<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">I sent this before but I received an auto message that the moderator had to review it first. Looks like it never made it to the group.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">As
much as the kids and parents should be aware of traffic we should also focus
more of our attention on the growing number of cars abusing our neighborhood as
a cut through. We are seeing more and more traffic especially on Ravenswood
Rd. Cars that cut through don’t stop at the stop sign on Ravenswood and
48<sup>th</sup> where all the kids seem to be playing. I think many
are people are using our area to circumvent traffic on 410 and cutting through
Ravenswood to get to their destination outside of our neighborhood. With
Whole Foods coming the potential cut through traffic will increase
dramatically. Could we do something to make it much less attractive to
vehicles trying to save a few minutes? The kids should be able to ride
their bikes and play on our neighborhood streets without worry.
Hyattsville and University Park have some interesting ways of managing their
neighborhood traffic. They have more <b>one way streets</b>, <b>speed
bumps, concrete blockades</b> and <b>traffic patterns</b> that
make it annoying to try weaving through their neighborhoods to get around
busier roads.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br>
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<span style="background:rgb(250,250,250)">Here are a few things I think Riverdale could
do to make it safer for the children on our streets.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Letters to the neighbors. </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Not everyone is on this
list serv. We should hand deliver a letter to all the houses in the area with
requests to inform their children to be more careful as well as neighborhood
drivers to keep their eyes open. I would volunteer to do this for all houses
starting on Lafayette and heading east to the park.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)">2.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">More speed bumps.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> People race through
the neighborhood at high speeds especially at night. More speed bumps would
slow them down. Some kind of enforcement would also slow them down.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)">3.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Children playing signs.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> Something that could
help keep people alert.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)">4.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Stopping people from using
our area as a cut through.</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> How can we make it less desirable to use our area to
avoid 410 traffic or as a quick way to get to the new Whole Foods? Maybe
something like the “do not enter” signs on Queensbury road in Hyattsville that
do not apply to residents but people just passing through at certain times of
the day. A few more one way streets and police to enforce it.
Imagine if Ravenswood road was a one way street that you could only travel
east. Cars would be much less likely to want to go through the area since
it makes it that much harder to get to their destination, and possibly deter
traffic from cutting through the neighborhood overall.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Since
I am not a traffic specialist I am only making suggestions based on what I see
in the area that seems to work. I would love to see the city make a
stronger effort to consider what Wholefoods could be doing to our area in terms
of traffic and our children. How can we make it less attractive to use
our area as a cut through? How can we inform the parents and children of
the neighborhood to be more careful as we work on making the town safer for
them to play in?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">It
would be great if someone could add something like this to the agenda to the
Public Safety Committee Meeting on Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 6:30
p.m. in the Conference Room of Town Hall (5008 Queensbury Road). Can
anyone come? Did they ever send out an agenda?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Thanks!</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Adrian</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80);background:rgb(250,250,250)">Ravenswood
Rd</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:27 AM, S Collins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ugglywump@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ugglywump@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'Lucida Grande',sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div dir="ltr"> There'd been 2 posts last months about kids playing in the street on Ravenswood Road; just a note to say I've noticed a bunch of kids playing in the streets as well, don't know if it's the same group or not (about 8-10 elementary school-age kids). I don't drive and when I get a cab to come home from the store, several times the cab has had to slow down to a stop in the 4700/4800 block of Ravenswood, as this group of children is out in the street on bikes or playing. They make no move to get out of the way of the cab. Yesterday, I left my apt. and saw this same bunch of kids walking from Ravenswood up Lafayette, in the street w/ their bikes and scooters, just goofing around. They were almost under the EW Highway overpass and a pickup truck came around the corner at speed and had to swerve way to the left to avoid hitting the children. I yelled at them to get out of the street or they could get hurt, but either their English isn't that good or they were just ignoring me, as they made no effort to get out of the way. I know kids need a place to play, I know children tend to be careless, but if this keeps up, sooner or later one or more of these children is going to get hit by a car, or cause an accident if a vehicle has to swerve around them and ends up hitting another vehicle. Can't say what should or could be done, I know the police cannot 'babysit' a particular area all the time. Perhaps the school could send out a flyer, telling parents to watch over their children, or maybe handouts at the Farmers' Market or the "Night Out Against Crime" event? Esp. with summer vacation coming up, children will be out and about more than ever. At any rate, drivers in the area, please, please be careful. </div></div></div><br></span>_______________________________________________<br>
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