The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC is a Congressionally-designated national showcase for the performing arts. The purpose of the project was to improve access to the Kennedy Center. The need for this project arises from the Kennedy Center's present isolation amidst a sea of limited-access parkways and freeways. While these roadways connect the city to the region, they also act as a barrier between the Kennedy Center and the surrounding city, rendering access to and from the Center difficult and unsafe for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists alike. Congress, recognizing the Kennedy Center's relative inaccessibility, directed the Secretary of Transportation to "conduct a study of methods to improve pedestrian and vehicular access to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" in 1998. Published in 2000, the Kennedy Center Access Study found that numerous conditions contribute to the Center's isolation. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC is a Congressionally-designated national showcase for the performing arts. The purpose of the project was to improve access to the Kennedy Center. The need for this project arises from the Kennedy Center's present isolation amidst a sea of limited-access parkways and freeways. While these roadways connect the city to the region, they also act as a barrier between the Kennedy Center and the surrounding city, rendering access to and from the Center difficult and unsafe for motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists alike. Congress, recognizing the Kennedy Center's relative inaccessibility, directed the Secretary of Transportation to "conduct a study of methods to improve pedestrian and vehicular access to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts" in 1998. Published in 2000, the Kennedy Center Access Study found that numerous conditions contribute to the Center's isolation.

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Further Reading:

Kennedy Center Access Study

Environmental Assessment Executive Summary