Great Streets Initiative The Great Streets Initiative is a multidisciplinary approach to corridor improvement comprising public realm investments, strategic land use plans, public safety strategies, and economic development assistance, and is a partnership between the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (ODMPED), the Office of Planning (OP), the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), and Neighborhood Service Coordinators (NSC), among others. For more information on DDOT's Great Streets Program see About Great Streets. The Great Streets Initiative focuses on six target corridors: Georgia Avenue and 7th Street, NW, from Eastern Avenue to New York Avenue H Street, NE, and Benning Road, NE/SE, from North Capitol Street to Southern Avenue Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE, from Kenilworth Avenue to Eastern Avenue Minnesota Avenue, NE/SE, from Sheriff Road, NE, to Good Hope Road, SE Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, from the Sousa Bridge to Southern Avenue Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and South Capitol Street from and including Good Hope Road to Southern Avenue For more information on the initiative, see the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development. Notices of initiative meetings are posted to the DDOT Agency Calendar. « Return to Major Construction Initiatives main page