In the event of an evacuation of the District of Columbia, residents of the Logan Circle / Shaw should should use the following routes:

• 16th Street
• Connecticut Avenue
• Georgia Avenue
• Rhode Island Avenue
• New York Avenue

Note that in the event of an emergency, vehicles will not be permitted to cross Pennsylvania Avenue.

View a map of evacuation routes from the District of Columbia

Other issues within the neighborhoods of Logan Circle / Shaw have been identified as:

• New Convention Center, White House, Union Station, Embassies and foreign missions for terrorist attacks.
  
  
• Evacuations routes, as many residents do not have cars.
  
  
• Floods and sewer back ups.
  
  
• Major truck routes like 7th, 9th & 14th streets, Rhode Island Avenue, Florida Avenue and Logan Circle damaging structural integrity of homes through vibrations.