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Do not fill this in! ==== Streets and highways ==== {{Main|Streets and highways of Washington, D.C.}} {{See also|List of circles in Washington, D.C.}} [[File:View down Pennsylvania Avenue NW from the Old Post Office Tower -01- (12798494884).jpg|thumb|[[Pennsylvania Avenue]], one of the city's most prominent streets]] There are {{convert|1500|mi|km}} of streets, parkways, and avenues in the district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Road Length |url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs06/htm/hm10.htm |work=Highway Statistics 2006 |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=September 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122121841/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs06/htm/hm10.htm |archive-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> Due to the [[Highway revolts in the United States|freeway revolts]] of the 1960s, much of the proposed [[interstate highway system]] through the middle of Washington was never built. [[Interstate 95 in the District of Columbia|Interstate 95]] (I-95), the nation's major east coast highway, therefore bends around the district to form the eastern portion of the [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway]]. A portion of the proposed highway funding was directed to the region's public transportation infrastructure instead.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schrag |first=Zachary |title=The Great Society Subway |year=2006 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDQI-02wki0C |chapter=Chapter 5: The Bridge |isbn=978-0-8018-8906-6 |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118202247/https://books.google.com/books?id=vDQI-02wki0C |url-status=live }}</ref> The interstate highways that continue into Washington, including [[Interstate 66|I-66]] and [[Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)|I-395]], both terminate shortly after entering the city.<ref>I-66: {{Hanging indent| {{cite news |last1=Kozel |first1=Scott M. |title=Interstate 66 in Virginia |url=http://www.roadstothefuture.com/I66_VA_Desc.html |access-date=April 22, 2017 |publisher=Roads to the Future |date=May 31, 2000 |archive-date=April 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422214116/http://www.roadstothefuture.com/I66_VA_Desc.html |url-status=live }}}} I-395: {{Hanging indent| {{cite book |last1=BMI |title=I-95/i-395 Hov Restriction Study |date=February 1999 |publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation |pages=70 |url=http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/resources/studynova-hov395Final.pdf |access-date=April 22, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525021506/http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/resources/studynova-hov395Final.pdf |archive-date=May 25, 2017 }}}}</ref> According to a 2010 study, Washington-area commuters spent 70 hours a year in traffic delays, which tied with Chicago for having the nation's worst road congestion.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ashley |last=Halsey III |title=Washington area tied with Chicago for traffic congestion, study finds |date=January 20, 2011 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012000056.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706091805/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012000056.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, 37% of Washington-area commuters take public transportation to work, the second-highest rate in the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/06/13/real_estate/public_transit_commutes/index.htm |title=New Yorkers are top transit users |access-date=July 15, 2008 |last=Christie |first=Les |date=June 29, 2007 |publisher=CNNMoney |archive-date=May 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516222801/http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/13/real_estate/public_transit_commutes/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> An additional 12% of D.C. commuters walked to work, 6% carpooled, and 3% traveled by bicycle in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=District of Columbia Commuting Characteristics by Sex |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_1YR/S0801/0400000US11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212094909/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_1YR/S0801/0400000US11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |work=2010 American Community Survey |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 16, 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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