[RP TownTalk] traffic alterations

[Vernon Archer]

Marc,

The change to full time one-way at 48th and Queensbury came about after the
fire/emergency vehicles had found themselves blocked in at several different
times because of traffic backed up from the rail crossing.  After much
discussion and consideration, the council decided that full time one-way was
the correct answer as compared to a much expanded number of hours. This was
a direct request from the Fire Department.

Best wishes,

Vern


On 8/30/07, Marc Molino <mmolino54 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure what the ultimate impact of this will be, but the DO NOT
> ENTER
> signs in front of the fire station on Queensbury road have been changed to
> now be effective 24 hours per day (instead of just a few hours in the
> morning). I'm not sure I would have even noticed this if my neighbor
> hadn't
> pointed it out. I'm sure a friendly police officer would have been kind
> enough to alert me to it at some point.
>
> I'm quite curious to see what kind of impact this will have. In the short
> term, I would think it might make things worse as it will 'cause more
> people
> who want to cross the railroad tracks heading west to have to make a left
> turn at Lafayette and Queensbury, and those looking to head north on
> Lafayette under the E/W Highway overpass will now also have to cross
> through
> that intersection. Not knowing much about traffic patterns and the
> behavioral tendencies of drivers, I haven't a clue what it will mean
> longterm wise.
>
> Does anyone know how this change came about? Was it designed mainly to
> allow
> more freedom for RP's emergency vehicles or was it also designed to
> decrease/slow down traffice cutting through our town?
>
> -Marc Molino
>
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-- 
Vernon Archer, Mayor
Town of Riverdale Park, Maryland
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