Urban Design And Security Plan

"Buffer zones in front of key government buildings would also be increased by eliminating street lanes now used for parking, according to a draft version of the National Capital Planning Commission's Urban Design and Security Plan, a long-awaited federal blueprint for protecting the nation's capital from attack by an explosives-laden vehicle.... The $878 million plan - which would replace the capital's current haphazard system of concrete barriers, street closures, and temporary guardshacks - is part of a nationwide effort to redesign buildings, public facilities, and urban areas to make them more secure following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11."