[Moo] DC travel caution Apr 11-13

[Brian Bertrand]

The international Nuclear Security Summit is happening Mon Apr 12-Tues Apr
13 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.  The security for this is
massive, its being treated like a mini UN General Assembly.  Here are the
road closures, parking closures and public transit closures/reroutings for
this, which will begin on Sunday and stay in effect until Wednesday.  Folks
should probably plan to stay out of DC (or at least this part of it) because
the disruption to traffic and such is probably going to be a nightmare.


*Road Closures**:* Closures will be coordinated by the Metropolitan Police
Department. The closures will begin at approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday,
April 11, and continue through approximately 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13.
All of the following areas will be posted with *Emergency No Parking *signage.
Fencing and other physical barriers will also be in place as will uniformed
law enforcement officers. Vehicular traffic will be limited to vehicles with
a law enforcement/public safety function.



Pedestrian traffic inside the restricted areas will be limited to residents
and owners/employees of local businesses that fall within the secure area.
Government issued

photo identification, such as a driver’s license, non-driver photo ID or
passport will be required to gain access.



•                      New York Avenue NW, eastbound and westbound
from 6th Street
NW to 7th Street NW and 9th Street NW to 11th Street NW.

•                      K Street NW, eastbound and westbound from 6th Street
NW to 7th Street NW and 9th Street NW to 10th Street NW - Traffic will be
allowed to run eastbound and westbound on K Street NW between 7th Street NW
and 9th Street NW but will then be diverted southbound on one of those two
streets.

•                      Massachusetts Avenue NW, eastbound and westbound from
9th Street NW to 11th Street NW.

•                      L Street NW, eastbound and westbound from 6th Street
NW to 10th Street NW.

•                      M Street NW, eastbound and westbound from 6th Street
NW to 10th Street NW.

•                      N Street NW, eastbound and westbound from 6th Street
NW to 10th Street NW.

•                      7th Street NW, northbound and southbound from O
Street NW to Massachusetts Avenue NW.

•                      8th Street NW, northbound and southbound from O
Street NW to N Street NW.

•                      9th Street NW, northbound and southbound from O
Street NW to New York Avenue NW.

•                      10th Street NW, southbound from L Street NW to New
York Avenue NW.

•                      There will be intermittent closures of other
intersections in the vicinity of the Convention Center that will temporarily
affect vehicular and pedestrian movement.



*Restricted Parking Zone**:* Vehicular parking restrictions will be
coordinated and enforced by the District Department of Transportation and
the Metropolitan Police Department. All affected areas will be posted
with *Emergency
No Parking* signage. The restrictions will not be enforced until Sunday,
April 11 at 7 p.m. However, due to ongoing preparations in the area, some
parking spaces may be utilized by vendors related to the event starting as
early as Friday April 9 at 7 p.m.  This start time will be reflected on the
*Emergency No Parking* signs. The restrictions will end on Wednesday, April
14 at 12 p.m.  Drivers should take caution in parking in these areas during
this period and ensure they are not in a work zone.  Worship services in the
area will not be affected.





♦          7th Street NW from Massachusetts Avenue NW to O Street NW

♦          8th Street NW from N Street NW to O Street NW



♦          9th Street NW from New York Avenue NW to O Street NW

♦          10th Street NW from New York Avenue NW to N Street NW



♦          11th Street NW from H Street NW to I Street NW and K Street NW to
L Street NW (1150 mid-block)

♦          12th Street NW from H Street NW to I Street NW and K Street NW to
L Street NW (1150 mid-block)



♦          13th Street NW from H Street NW to I Street NW and the
intersection of Massachusetts Avenue NW

♦          14th Street NW near the intersection of New York Avenue NW



♦          N Street NW from 6th Street NW to 12th Street NW

♦          M Street NW from 6th Street NW to 10th Street NW



♦          L Street NW from 6th Street NW to 12th Street NW

♦          K Street NW from 6th Street NW to 10th Street NW



♦          Massachusetts Avenue NW from 6th Street NW to 13th Street NW

♦          New York Avenue NW from 6th Street NW to 14th Street NW
(mid-block)



♦          H Street NW from 13th Street NW to 14th Street NW (mid-block)

♦          I Street NW and intersection of 11th Street NW



♦          Rhode Island Avenue NW (1100 block – Connecticut Avenue NW,
including Logan Circle) from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, April 12 and 8 a.m.
to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13



*

Public Transportation

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority:



  The Mt. Vernon Square (7th St-Convention Center Metrorail Station, Yellow
and Green Lines) will close on Sunday, April 11 at midnight and will reopen
at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, April 14. Trains will be able to pass through the
station, but passengers will not be allowed to access the station.

Metro Access will not be able to provide paratransit service within the
security zone.





  Thirteen Metrobus routes are expected to be impacted. The routes are 42,
63, 64, 70, 71, 79, 80, D4, G8, P6, S2, S4, and X2. Metrobuses will continue
to operate; however, with street closures around the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center, those buses will be detoured.  Specific Metrobus detour
information will be available on Metro's website early next week at
www.wmata.com.

Metrobus riders whose routes are impacted by the street closures should plan
for their bus trips to take a significant amount of additional travel time
starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday, April



  11. Regular Metrobus service is expected to resume the morning of
Wednesday, April 14.



DC Circulator Rerouting:



  Due to roadway closures in and around the Walter E. Washington Convention
Center, DC Circulator buses will be detoured and rerouted from 8 a.m. on
Monday, April 12 through 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13.



The Georgetown-Union Station route will be divided into two separate routes.




  Route A will be the east/west route from Georgetown but will stop prior to
the Convention Center and turn around. It will not continue through to Union
Station.  Passengers wishing to continue through will need to disembark the
bus and walk to the other side of the Convention Center to connect to
another Circulator bus. All other normal stops will remain the same.  The
turnaround for this route is as follows:



East/West (from Georgetown)

K Street (heading east)

Right onto 13th Street NW                 Right onto I Street NW Right onto
14th Street NW Left onto K Street NW





Route B will be the west/east route from Union Station to the Convention
Center.  It will not continue through to Georgetown. Passengers wishing to
continue through will need to disembark the bus and walk to the other side
of the Convention Center to connect to another Circulator bus. All other
normal stops will remain the same.  The turnaround for this route is as
follows:



West/East (from Union Station)

Massachusetts Avenue NW (heading west)

Right onto 6th Street NW

Right onto K Street NW

Right onto 5th Street NW

Left onto Massachusetts Avenue NW





The Convention Center/SW Waterfront route will terminate at I Street NW.
Service will not be allowed around the Convention Center.  The turnaround
for this route is as follows:

7th Street (heading north)





Left onto I Street NW

Left onto 9th Street NW





The Woodley Park/Adams Morgan/McPherson Square route and Union Station/Navy
Yard via Capitol Hill route are not affected.
*


-- 
In Service to the Dream,

Brian C. Bertrand
SKA-Bertran de Saint Jean

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had suffered no ill effects from participation.

More conservative longitudinal studies indicate the same, although it should
be noted that these studies had a high attrition rate, with 16% of
respondants being unavailable for the follow-up survey.

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