1. Barracks Row Main Street*
Barracks Row Main Street
Capitol Hill’s Leading Walkable Commercial Corridor
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2. Martin Smith
Executive Director
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3. Who Works with Walkable Commercial Districts?
What is a “Main Street”?
What is a “Business Improvement District”?
What are the general organizing principles of vibrant commercial districts?
Multi-modal transit
Responsive to consumer transportation choices
Example: Delivery of products / services
Focus on pedestrian scale
Solid mix of restaurants / retailers / services / residents
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4. Walkability and Business*
Walkability and Business
Why is walkability important to business owners?
DC and other major cities have a high rate of car-free households, and this number is growing among young families
Parking can be a challenge in urban areas, so walkability benefits drivers as well - park once and run several errands in a walkable corridor instead of driving from store to store
Pedestrian orientation lets businesses draw in more customers overall - window displays are far more visible to a pedestrian than a driver
Walkable corridors also draw in more occasional customers - consumers choose convenience and will use a business that is already on the route they take between a destination and a transit option they plan to use
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5. Lessons from Barracks Row*
Lessons from Barracks Row
Barracks Row had a complete streetscape rebuild in 2005
As part of this rebuild, parking on the east side of the street was angled to add additional spaces
This meant there was not enough space for bike lanes, which could have been provided with standard curbside parking on the east side
Standard curbside parking would also have left additional space that could have been used for wider sidewalks and bigger sidewalk cafes
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6. Lessons from Barracks Row*
Lessons from Barracks Row
Plan for the future!!
As the corridor has evolved, we have a new need for bike facilities
We also have five times as many sidewalk cafes now as we did in when the street was rebuilt
Plan for the street you want, not one that meets your current needs
If budgets are limited, at least plan for a “Phase 2” option even if it will not be implemented right away
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