[RP TownTalk] Queensbury Buses

[Dannielle and Steve Glaros]

I agree wholeheartedly with Andrew. I think that shifting the bus route  
to 410 is a bad idea. It will further slow up traffic on 410, it will  
kill the bus route itself because ridership will decrease, it will  
require taking someone's property (ie, those whose back or front yard  
abuts 410) to make those turnout lanes that everyone thinks is the  
magic solution, and it will not reduce traffic through town one drop  
(in fact if 410 snarls worse and bus riders abandon the bus because it  
isn't as convenient for them, traffic may get worse).

Like it or not Queensbury is the main route through town (410 simply  
gets people around our town). Yes, I live on Sheridan St so I don't  
have the traffic people on Queensbury do, but I am sympathetic to the  
problems you face.  If you really want to get rid of the bus line, then  
fight for the Purple Line!

Steve Glaros


On Apr 28, 2006, at 1:00 PM, Andrew Farrington wrote:

> 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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