(DC) Bus Shelter and Scenic Byways Meetings Announced by DDOT

From Bill Rice:

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announces public meetings on new bus shelters and on designating the Pennsylvania Avenue and Canal Road Scenic Byways.

Except for the sitting bench, this Adshel bus shelter in the City of Oakland, California demonstrates that historically-sympathetic bus shelters are possible when working with Clear Channel.

Bus Shelters
Under the bus shelter agreement signed by Mayor Anthony A. Williams in September 2005, all existing shelters will be replaced and additional ones installed with added innovative features, such as bus maps and real-time bus arrival information. Representatives from DDOT and the bus shelter contractor, ClearChannel Adshel will describe the new program and respond to questions:

All bus shelter community meetings are from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

January 11, Ward 3, St. Columba's Church, Great Hall, 4201 Albemarle St., NW
January 12, Ward 4, Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, Lemuel Haynes Chapel, 4704 13th St., NW.
January 18, Ward 1, Greater Washington Urban League, Community Room, 2901 14th St., NW. January 19, Ward 2, Sumner School Lecture Hall, First Floor, 1201 17th St., NW (at M St.)
January 25, Ward 5, Woodbridge Library, Meeting Room #1, 1801 Hamlin St., NE (at Rhode Island Ave.)

Scenic Byways

Photo of Pennsylvania Avenue from ANGLO AMERICA-U S A-Washington D.C. WORLD FAMOUS BUILDINGS.

Scenic Byways is a federally-sponsored program to select, recognize and preserve distinctive roads throughout the United States based on their archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and/or scenic qualities. DDOT completed a draft study to designate the Canal Road and Pennsylvania Avenue corridors as Scenic Byways in the District.

At the following open houses, DDOT will provide overviews of the Scenic Byway program and the draft recommendations from the first phase of DDOT Byway study. The public will be invited to comment on the draft recommendations and update information for the final document.

January 17, 6-8 pm 2701 Pennsylvania Avenue SE (Police Substation)
January 18, 2-4 pm 1101 24th Street, NW (West End Public Library)
January 24, 6-8 pm 4901 V Street, NW (Palisades Library)
January 25, 6-8 pm 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE (Old Navy Hospital)

The draft studies are available on DDOT's website under 'Transportation Studies.' For more information, please contact Colleen Hawkinson by email or at 202/671-2228.

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With regard to the bus shelter meetings, it's a way to brace Adshel and promote the idea of historically sympathetic bus sheters.

With the Scenic Byways, hmm, didn't even think about this. The National Park Service has designated other roads in DC as Scenic Byways, such as Suitland Parkway in DC, as well as roads not in DC such as the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and the George Washington Parkway in Virginia.

I don't know it the intent is to develop an integrated interpretative system, as well as to bring the historic preservation and the cultural tourism aspects together. There is a website for the meta-program, the Scenic Byway program of the Federal Highway Administration, but it seems to be down at the moment. There is also a website on Historic Roads.

Index Keywords: transit; tourism; historic-preservation