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Major interstates running through the area include the Capital Beltway (I-495), I-66, I-95, I-395 (also called the Southwest/Southeast Freeway in D.C.

Both streets follow the NE, NW, SE, SW rule. The north side of the mall is lined by Constitution Avenue, whereas the south side of the mall is lined by Independence Avenue. For example, there is a 4th Street NE, 4th Street NW, 4th Street SE, and 4th Street SW.Įxceptions to this nomenclature include the names of the streets that line the National Mall. All roads end with this suffix at the end of their title. Within this grid, all streets are a part of one of the four quadrants of the city - Northeast (NE), Northwest (NW), Southeast (SE), and Southwest (SW) - all centered on the Capitol Building. The north–south roads are primarily named with numbers (i.e., 1st Street, 2nd Street, etc.), while the east–west roads are primarily named with letters (beginning with A Street) or, once letters are exhausted, are named alphabetically (Adams, Bryant, Channing, etc.) Intersecting this network of streets are diagonal avenues named after each of the fifty states. Streets and highways Ĭity streets in the District of Columbia are organized primarily in a grid-like fashion with its origin at the United States Capitol, with diagonal streets running across this grid, as well as circles-a plan laid out by Pierre L'Enfant and revised by Andrew Ellicott and Joseph Ellicott. Of the households in Washington, D.C., 35.4% do not own a car. Of those that work in Washington, D.C., 44.8% drive alone to work, 21.2% take Metro, 14.4% carpool/ slug, 8.8% use Metrobus, 4.5% walk to work, 2.7% travel by commuter rail, and 0.6% ride their bicycle to work. residents that were employed as of 2000, 24% commute to jobs in Montgomery, Prince George's, Fairfax, and Arlington Counties, as well as Alexandria. Smaller numbers of commuters come from the outer suburbs, including 2.4% from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and 2.3% from Prince William County, Virginia, 1.6% from Charles County, Maryland, 1.3% from Howard County, Maryland, and 1% from Loudoun County, Virginia.

13.2% come from Fairfax County, Virginia, 6% from Arlington County, Virginia, and 3.5% from Alexandria, Virginia. commute from Prince George's County, Maryland and 14.8% from Montgomery County, Maryland. 18.7% of people working in Washington, D.C. 671,678 people are employed in Washington, D.C., with only 28% commuting from within the city. Ĭommuters have a major influence on travel patterns in Washington, D.C.

has the second-highest percentage of public transit commuters in the United States, behind only New York City.