[RP TownTalk] Will Hyattsville Close Queensbury Rd. to Commuter Traffic?

[Dwight Holmes]

Interesting article. Lots of growing pains in our Rt 1 communities. I
keep thinking "You can't have it both ways." Everyday riding the MARC
train I look out the window at the scene at EYA, I start salivating at
the thought of Tara Thai and Busboys & Poets opening before long.
These will be new destinations for many people in our area. That means
more traffic on Rt 1 (ugh!) and more people looking for alternative
ways to get around the congestion.

It's interesting to read the accounts of Crittenden - the whole street
is a calming device, between the speed bumps that exist and the
potholes that are everywhere!

I have no answers - I only hope that the creative folks who do this
for a living will both come up with some innovative ideas that work
AND listen to the needs of people in the neighborhoods being affected
by all the changes.

What if both Hyattsville and RP both somehow shut off Queensbury to
commuter, drive-through traffic.  If East-West Highway is a failed
artery now, will it come to a complete and utter standstill, like the
recent months-long traffic jam in China?



On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Chris Currie <crcurrie at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's one proposal in a City-commissioned traffic study citizens are
> debating hotly - with implications for residents of neighboring towns.  This
> story and more in October's Hyattsville Life & Times.
>
> http://issuu.com/hyattsvillelifeandtimes/docs/october10 .
>
> More info below ...
>
> Chris Currie
> Hyattsville
>
>
> * Local shop helps organize residents' donations for Smithsonian display
>
> * "So that means your children are more important than ours?"  Traffic
> tussle divides neighborhoods
>
> * Get your kicks on Route … 1?  Be the first to pen an ode to our lovely
> little stretch of history; details in Legend & Lore.
>
> * When is that new playground at Magruder going to be finished?
>
> * Drug users turn in their stashes
>
> * A visit to a brand-new dance studio and an established glass-blowing one.
>
> * A brief history of Sears kit houses in Hyattsville
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Susie Currie
> Managing Editor
> Hyattsville Life & Times
>
>
>
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