New Hampshire Avenue Streetscape Standards

The New Hampshire Avenue Streetscape Standards will set the look, tone, and feel of our community, and change how people walk, bike, get to the bus, and do their shopping on the New Ave.

Here you can learn about the progress of the project, share your input on pedestrian, cycling and transit access priorities for the area, and keep up to date.

 

 

what is the character of the New Ave?

Your input is needed to help the designers understand how to use streetscape details to build identity into the street and our community's front door! Click on the topic below to view the precedent images: 

Street Furniture - Which component families (sleek, classic, or uptown) do you prefer either for the whole New Ave corridor or the individual nodes (Maryland Gateway, Ethan Allen Gateway, Takoma/Langley Crossroads)?

Street Trees - Which trees species would like to see on the whole Avenue (corridor trees and sidewalk trees) or near your neighborhood (accent trees)?

Stormwater Management - Share your thoughts on the proposed Low Impact Development (LID) strategies!

Images are numerically index for easy reference. We welcome all comments on these and any other aspects of the Streetscape Standards concepts through the end of February. Email us your feedback at ErkinO@takomagov.org.

 

 

public meetings and workshops

February 15, 2012

City Staff and design consultants from Ayers Saint Gross held the second meeting on the New Ave Streetscape Standards project at the Takoma Park Community Center. At the well-attended event, residents from the New Hampshire Avenue corridor weighed in on future streetscape components being developed for their neigborhoods. 

Download the full presentation.

 

  

New Hampshire Avenue Multi-way Boulevard Concept                                     MD Gateway Schematic (Pedestrian Zone)

 

December 13, 2011

At the December workshop, residents discussed and recorded their ideas and aspirations for the future identity of the New Ave corridor. What we heard is that residents want:

- A streetscape that accommodates people of all ages, day and night

- The corridor is characterized by a diversity of tastes, sounds and colors

- Local pedestrian access, cycling opportunities, and transit are important

- Well designed bike racks outside of shops, residences and markets

- Benches for seating in shaded areas that encourage socializing

- More street trees and decorative landscaping are needed
 

 

"Nothing elsewhere in Montgomery County is a model for what would feel right and thrive here."

"I love the quirky, colorful seating at the bus stop. I would love to see that fun spirit infuse the full plan."

 

project area

The City's New Hampshire Avenue Corridor (MD 650) initiative boundary is from the Takoma Langley Crossroads to Eastern Avenue at the District of Columbia Line. Three activity 'nodes' are recognized along the corridor; Maryland Gateway in the south, Ethan Allen Gateway at East-West Highway, and Takoma/Langley Crossroads at University Blvd. The distinct identities of these three nodes, and the stretches between them, may be represented through differences in streetscape component styles.

project background

The City has received Transportation Land Use Technical Assistance from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for the development of the New Ave Streetscape Standards. The standards will create quality pedestrian and transit access facilities and include stormwater infiltration details.

The project goal is to develop a set of standards that can be used to help guide future development on New Hampshire Avenue to ensure a consistent look and feel on the corridor that meets the City's sustainability goals while reflecting the diversity of the community through design. It is the next layer of detail that further clarifies the objectives and recommendations laid out in the Concept Plan, bringing the New Hampshire Avenue Multi-way Boulevard closer to implementation.