[RP TownTalk] Queensbury Buses

[Andrew Farrington]

How would this work, again?

Buses would slow traffic on 410 (bad) instead of my neighborhood street 
(good)?  They would bring it to a stop, or have cutouts made in the 
roadsides, at bus stops?  Widen the road?  There's really no room.

http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.963157,-76.935665&spn=0.001456,0.002516&t=k&om=1

Do we want buses to serve our Town Center, or do we just give up on it? 
How would the foot traffic work, between bus stops on 410 and our Town 
Center?  Up and down the stairs on the bridge?  How would we make a cutout 
for a stop?  Rip it out of the Calvert gravesite park?  Do you really want 
the litter collecting there, and falling into town from that altitude?

I believe Gerard Kiernan, Councilmember for Ward 5, the apartments, is in 
fact on this list?  Any thoughts on this issue, Mr. Keirnan?

When I bought my house, I thought of the bus stops a block from it as a 
major perk for my daughter.  I would very much appreciate them being left 
where they are.  I don't want my daughter walking or standing along 410 
any more than I want her walking on Kennilworth Avenue.

As an aside, I've been timing how long it takes to get out of my driveway 
in the mornings.  The three days of data I have so far are 17 seconds, 12 
seconds, and 0 seconds.

Andrew Farrington
4605 Queensbury Road

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, Alan Thompson and Sarah Wayland wrote:

> The way it looks to me, those buses serve the people living in the
> apartments off Riverdale Road between Kenilworth and the Anacostia. I
> wonder how many of them subscribe to this list. Are any of you out there?
> What do you think?
>
> -Sarah
>
> On Fri, 28 Apr 2006, David Hiles wrote:
>
>> My messages to this list are being moderated because I was judged to
>> have violated the posting standards.
>> ************************************
>>
>> The F4 bus route's official name is the New Carrollton-Silver Spring
>> Line.  It is indeed a cross county, through service line.  Except for
>> little bits at either end, the Hyattsville-Riverdale PARK section is
>> the ONLY part of this line's route which is NOT on 410.  Let's work
>> together with Hyattsville to get our section on 410 too.
>>
>> See link below for PDF version of F4 route map and timetable.
>>
>> [http://www.wmata.com/timetables/timetables-state.cfm?State=MD]
>>
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