The revised vision for the rail station includes less parking, an underground drop-off area, and integrated bus, pedestrian and bike access.
. The District had opposed a multilevel parking garage featured in a vision released three years ago, while officials and residents demanded better access for foot and bike traffic.
“We cannot delay the project indefinitely and ensure the station continues to function,” Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton said earlier this week as she and 14 other members of CongressThe proposed expansion ranks as a top contender in the Northeast Corridor for federal infrastructure money through the law President Biden signed in 2021.
The parking option is a major downsizing from the earlier proposal that called for a six-story, 1,600-space garage, as well as from its existing capacity of nearly 2,200 parking spaces.
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