[RP TownTalk] Human Pylons

[cranky old coot]

Along the 2 miles between Hyattsville (Baltimore Ave) and Paint Branch 
Pkwy in Collage Park there are only 2 roads that cross the CSX tracks. 
Until that changes the traffic on East-West Hwy and Queensbury 
Rd/Riverdale Ave will not get better. 

It does not take a traffic engineer to look at the traffic on 410 and 
realize that the road is running at capacity (east or west depending on 
the time of day). That is why there is spill over onto Queensbury and 
Riverdale.

North-South is not much better. Rout #1 is at capacity and spilling into 
town on Cleveland and Lafayette. That can't be fixed without changing 
the city scape along Rt 1 from North Brentwood, through Hyattsville, 
Riverdale Park and Collage Park to 495. The choke point at Rt1 and 410 
is in the "plans".  Rob do I remember this being in someone's 10 year plan?

Making the roads leading up to the choke point in Town Center (CSX 
tracks) one way, doesn't get cars across the tracks any faster or reduce 
the volume in our residential areas. From what I have been reading 
relating to the one-way block in front of the firehouse, I would guess 
that this suggestion would @#$ off every one that lives between 410 and 
Riverdale Ave, from Rt 1 to Kenilworth.

JMHO  Lou King

Susan Lewis wrote:
> ... both traffic volume and speed
> are helped with the designation of alternating one way streets.