[RP TownTalk] Fwd: US 1 (Baltimore Avenue) at Queensbury Road

[Sharon Scott]

Except when traffic is backed up because of a train, I haven't seen a whole lot of traffic going East and West on Queensbury at any time.   And there really is no significant problem with any of it except during rush hours, mainly evening.  Since traffic backs up so far for the northbound traffic to turn left on 410 there is a problem for everyone headed north at that point.  I really don't care about who is "cutting through" Riverdale.  They have other choices, but those of us who live here have to get out.  Anything that doesn't make that more difficult would be great.
Sharon Scott 
 
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:29:37 -0600
> From: lking at knob.com
> To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Fwd: US 1 (Baltimore Avenue) at Queensbury Road
> 
> I think you are correct Dwight. By separating the east bound and west 
> bound traffic on Queensbury, left turns could be made during peak 
> traffic times.
> 
> My observation has been the east bound left turn, to north on US 1, 
> frequently block the intersection in the afternoon. In the morning west 
> bound left turns block Queensbury.
> 
> In the afternoon west bound traffic on Queensbury, which is cutting 
> through RP to avoid the 410/US1 intersection, is heavy. There is a full 
> flow of traffic continuing west. During the green this prevents any east 
> bound traffic turning north until the yellow/red light transition. At 
> that point they block the intersection and in some cases block the south 
> bound traffic.
> 
> In the morning the same west bound traffic cutting through RP wanting to 
> turn sound is blocked by the east bound Queensbury traffic. Because the 
> two west bound Queensbury lanes (left turn and straight) merge only 4 or 
> 5 car lengths from the intersection, ~6 cars wanting to turn south from 
> west bound Queensbury block any west bound traffic on Queensbury.
> 
> By separating east bound from west bound traffic on Queensbury those 
> blocking actions would be removed and traffic would flow better --- IF 
> the Queensbury/US 1 intersection were in isolation, which it is not!
> 
> Given that the traffic on US 1 is overcapacity, and the traffic volume 
> on 410 is overcapacity, overflowing through RP onto Queensbury which is 
> as a result over loaded, any change will only effect traffic flow on the 
> margin. JMHO
> 
> The answer of course is to bulldoze Washington D.C. so that people don't 
> have a need to funnel onto East/West Highway and Baltimore Ave to get to 
> the arteries headed down town between RP and Tacoma Park.
> 
> Maybe rerouting US 1 through the Greenbelt Metro parking lot?
> 
> Of course your personal solution, mass transit, is part of the real 
> answer. How to get people's back sides out of their cars and into a 
> bus/train is some social engineering that has not been mastered locally.
> 
> One of the disadvantages of having disposable income is you don't have 
> to be rationale about how you dispose of it. We do love our cars.
> 
> Lou
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> Dwight Holmes wrote, On 10/29/2010 2:48 PM:
> 
> > Does it mean that there will be a separate green cycle for Queensbury
> > coming from the east, and a different green cycle for traffic coming
> > from the west?
> 
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