washington, d.c. presentation

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Matthew CaseyBryan MacLellanJohn WinsorJoseph Buyonje

Background • Origin: George Washington,

Christopher Columbus• Land Area: 100 square miles• Peak population: 800,000

Currently• Land Area:68.3 square miles• Population: 632,323 • Median Household income

(2009) : $58,906

Source: wikipedia.org

Source: wikipedia.org

Population

Street LayoutPierre Charles L'Enfant

Source: maps.google.com

Source: wikipedia.org

Source: wikipedia.org

City Layout

• Four quadrants• Streets are set out in a grid pattern with

east–west streets named with letters and north–south streets with numbers

Source: maps.google.com

Source: wikipedia.org

Draft of Proposed new zoning codeCurrent zoning code in place since 1958

Land Use

http://dc.gov/DC

http://dc.gov/DC

Transportation Agencies

• District of Colombia Department of Transportation (DDOT)• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Ddot.dc.govWmata.com

DDOT Services: Circulator

Ddot.dc.gov

Ddot.dc.gov

DDOT Services: Street Car

Ddot.dc.govWikipedia.org

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Metro BusWikipedia.org

Metro Rail

Wmata.com

Washington.org

Paratransit

Wikipedia.org Wmata.com

Alternative Forms of Transportation

Walking

Wikipedia.org Rawstory.com

Bicycling

Maps.google.com

Wikipedia.orgUli.org

Unique Characteristics

Panaramio.com

Goal of Transportation Network

Blog.hemmings.com

Questions?

Works Cited• Census Information for Washington, DC, Suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia.

Washington D.C.: Rachel Cooper, 2010. Web. http://dc.about.com/od/communities/a/CensusDC2000.htm

• Monack, D. McMillan Plan. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web

• United States. Department of The Interior. National Park Service. N.p., n.d. Web. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/dc/dc0700/dc0776/data/dc0776data.pdf

• DC Office of Zoning. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. http://dcoz.dc.gov/main.shtm