[RP TownTalk] Traffic Concerns

[Lou King]

Andrew,
I live between East and West Beale Cr.  One set of commuters are from Rt 
1 - Queensbury - East Beale - 410 every afternoon.
Opening West Beale (now as apposed to waiting until Wakovia Project is 
done) would get those cutting the Rt1/410 corner out of the residential 
area and behind the businesses on Rt 1. I think if you look at the West 
Beale/410 intersection you will see if the barriers are removed it is 
not a sharp right turn.

An other set of commuters are from Rt 1 - Queensbury (Riverdale/Oliver 
to Rhode Island?) across the tracks and on ...
The real problem effecting this issue becomes  the fact that  Queensbury 
Rd and  East-West Hw (410) are the only  ways  across the tracks from 
the Baltimore Ave bridge  in Hyattsville to Paint Branch Pkwy in College 
Park. Fixing the Rt 1/410 intersection is the final answer but in the 
mean time...

Starting with making Lafayette one-way North between Riverdale and 
Queensbury  - this addresses the problems Rob identified of people 
turning right onto the tracks.  Looking at Queensbury between Natoli Pl 
and the firehouse (48th).

Queensbury one-way West does not solve the firehouse problem in the 
morning and would force east bound Queensbury traffic onto Rittenhouse. 
I don't think that is an answer.

Queensbury one-way East solves the firehouse problem in the morning. But 
with Lafayette one-way,  all the traffic goes past the firehouse in the 
afternoon. I suppose a firetruck could clear the intersection of 
Queensbury and 48th. People that live on that part of Queensbury would 
have to drive around the block to get home.

Rob's Lafayette suggestion addresses a problem.  The only down side (I 
see) is that those that live in the Lafayette - Oliver St area may have 
to drive around the block.

I don't see any real gain in making Queensbury one-way. One-way east 
answers the same problem that the current closing in the morning does.

None of this makes "room" for 120 new residences at Dumm's corner. But 
we can't wait for the Rt1/410 fix.

Lou

Andrew Farrington wrote:
> Dead-ending Lafeyette at Queensbury would be significantly less hassle 
> than closing East Beale Circle would be, and I think would do much more 
> for congestion as well.  In my experience, commuters cutting through town 
> are not doing so in order to access East Beale Circle - I think it is used 
> fundamentally by townies, and I tink closing it would be a crying shame 
> for nearly everyone in town except, admittedly, people living in the five 
> houses along it.  Although, if I lived in one of those houses, I believe I 
> would not want my easy access to 410 removed, either.
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