[RP TownTalk] Traffic Safety Issues

[Dwight Holmes]

a group of very active & dedicated folks in Hyattsville started up a
Hyattsville Bike
Pedestrian Safety Committee which now has the official sanction of the
city as a subcommittee of the city council.  you can see the product
of some of their work here:
http://www.hyattsvillewiki.com/page/Bicycle+%26+Pedestrian+Safety+Report

they basically cataloged and documented safety issues at a number of
intersections and other locations in Hyattsville, and their work has
started to bear fruit already (including the committee being 'adopted'
by the city!)

personally, i believe that our town could benefit from similar
activity -- and wonder if it also might be one way to bring the east
(kenilworth) and west (town center) parts of town together over issues
of common interest.  i would love to be involved in an activity such
as this if there is some critical mass of others who are interested.

On 7/9/07, Susan Lewis <medicinewoman56 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> I agree that safety is a huge issue on our streets.  EW Hwy is horrible and
> the sign is a good idea.  Is there anyway to improve traffic flow so that
> drivers aren't sitting there through 3 -4 changes of the light?  If we move
> them through and out - they won't be sitting targets anymore.
>
> We also need to be looking at pedestrian crossing.  We who walk take our
> lives in our hands crossing most of the streets in RP.  The new sidewalks
> across from the MARC is a prime example.  We have nice cut downs for
> pedestrians to cross, but no signage, no stripes, no speed bump, no slow/ped
> x-ing/bicycle sign - nothing.  The cars that use Lafayette as a cut through
> fly down this road with total disregard to it being a residential area and
> swing around that low-sight corner at very high speeds.
>
> Sue
>  ________________________________
>  From: mariannethrift at comcast.net [mailto:mariannethrift at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:05 PM
> To: medicinewoman56 at comcast.net; 'David Lingua'; 'Bruce Embrey'
> Cc: Susan Lewis; towntalk at riverdale-park.org
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Guardrails on 410 - accidents
>
>
>
> OK, I'm going to get on my soapbox!  Let's look at another issue regarding
> 410.
>
> All those saturday and sunday, everyday in a hurry people who drive 45-60
> miles an hour going WEST on E-W highway through Riverdale have once again
> caused another, this time 6, car accident sending one motorist to the
> hospital, and lots and lots of people (representatives of 3 different fire
> and police stations) and nearly 2 hours of chaos.  Trickle down effect,
> imagine that?
>
> So I'm going to kick in my 2 cents in and PLEAD for a sign that hangs over
> the railroad portion of the bridge (On EW Hwy) to alert traffic flying up
> the hill over the bridge to: " RED LIGHT AHEAD" or "STOPPED CARS AHEAD".
>
> What is it going to take? Someone will (and probably has) been KILLED on
> that stretch of EW.
>
> I'd like the powers that be to talk to STATE HWY and see what can be done.
>
> Now that to me seems like a discussion to have.
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