The DC government has issued a Draft of the Buzzard Point Urban Design Framework Study. The study is part of the process of creating an Urban Design Framework Plan for the Buzzard Point area. This plan will guide development of the area over the next 10 years, when the South Capitol Street Bridge replacement and (possibly) new soccer stadium dramatically change the area. One of the purposes of the plan is to "Incorporate planned transportation improvements for vehicles, transit, bicyclists, and pedestrians."
Here's the main section of the study on biking:
Currently, there are limited pedestrian and bicycle facilities within Buzzard Point, such as a lack of bike racks and inconsistent sidewalks. The Anacostia Riverwalk skirts the area, with P Street connecting Southwest Waterfront and South Capitol. Future improvements planned in the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative for the Riverwalk include connections along 2nd Street to V Street, following the Anacostia east to South Capitol Street, and are captured by the design concept.
The Urban Design Plan would utilize a new esplanade along the Anacostia to enhance connections to the water and expand the formal trail network. The esplanade would facilitate east-west pedestrian circulation underneath the South Capitol Bridge, allowing pedestrians to avoid busy roadways and providing an attractive waterside experience.
The design would carefully consider pedestrian safety connecting pedestrians along Potomac Avenue at South Capitol Street. Within the Buzzard Point study area, the public realm would include bicycle racks, bike routes as shown in the Anacostia Watershed Initiative, and expansion of the Capital Bikeshare program.
The plan would also employ comprehensive streetscape improvements throughout existing neighborhoods. Such improvements would not alter vehicular movement in the area, but would offer improved vegetation and sidewalks within the public realm to augment existing pedestrian connections to Buzzard Point.
The map, seen below, shows bike "circulation" on Half and 2nd, SW, as well as a connection along Potomac Avenue that bisects the "race track" on South Capitol. An image of the path across the oval can be seen in the study.
But Half Street will not have any bike facilities per se.
I know P Street was the edge of the study area, but a cycletrack from the South Capitol treet Bridge to the SW Waterfront is kind of a no-brainer there.
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