDOT

• DDOT is responsible for the planning, designing,
  building, and maintenance of
• 1,100 miles of streets
• 241 bridges
• 1,600 miles of sidewalk
• 453 miles of alleys

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Overview

• Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI)
• District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
• Water Quality other Environmental conditions in
  the AWI area
• Anacostia Waterfront Transportation Architecture
  Design Standards (ATADS)
• - Goals Objectives
• - Elements of the Design Standards
• - Implementation Examples
• Challenges

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Water Quality other Environmental conditions in
the AWI area

• a non-attainment zone for Ozone  
• The tributary streams of the Anacostia watershed
  drain 176 square miles of MD DC
• Anacostia river has shrunk from depths of 40 feet
  to barely 8 feet
• Anacostia rivers watershed is 70 urbanized
• Approximately, one-third of the District (12,478
  acres) is served by combined sewers.
• Each year, CSOs dump more than 3 billion gallons
  of sewage overflow into Anacostia Potomac
  rivers.
• Anacostia River has been identified as one of the
  ten most polluted urban rivers in the country.
• There are a total of 60 CSO outfalls listed.

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Overview

• Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI)
• District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
• Water Quality other Environmental conditions in
  the AWI area
• Anacostia Waterfront Transportation Architecture
  Design Standards (ATADS)
• - Goals Objectives
• - Elements of the Design Standards
• - Implementation Examples
• Challenges

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Anacostia Waterfront Transportation Architecture
Design Standards

• The success of AWI revitalization depends
  largely upon the transportation system in the
  area.
• Developed by DDOT in response to the themes set
  up by the AWI framework plan
• Ensure that all the transportation projects
  improve multi-modal access the environmental
  conditions in the area.
• Ensures that all transportation projects in the
  AWI area are environmentally sustainable.
• Focus on creating transportation networks that
  enhance mobility through transit, light rail,
  bike and pedestrian trails as well as
  automobiles.

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Goals Objectives

• A Sustainable Transportation Network
• Integrate Public Rights of Way in the Entire City
  Fabric
• Emphasize History Uniqueness of Anacostia
  Waterfront Area
• Minimize Environmental Impacts on Ecosystem by
  Integrating LID Strategies into Design

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Goals Objectives

• A Sustainable Transportation Network
• Develop a Sustainable Transportation Network by
  coordinating transportation planning with
  land-use and environmental planning.
• Context Sensitive Solutions
• This effort can be called DDOTs Green Highway
  Initiative.

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• Incorporating sustainability in the design of all
  DDOT projects through
• improved storm-water management techniques
• reduced energy consumption
• recycled products
• increased inter-modal options
• enhanced landscaping
• increased access to parks, river, and communities

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Integrate Public Rights of Way in the Entire City
Fabric Visually, physically and actually linking
the AWI area with the District by using District
transportation architecture elements, such as
furnishing and signage, sidewalk material. The
Anacostia Waterfront area will once again be
recognized as a resource in the District that
offers economic and social benefits.
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Emphasize History Uniqueness of Anacostia
Waterfront Area Emphasize the natural beauty of
AWI locations, the history of its people and the
proximity to the nations monuments by using
public art and graphical elements in the
Transportation Architecture.
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Minimize Environmental Impacts on Ecosystem by
Integrating LID Strategies into
Design Incorporate Low Impact Development (LID)
practices in the design of the all DDOT projects
which not only meets regulatory requirements and
is in coordination with the Chesapeake Bay
Accord, Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
(MS4) permit, and the Combined Sewer Overflow
(CSO) Long Term Control Plan, but also creates
community assets that define the appearance and
character of the Anacostia Waterfront area.
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AWI Architecture Design Standards
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Environmentally Sustainable Recycled Material
Using and encouraging the environmentally
sustainable and Recycled Materials, including LED
lighting and recycled steel.
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Light Emitting Diode (LED) Technology

• LED lighting Signals
• Cost Savings
• Energy Saving
• Light Pollution Reduction
• Longer Life cycle

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Low Impact Development

• Low Impact Development (LID) is a technique to
  manage storm water and runoff in such a way that
  the pollutant and runoff loads to rivers and
  streams can be decreased.
• LID manages rainfall at the source by using
  design techniques that infiltrate, filter, store,
  evaporate, and detain runoff close to its source.
  LID addresses storm water through small,
  cost-effective landscape features.

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Low Impact Development (LID)

• Minimize stormwater runoff
• Improve water quality
• Reduce erosion downstream
• Maximize on-site water loss to
  evapo-transpiration and infiltration
• Control non-point source pollutants
• Reduce wastewater treatment plant overflows
  into River
• Potentially reduce treatment costs

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Potential Implementation
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8th Street (Barracks Row)
Benning Road Rain Garden
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Overview

• Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI)
• District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
• Water Quality other Environmental conditions in
  the AWI area
• Anacostia Waterfront Transportation Architecture
  Design Standards (ATADS)
• - Goals Objectives
• - Elements of the Design Standards
• - Implementation Examples
• Challenges

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Challenges

• Culture Change and advocates
• Maintenance
• Costs
• New Technology mixed results
• Developing Implementation Criteria
• Developing Policy Guidelines
• Support from Agencies (EPA, FHWA, etc)
• Developing Measures of Success
• Meeting DOH/EPA standards and permit
  requirements

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